Studio — Analogique — Numérique
Martin Tétreault, Otomo Yoshihide
… la chaotique musique que déversent… Otomo Yoshihide et Martin Tétreault tendrait plutôt, avec une vigueur vite perceptible, un ravissement maximal des tympans. — Les Inrockuptibles, France
Une belle leçon de remix. — Revue & Corrigée, France
Following the electro-mechanical exploration of
An initial, intensely dynamic “Studio” encounter, recorded live and with no reprocessing, makes up CD 1. Then both artists went to work with their respective equipment to reprocess raw material not used on CD 1.
Each produced his remix without consulting the other — these are two distinctive personal journeys, each taken with the aid of widely different equipment that marked the way the sounds were produced and reproduced throughout. The first listening was a surprise for them — there are three surprises in store for you
- Composer(s): Martin Tétreault, Otomo Yoshihide
- Graphic design: Martin Tétreault, Jean-François Denis
Download (AM 111_NUM, 2003)
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- 1duo 2 (2000-03), 7:21
- 2duo 4 (2000-03), 3:55
- 3duo 6 (2000-03), 3:37
- 4duo 8 (2000-03), 5:30
- 5analogique 5 (2003), 1:14
- 6analogique 6 (2003), 4:20
- 7analogique 4 (2003), 4:40
- 8analogique 7 (2003), 2:34
- 9analogique 2 (2003), 6:02
- 10otomo remix (2003), 20:37
- Label: Ambiances Magnétiques
- AM 111_NUM
- 2003
- UCC 771028111183
- Total duration: 60:40
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Review
Following the electro-mechanical exploration of
Critique
Triple offensive de deux redoutables poseurs de bombes-platines. Splendide désordre. La dématerialisation ne faisant rlen qu’à gagner du terrain (si l’on peut dire), prenons plaisir à parler d’un disque d’abord en tant qu’objet. Ce plaisir sera d’autant plus vif que l’objet-disque qui nous intéresse présente plusieurs signes ostensibles de non-conformismes
Critique
Trois mini-cds emballés dans une petite boîte ouatée, enregistrement studio de 2 turntabilists iconoclastes,
Analog remix. Défilement speedé des bandes voulant l’accident,
Digital remix.
Review
Si les disques traditionnels ont déserté la platine du Québécois, c’est au profit d’une exploration sans frontière de la lutherie phonographique. Un coffret en duo avec Otomo Yoshihide fait le point sur ces avancées du turntablism.
Dans le champ des musiques expérimentales sévissent également des DJ qu’on appelle platinistes, probablement pour différencier leur pratique, qui sur le modèle des pistes suscitées par
Comme lui, ce dernier, influencé par
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Guide CD 2003
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Review
Studio — Analogique — Numérique’s packaging alone screams “art”. It’s a trio of three-inch CDs, individually wrapped and presented in the sort of white box more typically used to deliver jewelry. The packaging creates a hell of an expectation for the contents. Depending on your level of tolerance for noise,
Disc one, Studio, pairs the two for a quartet of avant-garde compositions — the first of which, Duo 2, combines feedback and pink noise to create a hearing test from hell. This crashes into the silent brick wall of Duo 4, an almost entirely sound-free four minute interlude. Duo 6 returns with static snippets, slamming doors and unsettling hints of human voices that slowly fade into the abstract tones of Duo 8. While the material amounts to little more than noise (or, if you prefer, thoughtfully-assembled acousmatic compositions), it’s purposeful noise that, when combined with the duo’s extended bursts of silence, creates distinct images of isolation and ruin. Maybe it’s not fun, but it is effective.
