PARENTHESES III BIRDSONG INSPIRATION, INTERVIEWS FOR HISPASONIC, HEMISPHERE SON AND RADIO PRIMAVERA SOUND
December 27, 2023 § Leave a comment
I am finally able to catch up after the last 2 shows of this year in Barcelona and Lisbon :-)
“LES PARENTHÈSES ENCHANTÉES – MOVEMENT III”: BIRD SONG INSPIRATION ON THE MOOG GRANDMOTHER AND ROLAND RE-201 SPACE ECHO.
I became an avid birdwatcher 10 years ago, and had one of my best birdwatching experiences here in 2018 prior to moving. Catalunya boasts an incredible bird species diversity (395 species total, 232 regularly breeding species) and even though I have calmed down on this front, I am still fascinated by birds, and among their many incredible attributes, their singing.
As I started to compose the third movement of “Les parenthèses enchantées”, I realized that my melodic motifs were really tapping into some kind of imaginary bird song repertoire, and I decided to really go for it, especially since I love to use Baroque-like ornamentation to try and approach monophonic keyboard playing differently.
This is the only song on Le jour et la nuit du réel that uses the Moog Grandmother twice: first with a loop of 3 “chords” (due to monophony, I am just arpeggiating them and playing a 2 note motif against them with my right hand), then with melodic lines on top of that loop, played an octave higher (the Osc having been switched from 8′ to 4′).
Again, the sound really comes alive with the use of the Soundgas Roland RE-201 Space Echo which I showcased in my recent “Be without being seen” video.
INTERVIEWS FOR HISPASONIC, HEMISPHERE SON PODCAST AND LINE NOISE PODCAST ON RADIO PRIMAVERA SOUND.
I wrote in-depth about my gear, studio and work process in Spanish on Hispasonic.
I spoke in French on the new album and my whole discography on the Hemisphere Son podcast.
And you can see and hear me talk in English on the Line Noise podcast, which I recorded live 2 weeks ago here in Barcelona at the headquarters of Radio Primavera Sound. If you prefer to just listen, it’s also available on Soundcloud here.
Second post coming to your inbox tomorrow (lots to catch up on !)
colleen 