𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 
(for 7 oscillators, guitar, & tapes)
𝑙𝑒̀ 𝐹𝑟𝑎𝑔𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑓𝑎𝑡𝑎𝑙 𝑦 𝑒𝑓𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑖𝑡𝑒 𝑑𝑜𝑟𝑚𝑖𝑟𝑒 

7 oscillators & electric guitar : Christophe Guiraud 

With 7 oscillators, modeled like voices (the partials of the voices), the first half of this piece unfolds like a plain song chorale, impregnated with certain Bach kind of chords, torn apart by the timbre and the varied feedbacks of Nagra tape-machine. In the second half, the oscillators return to an inharmonic strings position, where the attacks and durations correspond, by triggers, to the various random glissandi commands (curves) based on the magic square system. A sort of scrambled and ecstatic pop emerges from the surface.

This piece is part of the 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐦𝐦𝐢𝐚 cycle (𝑡ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑐𝑎𝑛 𝑏𝑒 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑑𝑒𝑟𝑒𝑑 𝑎𝑠 𝑎 𝑘𝑖𝑛𝑑 𝑜𝑓 𝑎𝑢𝑔𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑑𝑖𝑎𝑟𝑦, 𝑐𝑜𝑑𝑒𝑥, 𝑜𝑟 𝑐𝑎𝑟𝑛𝑒𝑡-𝑑𝑒-𝑏𝑜𝑟𝑑) 
★ 𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐃𝐄𝐌𝐌𝐈𝐀 Cycle (Vol I)
Digital 2CD, available for immediate download here >>>
https://unearthlaboratory.bandcamp.com/album/cycle-vol-i-digital-2cd 


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© * 𝐝𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐞̀𝐳𝐞

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Written instrumental gestures and extended electronics processes depends on each others, this global sonic result must be seen more like a « technomorph hauntology matrix » than like a basic technomorph theory.
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VENDEMMIA Cycle Vol I

Digital 2CD

𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐟𝐮𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐦𝐲 𝐯𝐨𝐜𝐨𝐝 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 (for 7 oscillators & guitar)

Fiato - Filippo Perocco
Azione_Improvvisa Ensemble 
commission by Associazione Culturale Anomalia ETS

Live recording, 21.01.2024

Fiato - Filippo Perocco

"Opal" (2024, for electric guitar & live electronics)
Commissioned by Centre Henri Pousseur
microtonal e.guitar w/ hexaphonic system [this recording is a stereo adaptation!]
Premiere: 11 May 2024 @ Le MoM, Liège (BE)
Festival Images Sonores
François Couvreur (e.guitar), Zeno Baldi (live el.), Patrick Delges (sound dir.) 
Score published by Ricordi, Milan.

Opal (2024)

Lamiere, for ensemble and electronics (2024).
Composer: Matteo Tundo
Performed by Concrete [Lab] Ensemble
Directed by: João Quinteiro.

Live Recorded at O'culto da Ajuda, Lisbon (PT).
30 July 2024.

Lamiere, for ensemble and electronics (2024)

ORAGE - TAON X (dec24) Retangled NÖ

★ 𝐊𝐮𝐭𝐫𝐚 𝐁𝐞́𝐠𝐮𝐥𝐦𝐚 / 𝐔𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐝𝐞𝐰 / (Part I, II, & III)
* Unheard and unreleased full concert premiere, 12 jan 2019.