Disc two, Analogique, features
The final disc, Numérique, contains a single, twenty minute remix by Yoshihide. Again, the title informs the process, for in contrast to Analogique’s construction, this piece was created digitally. It also contrasts with
So if this trio of tiny CDs is not much fun, what’s the point
Critique
Coincés dans un mignon coffret blanc à l’esthétique amoureusement sobre, les trois mini-CD’s de cette rencontre
Review
More splintered and fragmented sounds from this duo that we already know from earlier work (21 Situations). We find their new work physically not on one CD but distributed on three mini-CDs. Objectively there was no reason to do so. All the music would perfectly fit on one CD. At the center of this triptych is the Studio CD. It is recorded live in the studio and has
Heard Out
The state of turntablism has undergone rapid transformation over the last decade or so. No longer content with manipulating vinyl in unexpected ways, some artists have now turned on the tables themselves, utilizing every inch of the case, platter, motor, tone arm and stylus of the venerable record player.
It was clear from the two Technics decks on Yoshihide’s table that he would focus on the turntables, so it came as a bit of surprise that Yoshihide played much of his solo set on guitar, playing through a blond Marshall amp. His playing was drenched in feedback, starting with a buzzy intro that crescendoed into a ringing harmonic pallette, growling and angry. His playing was urgent, piercing, and vicious, a dirty blues with strong tremolo. Out of this slowly emerged the strains of
After an intermission the players returned as a duo, with both players at their turntables. The similarities in style were as striking as the contrasts
Review
A prolific label of fascinating albums, Ambiances Magnétiques is now working a bevy of new and current releases. From the duo of
Disques
À son retour du 20e FIMAV, où il participait à l’un des rares concerts qui ont suscité une belle unanimité, Martin Tétreault s’attelait à la tâche de préparer 500 nouvelles copies de ce coffret de 3 mini-CD tout juste paru chez Ambiances Magnétiques. Avec son comparse Yoshihide, Tétreault a d’abord enregistré une séance live au New 28 Studio, en France, dont certains extraits forment le premier disque. Repartis chacun de leur côté avec les bouts non utilisés pour ce premier mini-CD, Tétreault a produit un montage sur magétophone et Yoshihide sur ordinateur. On est ici dans le ronflement de la lutherie
Review
Beautifully packaged in a shimmering white jewellery box, the latest collaboration between improv innovators Martin Tétreault and Otomo Yoshihide (who released
Disc one, Studio, was recorded direct to DAT with no remixing or reprocessing, a true collaborative session performed on turntables and electronics. Listening, it seems that the electronic elements (shifting drones, dissonant crossings of feedback and static) are the more dominant features in these four tracks, harsh and grating, surely, but also with a surprising sense of calm, of being grounded, as if on firm footing.
Disc two, Analogique, is Tétreault’s analogue reworking of that live session into five new pieces, using old, “obsolete” tape recorders as his tools. Things become much more restless in Tétreault’s revision, with busying activity, in turns spacious and densely layered, with sounds that seem to have been torn apart at the seams fluttering to and fro. It’s an incredible exercise in tape manipulation with some surprising, challenging results.
Disc three, Numérique, as one might imagine, is Yoshihide’s reconstruction, a single, continuous mix that was generated using purely digital tools. His treatment is charged with immense energy and momentum, a bomb ready to explode. Concrete and electronic elements collide in fierce clashes, and even as this piece remains dynamic from the first to the last, it also seems grounded by long drones behind the scenes that occasionally weave in and out of the mix, remnants of the original sessions, mere traces of the past. Dividing the release into three discs was an excellent decision for this project in particular, and not only for aesthetic reasons
Compact!
Ne me demandez pas pourquoi, mais il y a quelque chose de très sexy dans un mini CD. En plus, a dunée réduite (20 minutes) permet de ne pas fatiguer l’oreille, ce qui en fait un format idéal pour les musiques exigeantes.
Critique
Deuxième rencontre (après 21 situations) sur l’étiquette AM de ce duo de tripatouilleurs de phonogrammes, cette boite à bijoux (admirablement bricolée) se présente comme un véritable cadeau, bilan d’un travail sur l’instrument de capture du son élargi sur plusieurs niveaux. Si le premier des trois disques (studio) présente une improvisation (2000) où le phono prend sa valeur instrumentale, les deux autres s’inscrivent sous le signe de la relecture (2003), de la manipulation a posteriori du matériel sonore selon des méthodes distinctes






