CA21104_Florent Ghys_Télévision_digital booklet

8/10/2019 CA21104_Florent Ghys_Tlvision_digital booklet

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TLVISIONFLORENT GHYS


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FLORENT GHYS: Alto double bass, applause, bass drum, composition, edition, guitar, hair dryers, hand claps, hi-hat, max programming, mix, mouth hi-hat, piano, shakers, snare, solfge,

video, voice, and weather report. Recorded in the bathroom of the Veltin studio at the MacDowell Colony, NH, and in my bedroom in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, NY.

Additional mixing: JOSEPH BRANCIFORTE at Greyfade studio, Bushwick, NY

Mastered: MICHAEL FOSSENKEMPER at TurtleTone Studios

Executive producers: MICHAEL GORDON, DAVID LANG, KENNY SAVELSONand JULIA WOLFELabel manager: BILL MURPHYCantaloupe sales manager: ADAM CUTHBERT

Artwork: ANAEL CHADLITexts used for the artwork: Allen Ginsberg, Bob Kaufman, Carlos Williams, Claude Ollier, Frank Zappa, Guillermo Nez, John Cage, Olivier Mellano, Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes,Valre Novarina, William S. Burroughs, and American and French weather forecasts.

Cover and booklet design: AUDREY JANVIER

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Hello, my name is Florent Ghys. I was born in Lyon inFrance, and raised in Bordeaux. My mothers mother was animmigrant from Italy, and my fathers father was an England-born Belgian who lived in France. Today, I live in Brooklynand I compose music based on weather reports. Whilewatching countless weather reports I noticed that all maleweather presenters wear either a blazer or a tie, or both.

Bonjour, je mappelle Florent Ghys. Je suis n Lyon etjai grandi Bordeaux. Ma grand-mre maternelle tait uneimmigre italienne et mon grand-pre paternel un Belgen en Angleterre et rsidant en France. Aujourdhui, jevis Brooklyn, je compose de la musique partir desprvisions mtorologiques. Je remarque aussi que tous lesprsentateurs mto masculins portent soit un blazer, soitune cravate, soit les deux.

For double bass,voices, guitars,mouth hi-hat,hand claps, snaredrum, bass drum,and 5 weatherforecasts

BLAZER ET/OU CRAVATE 2:00

I remember the revolution in my parents livingroom when we listened to a compact disc for

the first time. I cant recall if it was Money ForMothing by Dire Straits or Faurs Requiem.But I remember clearly the rainbow reflectionson the beige walls and how good the sound wascompared with my auto-reverse walkman.The videos used in This is the album of thefuture are from the 1980s: a show on theWBBN-TV, and public presentations bycompanies Sony and Phillips.

Je me souviens de la rvolution dans le salonde mes parents la premire fois que nous avonscout un disque compact. Je ne me rappelleplus trs bien sil sagissait de Money ForNothing des Dire Straits ou du Requiem deFaur. Je me souviens clairement par contre desreflets arc-en-ciel sur les murs beige du salon etcomment le son tait bien meilleur que celui demon walkman auto-reverse.Les vidos utilises dans This is the album of

the future datent des annes 80: une missionsur la chane WBBN-TV et des prsentationspubliques des companies Sony et Phillips.

For double basses,voices, mouth hi-hat,

shakers, snare drums,hand claps, bassdrum, and 2 televisionsamples

THIS IS THE ALBUM OF THE FUTURE5:50


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The original material for Beaut Plastiquewas composed in Tokyo in 2009, developedin Williamsburg in 2011, recorded in NewHampshire in 2013, and edited in Bordeauxin 2014. Then, my computer took over andperformed a plastic surgery based on zerosand ones.

La trame originale de Beaut Plastique a tcompose Tokyo en 2009, dveloppe

Williamsburg en 2011, enregistre dans le NewHampshire en 2013 et monte Bordeaux en2014. Ensuite mon ordinateur sen est empar etlui a fait une chirurgie esthtique base de zroset de uns.

For double basses,shakers, snare drums,bass drum and computer

BEAUT PLASTIQUE 6:11 Exterior night

In 1977, a gold-plated audio-visual disc portraying the diversityof life and culture on Earth was sent to space. It was aboardthe space probe Voyager 1, which still continues its mission ininterstellar space until 2025.

We are attempting to survive our time so we may live intoyours Jimmy CarterWhat if we got an answer? And what if extraterrestrials hadsynesthesia and would send us an mysterious music video?The title for this piece is also a reference to the excellentMelodies From Mars, a collection of unreleased tracks byAphex Twin.

En 1977, un disque audio-visuel en plaqu or reprsentant ladiversit culturelle et vivante sur Terre fut envoy dans lespace.

