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Nuit - 2008 + Bonus

by Eric Cordier

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Nuit 1 08:52
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2.
Nuit 2 07:47
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3.
Nuit 3 15:45
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4.
Nuit 4 13:00
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Nuit 5 10:06
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Nuit 1 - Bonus : tape only 08:52
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Nuit 2 - Bonus : tape only 04:16
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Nuit 3 - Bonus : tape only 13:15
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Nuit 4 - Bonus : tape only 13:00
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Nuit 5 - Bonus : tape only 09:12
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about

"Nuit" was composed in 2007-2008 as requested by Seijiro Murayama. He invited me to compose for him a "piece mixte", where his percussion was back to back to a tape.

As he is Japanese, I was inspired to compose around a series of recordings done in Japan the year before. However, the piece evolved from a simple composition to a performance where I asked Seijiro, beyond playing only percussion, to add to it various live actions such as the use of voice, breath, bubbling sounds, movement in space and working with lights and shadow theater. During the show, I was also involved in the actions such as painting with fire and moving the microphone to create a close and distant effect on the sound.

The field recording for the composition was done between july-august 2006, mainly in Honshu, Aomori Prefecture with the help of Satoko Fujimoto and her family. In order of appearance: Rice field with buffalo frogs in Kanedate Kizukuri, bird in a forest on Hokkaido island, firework at Goshogawara City, cicadas at Iwaki Mountain, announcement to "be careful with fire" in Kanedate, ritual in the Bodaiji Temple in Osorezan, and a toy-windmill nearby, bell of the Kanedata Temple, drumming on iron protections against the snow along the road.

The tape uses some French recordings too, on part 4 : Olivier Maurel and Georges at Observatoire Astronomique de Haute Provence 2006 (F 04, Saint-Michel-l'Observatoire), Brotone Forest (F 76) Sep. 1993, and (p. 5) Chinese New Year festival in Paris Feb. 2008. And thanks to Thierry Madiot and Vincent Vantalon for some samples of their instruments.

"Nuit" has been premiered the 25th April 2008 at Le Compa,(Agriculture Museum Pont de Mainvillers - 28000 Chartres) during Festival, RME, Rencontres Musiques Electroacoustiques de Chartres, curated by Shoï Lorillard and Cecile Pennetier.
~ Eric Cordier

credits

released September 8, 2023

Eric Cordier : composition, recording, mastering & fire
Seijiro Murayama : percussion & voice

thanks to Scorpéne for pictures, video and his support and Goh Lee Kwang too

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