Bouteilles de Klein
Natasha Barrett
Her electroacoustic compositions have bite, subtlety, and depth. — Monsieur Délire, Québec
- Composer(s): Natasha Barrett
- Performer(s): Tanja Orning
- Cover image: Birger Sevaldson, Natasha Barrett
- Norsk Kulturråd • Norsk Komponistforening
2 × DVD-Audio — Surround (IMED 10104/105)
Disc 1
- 1Sub Terra (2007-08), 16:26fixed mediumCycle: Sub Terra Cycle
- 2fixed medium
- 3Microclimates III-VI (2007), 23:32fixed medium
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7Mobilis in Mobili (2006), 8:08fixed medium
- 8Rhizaria (Barely: part-4) (2007-08), 12:54cello and processingCycle: The Barely Project
- 9Gentle Sediment (Barely: part-3) (2008), 9:35fixed mediumCycle: The Barely Project
Disc 2: Installations
- 1Kongsberg Silver Mines (2007-08), 7:16sound installationfixed mediumCycle: Sub Terra Cycle
- 2Under the Sea Floor (Coring and Strata) (2007-08), 6:30sound installationfixed mediumCycle: Sub Terra Cycle
- 3Sand Island (2007-08), 5:22sound installationfixed mediumCycle: Sub Terra Cycle
- 4Barely: part-1 (2006-07), 38:58Arr. Natasha Barrett, 2008 [original work]fixed mediumCycle: The Barely Project
- Label: empreintes DIGITALes
- IMED 10104/105
- 2010
- UCC 771028100491
- Total duration: 140:06
- OGplus
- 142 mm × 125 mm × 10 mm
- 70 g
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- 1Sub Terra (2007-08), 16:26fixed mediumCycle: Sub Terra Cycle
- 2fixed medium
- 3Microclimates III-VI (2007), 23:32fixed medium
- 3
- 4
- 5
- 6
- 7Mobilis in Mobili (2006), 8:08fixed medium
- 8Rhizaria (Barely: part-4) (2007-08), 12:54cello and processingCycle: The Barely Project
- 9Gentle Sediment (Barely: part-3) (2008), 9:35fixed mediumCycle: The Barely Project
- 10Kongsberg Silver Mines (2007-08), 7:16sound installationfixed mediumCycle: Sub Terra Cycle
- 11Under the Sea Floor (Coring and Strata) (2007-08), 6:30sound installationfixed mediumCycle: Sub Terra Cycle
- 12Sand Island (2007-08), 5:22sound installationfixed mediumCycle: Sub Terra Cycle
- 13Barely: part-1 (2006-07), 38:58Arr. Natasha Barrett, 2008 [original work]fixed mediumCycle: The Barely Project
- Label: empreintes DIGITALes
- IMED 10104_NUM
- 2010
- UCC 771028100477
- Total duration: 140:06
Notices
About Bouteilles de Klein
Bouteilles de Klein contains two types of compositions: works composed for a traditional concert or listening situation (disc 1) and works originally designed as installations (disc 2), where the public is free to approach the work from which ever temporal, spatial or listening strategy they wish.
The works may be grouped into four categories. Sub Terra Cycle, The Barely Project, and Microclimates III-VI are each multi-part projects containing both concert and installation works. In the fourth category lie two concert works — Avoid Being Eaten By Mimicking Other Less Palatable Species (ABEMOLPAS), and Mobilis in Mobili — which stand as wild cards from a different period and context.
All works have been remixed to function outside their original contexts for stereo, surround (4.0 and 5.0), and headphone (HRTF binaural) listening. The surround 4.0 mixes were made from the B-format decoded ambisonics.
The DVD-ROM zone contains the binaural audio files and standard CD audio files for private copying.
Bouteilles de Klein received support from the Norsk kulturråd (Arts Council Norway) and the Norsk Komponistforening (Norwegian Society of Composers).
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I’m fond of Natasha Barrett. Her electroacoustic compositions have bite, subtlety, and depth. Her art is serious but welcoming. Bouteilles de Klein is her second album for empreintes DIGITALes. It is a 2-DVD set (stereo and surround mixes, high fidelity), 140 minutes of concert works and sound installations. The installations disc (the second) is nice but less captivating than the concert works disc which holds lots of highlights. I’d be hard press to choose a favorite between the recomposed field recordings of Microclimates III-VI and the orgiastic electroacoustics of Avoid Being Eaten by Mimicking Other Less Palatable Species (ABEMOLPAS) (now there’s a program of sonic mimicry!). Heartily recommended.
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Sunday, March 7, 2010 / New releases
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. {bio:bar… More
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Friday, February 26, 2010 / In concert
The 15th Other Minds Festival will take place on March 4 - 6, 2010 at the San Francisco Jewish Community Center. It is on March 5 that Natasha Barrett will diffuse her works Mobilis in Mobili (available on the disc Bouteilles de Klein in produ… More