Ctait bord de la sonde spatiale Voyager 1, qui continuera samission travers lespace interstellaire jusquen 2025.Nous essayons de survivre notre temps pour tre capabledatteindre le vtre - Jimmy CarterEt si nous recevions une rponse? Et si les extra-terrestrestaient dous de synesthsie et nous envoyaient une trangevideo musicale?Le titre de cette pice est aussi une rfrence lexcellentMelodies From Mars, collection de morceaux indits delartiste Aphex Twin.

For double basses,voices, mouth hi-hat, shakers, snaredrums, and bassdrum

MELODY FROM MARS 6:18


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Sans Contrefaon is a sweet promenade. Aninterlude in an exhibition of pictures. Becauseof a vague similarity in the melody, its titlerefers to the French androgynous pop singerMylne Farmer, who sang the popular SansContrefaon (Without Counterfeit) in 1987.

Sans Contrefaon est une promenade, uninterlude dans une exposition dimages. causedune vague ressemblance dans la mlodie, sontitre fait rfrence la chanteuse franaise popet androgyne Mylne Farmer qui chantait le trspopulaire Sans Contrefaon en 1987.

For double bassesand voices

SANS CONTREFAON 3:15

My cousin lise visited New York with her family duringChristmas 2013. One morning, as I was playing the mockupsof the strangely-metered piece I wrote the night before, Anna,her two year-old daughter, began dancing spontaneousl. It wasstunning to notice how kids at that age do not start by analysingmusic but just by feelingit. From that point I knew that this piece was about dance.The video samples used here are counts for Lindy Hop andAchy Breaky dances, and a Cheerleading tryout.

Nol 2013, ma cousine lise est venue New Yorkaccompagne de sa famille. Un matin, alors que je leur jouaisles bauches dune pice au rythme trange que javais critela veille, Anna, sa fille de 2 ans, se mit naturellement danser.Ctait assez impressionnant de remarquer comment lesenfants de cet ge nabordent pas la musique en lanalysant maisen la ressentant uniquement.Les vidos utilises ici sont les dcomptes pour les dansesLindy Hop et Achy Breaky ainsi que des chauffements depom-pom girls.

For doublebasses, guitar,voices, shakers,mouth hi-hat,snare, handclaps, bassdrum, and 3dance samples

SWING OUT FROM OPEN POSITION7:03


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If we reverse a two-sided object twice, we returnto the same object at its initial state. But if theinversion is slightly altered, we go back to astrange and transformed version of the originalobject. This is what happens in No Lemon,No Melon: it has been composed, reversed,recorded, and then re-reversed. So all its notesfollow the directions and rhythms I composed,but all the sounds are in reverse. Also despite itstitle, No Melon, No Lemon is not a palindrome.

Si lon renverse un objet deux faces deuxfois, on retrouve le mme objet dans son tatinitial. Mais si le renversement est lgrementaltr, on revient sur une version transforme ettrange de loriginal. Cest ce qui se passe dansNo Melon, No Lemon: la pice a t compose,renverse, enregistre, et ensuite re-renverse.Du coup toutes les notes suivent les directionset rythmes que jai composs, mais tous lessons sont inverss. Aussi, malgr son titre, NoLemon, No Melon nest pas un palindrome.

For double basses, voices,2 pianos, guitar, mouthhi-hat, hand claps, shakers,and bass drum

NO LEMON, NO MELON4:34 Exterior day

Sound confusion is very fascinating to me: audienceclappings sound like rain, distant cars on a highway like oceanwaves, con legno technique on a string instrument like pingpong balls, and the crackling sound of a fireplace is verysimilar to the one of a vinyl record. This piece is a simpletexture playing with this beautiful idea.Invitation to Love is also the name of the TV series withinthe series Twin Peaks by David Lynch and Mark Frost.

Je trouve que la confusion sonore est fascinante: lesapplaudissements dun public ressemblent au son de la pluie,des voitures lointaines sur lautoroute ressemblent au vaguesdun ocan, la technique con legno pour les instruments cordes ressemble au son de balles de ping pong et lescraquements dun feu de chemine sont trs proches ducraquement dun disque vinyle. Cette pice est une texturesimple samusant avec cette idea.Invitation To Love est aussi le titre la srie tl dans la srieTwin Peaks de David Lynch et Mark Frost.

For doublebasses, voices,computer andvinyl crackle

INVITATION TO LOVE 3:27


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2-pop was composed and filmed at the same time at theMacDowell Colonys amphitheater in New Hampshire.This venue is a beautiful reproduction of an old Greekamphitheatre with seven uneven steps.2-pop is the name given to the sound that is usually placedat the beginning of a movie after a countdown from 5 to 2. Itensures synchronization between sound and picture.

