SPECTRES by Xavier Charles, Bertrand Gauguet
Xavier Charles : clarinet
Bertrand Gauguet : alto saxophone
Improvisers, Xavier Charles and Bertrand Gauguet have been playing duets since 2013. They produce frequency landscapes that change slowly and thus move the listener towards a contemplative listening. With the multiple sounds of the clarinet and the saxophone, other inflated spaces based on breaths arise...
SPECTRE, which was released on CD in early May 2020 at Akousis Records, contains six pieces exploring multi-phonic spaces on the clarinet and alto saxophone (Phonomnèse 1, Phonomnèse 2 and Phonomnèse 3), spaces linked to breath (Point fantôme) and the sonic landscapes developed by the amplification (Étendue 1 and Étendue 2).
The two recording stages made it possible to experiment with particular sound recordings as with Alexis Derouet in December 2017 in Césaré for recordings with a single mono microphone or even more complex devices with microphones differently positioned in the studio. The two musicians could thus choose to keep a static position or to be mobile in space. At PiedNu in March 2015, research focused with Emmanuel Lalande on signal amplification and distortion with the intention of producing expanses. SPECTRE's music is constructed like a mirror that would reflect multi- phonetic acoustic pieces on one side and reflect amplified pieces on the other. The Phantom Point remains a vanishing point between these two sonic spaces.
Tracklist
| 1. | Phonomnèse 1 | 7:59 |
| 2. | Étendue 1 | 3:27 |
| 3. | Point fantôme | 5:15 |
| 4. | Phonomnèse 2 | 7:25 |
| 5. | Étendue 2 | 12:26 |
| 6. | Phonomnèse 3 | 3:33 |
Credits
Tracks 1,3,4 & 6: recorded by Alexis Derouet at Césaré, Reims (FR) 2017 December 7 to 8
Tracks 2 & 5: recorded by Emmanuel Lalande at Pied Nu, Le Havre (FR) 2015 March 6 to 8
Edited by Bertrand Gauguet 2019, August
Mixed by Bertrand Gauguet and Xavier Charles 2019, September Mastered by Giuseppe Ielasi 2019, October
Original Drawing for the cover by Guillaume Dégé
Graphic Design by Atelier ter Bekke & Behage
Akousis records AK001
License
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Bertrand Gauguet plays the alto and baryton saxophone in contexts of improvisation of new music. Also a composer of electronic music, he has produced many original pieces and soundtracks for dance, cinema and radio. His interests explore the interplay of frequencies, multiphony, sounds at the thresholds of audibility, breath and more broadly sound as a medium for meditation.