Sète by Mayeul Irlinger

The album "Sète" is the result of a three-day residency hosted by the gallery: Latelier (Sète).

The initial goal was to experiment with a lo-fi multicast system with 8 cassette recorders and tape loops within the gallery. Eventually the time of experimentation within the gallery turned into a stroll through the city. I took a digital recorder and drifted away, letting myself be carried away by chance encounters with places and people. it was very windy and the sound recordings were quite difficult to produce. So I decided to soak up an atmosphere and restore my impressions, playing with anachronisms and clichés of an island city by the sea: a superficial and touristy vision.
Human encounters were easy , the life stories of the people I met were rather deep and interesting, just too personal in my opinion to be integrated into this creation.

The device consists of using 8 tape recorders and 8 tapeloops on which I pre-recorded minimalist FM synthesizer layers. Then, I added sound recordings of the lapping water of the salt pans and city atmospheres taken from the top of Mont St Clair where the sound of the wind, birdsong and distant noises of the city.

The last piece is an improvisation of Alto flute from Vincent Munier whom I met in the street and who invited me to drink coffee at his house. (Thank you Vincent for agreeing to use this extract).

In the etymological sense Sète comes from “cetacean”, so I chose to represent an animal of this species for the visual of the project.

Diary of various sound devices and experimental forms, recorded during residencies, live concerts and collaborations with other artists.

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