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Reissuing La Casa's 2006 album of ventilation systems, which started with a bathroom vent and expanded to a sonic exploration of aeraulic devices and air flows in Paris buildings of various ages and dimensions, documenting their sonic and musical qualities, functioning as a sound study, a sonic data bank, a CD of environments, and finally as music. |
In Stock Shipping Weight: 2.00 units Quantity in Basket: None Log In to use our Wish List ![]() UPC: 9782955958117 Label: Swarming Catalog ID: SWARMING 007 Squidco Product Code: 24953 Format: CD Condition: New Released: 2017 Country: France Packaging: Cardboard Gatefold Recorded in Paris, France in 1994, by the artist. Personnel: Eric La Casa Click an artist name above to see in-stock items for that artist. Highlight an instrument above and click here to Search for albums with that instrument. ![]() ![]() Artist Biographies: • Show Bio for Eric La Casa "968: Born in Tours, France. 4/14/2021 Have a better biography or biography source? Please Contact Us so that we can update this biography. ^ Hide Bio for Eric La Casa ![]() 1. Calibration : The 30 Recordings In 1 Minute 1:00 2. European Hopital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Carpark 2:00 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 6. Institute Pasteur (Paris XV) Corridor 2:00 7. Apartment (Groundfloor - 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 16. Radio France (Paris XVI) Corridor 2:00 17. Apartment (15th Stage - 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 2:00 21. National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris Xiii) Toilet 2:00 22. Contemporary Art CenterGeorges 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 2:00 26. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Toilet 2:00 27. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Carpark 2:00 28. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Carpark 2:00 29. Cite De La Musique - Vinci Carpark (Paris XIX) 2:00 30. Contemporary Art Center Georges Pompidou (Level -1 - Paris II) 2:00 31. National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris Xiii) Esplanade 2:00 32. Calibration : The 30 Recordings In 1 Minute 1:00 33. Silence) : 1 Minute 1:00 |
sample the album:
![]() "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 "My listening project (about controlled mechanical ventilation in new buildings) is multiple : it can function as a sound study, a sonic data bank, a CD of environments, and finally as a music. This CD is intended to be an object without distinctive function. This is precisely what interests me : the question of listening, at home. "-Eric La Casa ![]() The Squid's Ear! Get additional information at The Squid's Ear ![]() Electro-Acoustic Organized Sound and Sample Based Music Field Recordings New in Experimental & Electronic Music |