Electronic Music

by Iannis Xenakis / Groupe de Recherches Musicales

Type: Compilation
Released: 1997
Label: Electronic Music Foundation
Country: France
Length: 1:06:49
Community rating: 3.87/5 from 2 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Gathering foundational tape works composed during the Greek-French architect's tenure at Pierre Schaeffer's GRM studio, this collection represents a milestone in early electroacoustic innovation. The pieces heavily utilize mathematical probability models to painstakingly manipulate raw acoustic phenomena into terrifying, granular clouds of sound. It provides vital historical context for the birth of modern noise and experimental music.

Genres

Descriptors: Avant Garde, avant-garde, crackly, dissonant, noisy, twinkling

Tracklist

Diamorphoses (6:53)
Concret PH (2:42)
Orient-Occident (10:56)
Bohor (21:36)
Hibiki-Hana-Ma (17:39)
S.709 (7:03)

Credits

Iannis Xenakis - primary artist, artwork [background imagery]
A Man Called Wrycraft - art direction, design, layout
Robin Aube - edited by [digital editing], mastered by [mastering by]
Bob Doidge - edited by [with special assistance from], mastered by [with special assistance from]
Nick Fortunato - executive-producer [additional assistance from]
Joel Chadabe - executive-producer [executive producers]
William Blakeney - executive-producer [executive producers]
Daniel Teruggi - executive-producer [with special assistance from]
François Bayle - executive-producer [with special assistance from]
Paul Lau - executive-producer [with special assistance from]
Sharon Kanach - executive-producer [with special assistance from], liner notes [translated by]
Makis Solomis - liner notes
Electronic Music Foundation - producer [produced by]