The work is contrasting aural places of intimacy and enclosure with expansive spaces and propagates through their interaction.  The title is borrowed from a painting by René Magritte, depicting two coffins seated in a mountainous landscape. The source materials for the work have been recorded with an 18 channel microphones arrange in a globe shape, encoded in Higher Order Ambisonics. The work was completed with the support of Musiques & Recherches at the Métamorhose d'Orphée studio during in the summer of 2024. 

Par une belle fin d'apres-midi (stereo reduction)

Composer, Academic at Leeds Beckett University. MA Sonic Arts Lead Tutor. Music available from Empreintes Digitales. https://electrocd.com/en/album/5984/Nikos_Stavropoulos/Micro-lieux

Par une belle fin d'apres-midi (stereo reduction)

Nikos Stavropoulos