Commissioned by 𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐒 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 & 𝐄𝐬𝐩𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐫
(Avec l'aide et le soutien de la Fédération Wallonie Bruxelles).
Performed & premiered by 𝐋𝐀𝐏𝐒 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞.
for 9 musicians & electronics
Piano/e-keyboards : 𝐍𝐚𝐨 𝐌𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐢
Violon : 𝐃𝐞𝐣𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐒𝐞𝐤𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐜
Violoncelle : 𝐉𝐞́𝐫𝐞́𝐦𝐢𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐯𝐞
Saxophone : 𝐀𝐦𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐲 𝐆𝐞𝐞𝐧𝐬
Clarinette-basse : 𝐑𝐮𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲
Trombone-basse : 𝐉𝐞𝐚𝐧-𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐨
Voix : 𝐏𝐚𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐞𝐬 (mezzo)
Computer(s) (electronics) : 𝐆𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐃𝐨𝐧𝐞𝐮𝐱, 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝

Conductor : 𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐮𝐝𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐝𝐨𝐮𝐱

Composed by Christophe Guiraud.

Amplification and recording by 𝐆𝐞𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐫𝐞𝐲 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜̧𝐨𝐢𝐬
Mixed, edited, & mastered by ©UNEARTH

Kutra Bégulma Unfinishdew (Part I, II, & III) - Inédit premiere - Laps Ensemble & electronics

vuoto 2 (2024), for ensemble

Live Recording: Ensemble Lizard, 30 November 2024, Limina Festival, Salzburg

vuoto 2 (2024)

Liquid room subtilior (2014) 
for Ensemble & electronics
UNEARTH Score follower.
Composed by Franck Christoph Yeznikian.
Commissioned and premiered by Ictus Ensemble, for a show focusing on the Ars subtilior, on 23th March, 2014, Brussels.

Pour cinq musiciens jouant du Clavicorde/Fender-rhodes, Guitare baroque/Guitare électrique, un trio à cordes & une bande : 
Clavicorde/Fender-rhodes: Jean-Luc Plouvier
Guitars: Tom Pauwels
Violin: George Van Dam
Viola: Jeroen Robbrecht 
Cello: Geert De Bièvre
 
Electronics: Franck C. Yeznikian

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Score follower : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZhU1alyQcM

More info about the Ictus show › https://www.ictus.be/subtilior 

Mastering and Score follower by ©UNEARTH 

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Liquid room subtilior - Yeznikian/Ictus Ensemble - UNEARTH Score follower

Arçon de Nièze & Senglar - Ferita

Pierpaolo Dinapoli: Guitar
Carlotta Raponi: Flute

Diego Pugliese: Sound engineer

Bagatellen (1995) - José María Sánchez-Verdú

Bagatellen  - José María Sánchez-Verdú

A composer and sound artist, Christophe Guiraud is dedicated to the realms of contemporary music and sound art. His primary goal is to delve into the crossroads of electronic, generative, and written music.

Ars Subtilior and Noise music serve as the dual muses for Christophe Guiraud, akin to two rivers seamlessly woven into a composition of profound strength. The French composer acts as a bridge, connecting the pinnacle of scholarly music with the avant-garde aspects of noise. 

Born in Toulouse in the mid-seventies, he later establishes himself in Brussels, transforming it into the nexus of his continuous creative journey. Presently, he is actively engaged and has collaborated for several years with a multitude of European ensembles and musicians, including Ensemble 21, Ictus Ensemble, PHØNIX16 collective, Tom Pauwels, Arçon de Nièze, Benjamin Glorieux, Nemø ensemble, among others.

His latest compositions delicately blend instrumental timbre and sound hybridization, shrouding this alchemy in a certain secrecy. Here, more than anywhere else, Christophe Guiraud's recent works initiate a dialogue across eras, traversing from the polyphony of Ars Nova to Spectralism, all the while incorporating his noise heritage. Firmly unbound by historical constraints, the concluding pieces presented here unfold in a quivering stasis. The ensemble of these pieces brings coherence across a diverse array of musicians hailing from various places, traditions, and ensembles—everything intricately interwoven towards a particularly striking culmination.

A large part of his composition material can be found here >>> 
https://unearthlaboratory.bandcamp.com/ 

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home : www.cguiraud.com

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Kutra Bégulma Unfinishdew (Part I, II, & III) - Inédit premiere - Laps Ensemble & electronics

Christophe GUIRAUD