1 Calibration: The 30 Recordings In 1 Minute (1:00)
Conduit Droit Rectangulaire Isolé
2 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Car Park (2:00)
Registre
3 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Central Street (2:00)
4 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)
5 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)
Diffuseur Linéaire Sur Conduit
6 Institute Pasteur (Paris XV) Corridor (1:59)
Bouche d'Extraction Type VMC
7 Apartment (Ground Floor--Paris XX) Bathroom (2:00)
8 Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
9 Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
10 Radio France (Paris XVI) Corridor (2:00)
11 Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
12 Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
13 Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
14 Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
15 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)
Plénum
16 Radio France (Paris XVI) Corridor (2:00)
Bouche d'Extraction Type VMC
17 Apartment (15th Floor--Paris XX) Bathroom (2:00)
18 Restaurant Le Chiberta (Paris VIII) Toilet (2:00)
19 National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris XIII) Toilet (2:00)
20 National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris XIII) Toilet (1:59)
21 National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris XIII) Toilet (2:00)
22 Contemporary Art Center Georges Pompidou (Paris II) Toilet (2:00)
23 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)
24 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Toilet (2:00)
25 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Toilet (1:59)
26 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Toilet (2:00)
Conduit Droit Rectangulaire Isolé
27 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Car Park (2:00)
28 European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Car Park (2:00)
29 Cité De La Musique--Vinci Carpark (Paris XIX) (1:59)
Diffuseur Plafonnier
30 Contemporary Art Center Georges Pompidou (Paris II) (2:00)
Bouche d'Admission
31 National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris XIII) Esplanade (1:59)
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32 Calibration: The 30 Recordings In 1 Minute (1:00)
33 (Silence): 1 Minute (0:59)
Ce qui est chouette avec les bouches d'aération, c'est qu'elles font du drone naturellement...
It all started in 1994, in a bathroom. An air vent above the bathtub attracted my attention. There, in the dusty environment, air became noise, music. Microphones were brought into contact with this acoustic territory to transmit the sonority of the aeraulic device directly. Since that day, I have been attentive to the flow of air in the modern architecture. This CD presents a selection of sound recordings made in Paris in buildings of various ages and dimensions. Without seeking to itemize mechanized ventilation systems in any methodical manner, I was interested in documenting their sonic and musical qualities. My approach wasn't strictly scientific, but nor was it primarily musical. All the sound recordings were made using a boom and of a pair of condenser microphones. Direct contact with the material was avoided. The recordings were subsequently assembled and equalized to optimize their abstract qualities, i.e. I sought to emphasize only sonic particularities related to the acoustics of the point of listening, not events related to the external movements (sounds of doors, or voices): a listening devoid of both context and reference.
(Eric La Casa, 2006)
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