DER LETZTE MANN - EXCERPT Mvnt I 
for Ensemble & electronics
*
DER LETZTE MANN was premiered by 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝟐𝟏 and 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝, on 21 may 2022, at 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑 Brussels. 
Composed by Christophe Guiraud. 

Musicians are :
𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐥 : Paetzold recorders (basset / doublebass)
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐈𝐧𝐞̂𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨, 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐮 : Vl1, Vl2, Vl3
𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 : Vla1, Vla2
𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 : Vcl, Doublebass
𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 : Realtime electronics and tapes

Direction : 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭 
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© UNEARTH 2022 

Grab a digital LP version (available for immediate download only) 
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DER LETZTE MANN - EXCERPT Mvnt I . Ensemble & electronics . Ensemble 21

DER LETZTE MANN - EXCERPT Mvnt III
for Ensemble & electronics
*
DER LETZTE MANN was premiered by 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝟐𝟏 and 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝, on 21 may 2022, at 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑 Brussels.
Composed by Christophe Guiraud.

Musicians are :
𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐥 : Paetzold recorders (basset / doublebass)
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐈𝐧𝐞̂𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨, 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐮 : Vl1, Vl2, Vl3
𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 : Vla1, Vla2
𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 : Vcl, Doublebass
𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 : Realtime electronics and tapes

Direction : 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭
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© UNEARTH 2022

Grab a digital LP version (available for immediate download only)
here! > https://unearthlaboratory.bandcamp.com/album/der-letzte-mann-unearth-project-ensemble-electronics-digital-lp 

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DER LETZTE MANN - EXCERPT Mvnt III . Ensemble & electronics . Ensemble 21

EX ABRUPTO 
Sortie de résidence - teaser (recording excerpts). 
Résidence pour la préparation, et la mise en place de la pièce EX ABRUPTO, composée par C.Guiraud, à La Maison des Musiques, Bruxelles, juin 2024. 
Composée pour le Trio Erämaa. 


Erämaa Trio is : 
Akiko OKAWA . Viola 
Cédric DE BRUYCKER . Bass & Contrabass clarinets 
Quentin MEURISSE . E-keyboards 
Christophe GUIRAUD . Electronics


Video teaser version (HD available), here > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U_mSoymyTEM
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EX ABRUPTO - Sortie de résidence (june 2024) - recording excerpts (with Erämaa Trio)

MENACE 
for Ensemble & electronics
• PREMIERE • 
Performed and premiered by Ensemble21, 
at La Tricoterie Brussels, for Festival Mosaïques 2024 (first edition), 
16 june 2024.

MENACE is about ecology, where the Ars subtilior blends with electronic materials made of field recordings and oscillator articulations. 
Spectral writing, therefore, serves as a “binder” to various sonic and textural phenomena. 
This piece acts as an organic mass almost imitating the event that causes various varieties of flora to grow and flower. In a certain wild gesture, organic movements and hallucinations emerge to the surface, mirages, blurs, and sharpness burst forth. Like a world, henceforth, that could almost never come back.

Ensemble21 is : 
Anne Davids . Bass flute 
Benjamin Maneyrol . Bass clarinet 
Aymeric De Villoutreys . Violin
Anne-Gabrielle Lia-Aragnouet . Cello
Quentin Meurisse . Piano + e-keyboard 
Christophe Guiraud . Electronics

Marc Collet . Direction 
Kaja Farsky & Benjamin Maneyrol . Organisation/production 

Composed by Christophe Guiraud. 
Recorded, mixed, and mastered by C.Guiraud for ©UNEARTH Laboratory.
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Same recording on YT (HD available) > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mBuAlMA5KAU 

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MENACE - Full PREMIERE - (Ensemble21/Festival Mosaïques, june 2024) Ensemble & electronics

DER LETZTE MANN - EXCERPT Mvnt II
for Ensemble & electronics
*
DER LETZTE MANN was premiered by 𝐄𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝟐𝟏 and 𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝, on 21 may 2022, at 𝐒𝐭𝐮𝐝𝐢𝐨 𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑 Brussels.
Composed by Christophe Guiraud.

Musicians are :
𝐌𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐚 𝐑𝐨𝐦𝐚𝐠𝐨𝐬𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐚 𝐖𝐞𝐭𝐳𝐞𝐥 : Paetzold recorders (basset / doublebass)
𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐇𝐨𝐮𝐪𝐮𝐞, 𝐈𝐧𝐞̂𝐬 𝐕𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐡𝐨, 𝐋𝐲𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐟𝐟𝐚𝐮 : Vl1, Vl2, Vl3
𝐀𝐤𝐢𝐤𝐨 𝐎𝐤𝐚𝐰𝐚, 𝐉𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 : Vla1, Vla2
𝐂𝐲𝐫𝐢𝐥 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧, 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐞𝐧𝐚𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐬 : Vcl, Doublebass
𝐂𝐡𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐩𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐫𝐚𝐮𝐝 : Realtime electronics and tapes

Direction : 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜 𝐂𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐭
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© UNEARTH 2022

Grab a digital LP version (available for immediate download only)
here! > https://unearthlaboratory.bandcamp.com/album/der-letzte-mann-ensemble-electronics-guiraud-digital-lp 

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DER LETZTE MANN - EXCERPT Mvnt II . Ensemble & electronics . Ensemble 21

Nemø Ensemble performs "Il sangue del grano {è cosi sconvolto}" 
for ensemble & electronics, Geeraard de Duivelsteen, Crypt, BOLSTER Invites, 23 oct 2022, Ghent (Replay).

Il sangue del grano was premiered by Nemo ensemble, December 4, 2021, at Le Lac, Brussels. 

Producer : BOLSTER Invites (Wim Pelgrims). 
© Nemø Ensemble. 
Place : Castle of Geeraard de Duivelsteen (crypt), Ghent.
Composed by Christophe Guiraud. 

Recorded, mixed & mastered for ©UNEARTH by Christophe Guiraud

Il sangue del grano (Replay Duivelsteen oct2022) Nemo ensemble & electronics

★ 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

CONSEGUENZA (studio teaser) for String trio & electronics
Commissioned by UNEARTH
Duration - 30 '
Will be premiered in 2025.

Writing for strings has always been incredibly gripping, transcendent, for my body/heart, something “beyond” reveals itself, tears apart the real state of things, of matter, but amplifies the expressive state of this utopia (write for strings), transparent and on the verge of disappearing. Such a clear and impregnable message. To seek a kind of offering towards an unknown territory, and thus bring it back to reality. The sound power of these instruments will always surpass time.

"... and hearts still beating." 

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More info and details › https://www.cguiraud.com/conseguenza 
Video teaser (HD available) › https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=135p7FxtBjg
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CONSEGUENZA for String trio & electronics - studio teaser - 2025 (with Van Dam, Guaita, Lenski)

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

UNEARTH is a laboratory which focuses on contemporary music and sound art. 
Our aim is to explore the intersection between electronic, generative and written music. (Technomorph hauntology)

Concerned also by extra-musical territories surrounding the contemporary musical scene.

UNEARTH is a production platform.
UNEARTH intends to be a help for the contemporary sonic field. 

>>> unearthlaboratory@gmail.com

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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