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)

Mauricio Galeano, 10-string guitar
Grow String Quartet:
William Overcash, violin
Mishi Stern, violin
Nefeli Galani, viola
Nathan Watts, cello

Recorded on 10 February 2023 at Alte Seilerei, Frankfurt

Twisted Arrows (10-string guitar & string quartet, 2022)

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)

vuoto 2 (2024), for ensemble

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

vuoto 2 (2024)

Le Tombeau de Pasolini, Vol II - Premiere 
Cᴏsɪ̀ sғᴏɢʟɪᴀɪ ᴜɴᴀ ᴠᴀɴᴀ ʀᴏsᴀ

Performed and premiered by Nemø ensemble & Kevin Hendrickx  
at de Koer, may 11th, 2025, Ghent, Belgium 

On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Pasolini's death 1975/2025 
{ end of Pasolini cycle }

• Vol II (duration 31’ )  
Cᴏsɪ̀ sғᴏɢʟɪᴀɪ ᴜɴᴀ ᴠᴀɴᴀ ʀᴏsᴀ 
" 𝐶𝑜𝑠𝑖̀ 𝑠𝑓𝑜𝑔𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑖 𝑢𝑛𝑎 𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑎, 𝑙𝑎 𝑟𝑜𝑠𝑎 𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑣𝑎𝑡𝑎 𝑑𝑒𝑙 𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑟𝑜𝑟𝑒 𝑒 𝑑𝑒𝑙𝑙𝑎 𝑠𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑢𝑎𝑙𝑖𝑡𝑎̀, 
𝑝𝑟𝑜𝑝𝑟𝑖𝑜 𝑛𝑒𝑔𝑙𝑖 𝑎𝑛𝑛𝑖 𝑖𝑛 𝑐𝑢𝑖 𝑚𝑖 𝑠𝑖 𝑟𝑖𝑐ℎ𝑖𝑒𝑑𝑒𝑣𝑎 𝑑'𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑟𝑒 𝑖𝑙 𝑝𝑎𝑟𝑡𝑖𝑔𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑜 
𝑐ℎ𝑒 𝑛𝑜𝑛 𝑐𝑜𝑛𝑓𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑎 𝑛𝑒̀ 𝑝𝑖𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒 "

 (7 musicians & electronics)
Nemø ensemble :

Bass flute - Francisco Rojas Huertas
Bass clarinet - Freya Bovijn
Violin - Hugo Ranilla de Castro
Viola - Esther Coorevits
Violoncello - Eugénie Defraigne
Electric guitar - Pieter-Jan Vercammen
E-keyboard(s) - Bert De Rycke
Percussions - Wim Pelgrims (only Vol III)

Electronics  - Christophe Guiraud 
Direction - Kevin Hendrickx

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Le Tombeau de P.P.Pasolini was composed 
between 2014 and 2023. 
Le Tombeau de P.P.Pasolini was composed 
in three pieces for ensemble and electronics, 
three independent volumes. 

This cycle was initiated in 2014 with the 
commission of the first Vol (Vol I) by 
Brussels based Ictus ensemble, for a show 
focusing on the Ars subtilior. 

On a late afternoon in March (2022), 
accompanied by loved ones, we went to Ostia, 
to the place of the tragic end, the one 
that says everything, without saying anything, 
at the place where today stands a 
kind of stele/tombeau in memory of the 
immense visionary poet.  

As a result, Vol II and III were composed between 
September 2022 and March 2023, and premiered 
on May 2025.
These two volumes were written for an identical 
formation to the first one : 7 or 8 musicians 
and electronics. 
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* Painting and detail paintings by ©Iris Terdjiman.
* The photos that appear were taken during the concert on May 11, 2025. 
And were made by © de Koer / Joseph Khoury.

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With support from stad Gent/cultuur Gent!

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Produced by © Nemø ensemble.
Recorded, mixed, & mastered by Christophe Guiraud for © UNEARTH Laboratory. 

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TOMBEAU de PASOLINI Vol II - PREMIERE - Nemø ensemble & Kevin Hendrickx (May 2025)

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

Senglar & Arçon de Nièze - Strings & Guitars

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

{ Please consider listening on headphones or large bandwidth speakers } 
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TOMBEAU de PASOLINI Vol II - PREMIERE - Nemø ensemble & Kevin Hendrickx (May 2025)

Christophe GUIRAUD