Luc Ferrari - Son Memorise

Son Memorise (Memorized Sound) is the second installment in a three-volume series put together by the Sub Rosa label and Luc Ferrari before the latter died. This album focuses on the composer's musique concrète and presents three previously unreleased works: the final "Presque Rien," an old piece, and a very recent one. "Presque Rien #4" takes us on a walk through a village, although this is not your average soundwalk. Reality is being shaped as Ferrari sticks his microphone left and right (he once said that the act of recording was a form of composition in itself), and being reshaped in the studio afterwards, with snippets of dialogue being used as leitmotivs and abstract sonic material highlighting the "real" events. Read More