Album: Volt
If we recognize that each composer tends to privilege one dimension of musical discourse of another (for example: timbre, harmony, or instrumental virtuosity) in his work and thus conjure up a "style", listening to the music of Alain Thibault is like listening to a game of rhythms but mostly a game of attacks. The constant and abrupt contrast between silence and the sound itself - cutting and »Continue reading...
| Year of Release | 1990 |
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| Genre | Electronica |
| Label | empreintes Digitales |
| Artists | Alain Thibault (Canada)
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| Producers |
TBD |
| Tracks |
E.L.V.I.S. (Électro-lux vertige illimité synthétique) Out (1985) soleil et l'acier, Le (1988) Thibault: Concerto pour piano MIDI (1989) Volt (1987) |
| Date Entered | Oct 17, 2007 18:10:08 |
| Date Last Modified | Nov 22, 2010 11:11:20 |
| Album Details | If we recognize that each composer tends to privilege one dimension of musical discourse of another (for example: timbre, harmony, or instrumental virtuosity) in his work and thus conjure up a "style", listening to the music of Alain Thibault is like listening to a game of rhythms but mostly a game of attacks. The constant and abrupt contrast between silence and the sound itself - cutting and incisive, percussive, vigorous and energetic, and resolutely urban - is here the central core from which the dynamic of the work develops. Alain Thibault consciously rejects many positions of the so-called "contemporary" music as early as Varèse or Messiaen. And this is precisely what bothers those who like to clearly divide genres. -www.musiccentre.ca |