2-pop a t compose et filme simultanment lamphithtre de la colonie MacDowell dans le NewHampshire. Il sagit dune belle reproduction dunamphithtre grec avec sept marches irrgulires.2-pop est le nom que lon donne au son qui esthabituellement plac au dbut dun film aprs un compte rebours de 5 2. Il permet dassurer une bonnesynchronisation entre limage et le son.

For doublebasses, voices,shakers, handclaps, snare, bassdrum, and 2-popsound

2-POP 3:10 exterior day

Some people have a great sensibility to objectsproducing white noise: vaccum cleaners, hair dryers,

air conditioners, and any kind of fans. White noisecan create a highly relaxing feeling. It can help peoplesleep and isolate people from a noisy background.A few years ago, I began collecting hair dryers justfor the beauty of their sound. My favorite one is theoldest one in that collection: it is called Moulinex andit is the first one we hear in the piece.Moulinex is the name of a French company whichmakes household appliances.

Certaines personnes dveloppent une extrmesensibilit pour les objets produisant du bruitblanc: aspirateurs, sche-cheveux, air-conditionns,ventilateurs... Le bruit blanc peut crer une sensationintense de relaxation. Il peut aider dormir et sisolerdun entourage bruyant.Il y a quelques annes, jai commenc collecterdes sches-cheveux simplement pour la beaut deleur son. Mon prfr est le plus vieux dans cettecollection : cest le Moulinex et cest le premier quon

entend dans la pice.Moulinex est aussi le nom dune compagnie franaisedelectro-mnager.

For double basses,guitars, shakers, snare

drums, hi-hat, bassdrum, and hair dryers

MOULINEX 6:09


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Weather reports are very poetic in anylanguage. They are the furniture musicof modern living rooms. Sometimes theybounce a lot like in Italian, other times theyare flatter like in Dutch. Japanese language

has something so subtle in its sounds thatit makes the weather reports even moredelicate and sensual.The piece combines video samples byJapanese presenter Yuko Kato and blackand white archive footage of clouds from thePrelinger archives.

Les prvisitions mtorologiques ont uneforce potique quelle que soit la langue.

Elles sont la musique dameublement dessalons modernes. Parfois elles rebondissentbeaucoup comme en italien et parfois ellessont plus plates, comme en hollandais.La langue japonaise a quelque chose detellement subtile quelle rend les prvisionsmtos encore plus dlicates et sensuelles.Cette pice utilise des extraits vidos de laprsentatrice japonaise Yuko Kato, ainsi quedes vidos de nuages en noir et blanc desarchives Prelinger.

For double basses, whitenoise, computer, andJapanese weather forecast

NAPPE BRODE, OU TENKI 5:55

As a kid I spent hours looking at the vinyl recordUmmagumma by Pink Floyd. It features the droste

effect: the photo repeats itself on a frame on the wallover and over. As I was looking at different ways tomultiply myself visually in the same image, it was obviousthat this effect could be powerful with moving images.Teamwork is also about an impossible teamwork whenyoure alone, and about self-esteem, a notion that Idiscovered after I crossed the ocean.

Quand jtais petit, je passais des heures observer lapochette de lalbum Ummagumma des Pink Floyd.

On y voit une photo qui utilise leffet droste : limage serpte dans un cadre sur le mur linfini. Alors que jerecherchais des moyens pour me multiplier visuellementdans la mme image, il fut vident que cet effet seraitefficace en vido.Teamwork parle aussi dun travail dquipe impossibletout seul et de la notion damour-propre que jaidcouverte en traversant locan.

For doublebasses, shakers,

mouth hi-hat,snare, hand claps,bass drum andself-applause

TEAMWORK 7:15


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In the movie The Terminator (1984), ArnoldSchwarzenegger travels back in time to assassinateSarah Connor and exterminate the human resistanceagainst robots. Comparably, in Terminal there is anobvious competition, source of inspiration, and even

jealousy between the computer and me: I feed thecomputer with musical material, it gives somethingback, and I feed it again. But unlike The Terminator,Terminal is very sweet and non-violent.

Dans le film Terminator (1984), ArnoldSchwarzenegger voyage dans le temps afin de tuerSarah Connor et exterminer la rebellion contre lesrobots. De la mme manire, dans Terminal, il y a unecomptition vidente, une source dinspiration et mmeun peu de jalousie entre lordinateur et moi : je nourrislordinateur dlments musicaux, il en produit quelquechose, et je le nourris encore. Mais contrairement aufilm, Terminal est trs doux et non violent.

For double basses,shakers, mouthhi-hat, voices andcomputer

TERMINAL 6:38

This is a work of fiction. Names, characters,places, and incidents either are the product of thecomposers imagination or are used fictitiously. Anyresemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events,or locales is entirely coincidental.


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