Dropped two contact mics at the surface of an anthill

Recorded with JrF contact mics in Serrinha do Alambari, State of Sao Paulo, Brazil in Sound devices Mixpre-6 96kHz 24 bits

Ants swarming

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2022 élan vital recordings 

Manja Ristic / Toni Dimitrov - Dystopian 001

1. Manja Ristic - Nothing Has To Happen, Fortress Europe
2. Toni Dimitrov - Against Civilization

🏴 'Dystopian 001' is split release between the sound artists Manja Ristić and Toni Dimitrov, and it is part of the new 'Dystopian series', showcasing a more abstract, darker, obscure and politically infused side of the sound of élan vital artist roster. Inspired by everyday life in the last several years living in realized dystopian visions and darkest predictions, the sound on this series will be the soundtrack for our daily dystopian reality. We are all aware that the future of our civilization is not bright, but that doesn't mean we are not living in an exciting epoch.

🏳️ Part one brings two longer pieces, presenting the dark side of the mystical long form experimentations by the Serbian violin and field recordings diva Manja Ristić and the latest field recordings experiments of the sound art naturalist Toni Dimitrov. Through this joint release the artists are trying to explore the potential for change of the society, resulting in a mature, expressive and complex album. 

Composed and arranged by Manja Ristić & Toni Dimitrov 
Mastering LaPlant Studio Belgrade
Cover drawings by Dorian Dimitrov
Design by Toni Dimitrov

Release date 27th March 2022
 https://elanvital.bandcamp.com/album/dystopian-001

Manja Ristic - Nothing Has To Happen, Fortress Europe (excerpt)

DS163 - Will Guthrie & Jean-Luc Guionnet - '1.11.21 - Part 2'

Elisha Morningstar/Lorenzo Abattoir, Titled

Sensen - Entorno Inseguro

Hatsuhinode

Direction : Sylvain Blassel

Percussions : Theo Guimbard
Piano : Floréal Dervin
Harpe : Néphèli Delbano
Alto : François Dockes
Violoncelle : Valentin Jouanny
Contrebasse : Johanna Sans

Automate II pour Harpe et ensemble (2023)

hard to mingle

Far from the extended still lifes and mises en abîmes of their acclaimed Penultimate Press debut A Sunset for Walter (PP43, 2019), Noetinger & Pateras’ 15 Coruscations weaves frequencies & stirs data into an agitated series of deft psychoacoustic miniatures. Employing electronics as a deformed mirror reflecting joyous lacerations & interweavings, 15 Coruscations borrows from both brut & skilled musical practises, emerging from the current despair to blister light across the moribund horizontalities of post-surveillance musical product. 

Jérôme Noetinger (Marseille, 1966) is one of the most respected composer/performers of electronic music working today. Discovering the ReVox B77 as a powerful tool for live electro-acoustic creation in the mid 1980s, he has developed a singular performance language unmatched in agility & invention. 

Anthony Pateras (Melbourne/Naarm, 1979) works at an evolving nexus of notation, improvisation, electro-acoustics + keyboard instruments. Active since the late 90s as both a composer of concert music and independent bandleader, he has created a unique body of work across multiple genres & contexts. 

Noetinger & Pateras’ working relationship began in 2009 in the Thymolphthalein quintet (Editions Mego, 2011), extending through to the development of the 6-channel tape part for Pateras’ percussion sextet Beauty Will Be Amnesiac Or Will Not Be At All (Immediata, 2017). Establishing their duo in 2018 with A Sunset For Walter, they have performed across Europe in both piano/tape and pure electronic configurations. 15 Coruscations is their latest testament to their quest for the unheard, deploying tape, computer, samplers, garbage, environmental recordings, lo-fi electronics, hi-fi circuitry and a deep love of all things concrète.

Jérôme Noetinger & Anthony Pateras - Coruscation 1

marble silence

Marble Silence

J'amène la foudre à moi
l'eau de Cologne coule
sous les bras
Karl mets mon nez dans le trou du mur
son visage pur


brasser le chat
dos de pelles
truies et dentelles
s'associent


pluie pâtes
metal câpre
pi rare
cave graal
mie rouille


c'est nous c'est nous c'est nous
je suis grand dans le fond du nous
c'est nous c'est moi c'est nous
on est grands dans le fond du nous
c'est moi c'est nous
je suis grand dans le fond du nous
c'est clair c'est moi c'est nous
on est beaux dans le ventre du nous
c'est nous nous
on est tous dans le fond du nous

l'internet a cassé
karl répare mal

"à table!"
fais le chien
dans la verrière
sous la guirlande de Saint-Tulle


car tout le monde le sait
qu'on sauve les nids
au centre commercial

commercial 
drap housse
pince crabe drap housse
ha la bobotte à Karl
elle s'essuie sur les draps housse
ha la bobotte à karl
elle aime distribuer des coups
ha la bobotte à karl
elle s'essuie sur les draps housses
ha la bobotte à karl
distribuer des coups
S'asseoir sur les draps housses

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Percussions - Johan Mazé

Automate II pour Harpe et ensemble (2023)

Anne Castex

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