Electroacoustician Ingrid Drese makes acousmatic music, and many of the pieces included on this 110-minute DVD-Audio (stereo sound only, regular fidelity) bear the influence of Francis Dhomont. There’s a number of strong and beautiful moments here, especially in Papillon, abîme, nuit (dreamy), Plis de la nuit (very Dhomont-esque in its plasticity), and Sept œils sauvages, although the latter also contains weaker passages. Quite recommendable.

On March 10, 2010 empreintes DIGITALes will release a triplet of discs — 2 new releases, and 1 reissue — by exceptional women composers.

• Ingrid Drese collects all of her acousmatic work in high definition sound: Interstices.
• Natasha Barrett presents a vast musical terrain of concert pieces and installation work in high definition stereo and “Surround” on 2 discs: Bouteilles de Klein.
• The original 1996 release by Hildegard Westerkamp became out of print… to be quickly reissued: Transformations (same music; new box).

empreintes DIGITALes is releasing the first disc by Belgian composer Ingrid Drese during the ÉlectroBelge concert on March 10, 2010 at Espace Senghor in Brussels (Belgium). Her complete acousmatic work is thus brought together — in high definition sound (48 KHz 24 bits) — on the Interstices DVD-Audio / DVD-Video. Also included is Ingrid Drese and Inés Wickmann’s videomusic Paysage avec miroir.