International Computer Music Conference 2000

various artists compilation - International Computer Music Conference 2000

I came across a second hand copy of this recording. This is a collection of tracks selected by a jury during the (ICMA) International Computer Music Association's annual conference in 2000. One would get the impression that this is all computer music, but actually these are some nice electroacoustic pieces that incorporate acoustic instruments with the computers. Instruments sometimes take center stage. The sounds of the instruments are digitally treated and manipulated such as the hi-hat cymbals on Cort Lippe's "Music for Hi-Hat and Computer". Acoustic instruments also interact with the computer such as the viola on Gerhard Eckel and Vincent Royer's "Traverse" and the string quartet on Agostino di Scipio's "5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions."

The ICMA website explains the International Computer Music Conference (ICMC): The ICMC is the preeminent annual gathering for computer music practitioners from around the world and its unique interweaving of professional paper presentations and concerts of new computer music, refereed by ICMA-approved international panels, creates a vital synthesis of science, technology and the art of music.

Tracklisting:

1. Horacio Vaggione - Agon {8:47}

2. Cort Lippe - Music for Hi-Hat & Computer {13:52}

3. Marc Ainger - Shatter {8:07}

4. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (1) {1:36}

5. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (2) {2:20}

6. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (3) {2:19}

7. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (4) {2:19}

8. Agostino di Scipio - 5 Difference-Sensitive Circular Interactions (5) {3:01}

9. Richard Nance - Between Dog and the Wolf {5:34}

10. Gerhard Eckel & Vincent Royer - Traverse {11:18}

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CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 21

various artists compilation - CDCM Computer Music Series Volume 21

From the liner notes:

CDCM Computer Music Series presents this twenty-first volume in its ongoing series of digital recordings of new, significant, computer music compositions created by composers affiliated with major computer music centers and/or working independently. CDCM's purpose is to create and distribute worldwide a recorded repertoire of the best new computer music, maintaining the highest quality recording standards. The music included presents a wide range of styles and mediums, performed by distinguished ensembles and soloists and produced with great care and musical integrity.

Horacio Vaggione - KITAB

KITAB (1992) is scored for bass clarinet, piano, and double bass, plus a collection of separate electroacoustic sequences realized by computer means. The live instruments are amplifed in order to achieve a balance between the sources.

Takayuki Rai - Three Inventions

Three Inventions (1992) is written for soprano saxophone, double bass, piano, harp, and live computer electronic system comprised of a NeXT computer and the IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation (ISPW). The instrumental sounds are processed by the ISPW, which produces realtime transformations of these sounds.

Ira Mowitz - Kol Aharon

"'Kol Aharon' (1993), translated from the Hebrew, means 'The Voice of Aaron.' ...The voice in this piece is that of my son, Aaron, in his second year. The musicality of his voice seemed to me to parallel the role of Aaron's voice in the biblical tale. For, though strangely displaced, though filtered through a variety of musical screens, digital and instrumental, and though literally a substitute for the real thing, it still retains its eloquence and its ability to be heard: both as itself, a human utterance, and as something other-worldly and other than itself. (Actually, I just wanted to write a piece for violin and baby, and that's what I did.)" -IM

Cort Lippe - Music for Sextet and ISPW

Music for Sextet and ISPW (1993) is scored for flute, bass clarinet, trombone, violin, cello, and piano - and the ISPW: IRCAM Signal Processing Workstation. The ISPW is used in real time, controlled by the signal processing version of MAX, developed by Miller Puckette at the Institut de Recherche et Coordination Acoustique/Musique. The control and signal processing routines were developed at IRCAM by the composer and Puckette - whose technical advice made this piece possible.

Tracklisting:

1. Horacio Vaggione - KITAB {13:46}

2. Takayuki Rai - Three Inventions: Invention I {4:15}

3. Takayuki Rai - Three Inventions: Invention II {5:47}

4. Takayuki Rai - Three Inventions: Invention III {3:40}

5. Ira Mowitz - Kol Aharon {12:08}

6. Cort Lippe - Music for Sextet and ISPW {12:25}

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