In My Ears (for Maryanne)
Solo album, 2024Relased on LINE, Oct 4 2024
In My Ears (for Maryanne) is the album version of the performance Maryanne Inside My Ears, that was commissioned by Le Mans Sonore and premiered as a 35 minute performance in the anechoic chamber of the CTTM Le Mans in January 2024.
Most of the sounds and algorithms were conceived during a residency at Sporobole in Sherbrooke, Canada, during fall 2023.
In My Ears (for Maryanne) is a tribute to the work of American composer and sound artist Maryanne Amacher. Algorithmically composed using SuperCollider, the album highlights several aspects of her work: amplitude dynamics, sound-walk-inspired temporal structure and, above all, the musical exploration of distortion product otoacoustic emissions*. The composition encourages the creation of “perceptual geographies,” to use Amacher’s terms, by making space, body and ear resonate at the same time. Thus, by alternating scales of perception within the temporality of an unfolding landscape, In My Ears (for Maryanne) is a sound experience that is both delicate and visceral, essentially physical.
* Distortion product otoacoustic emissions are sounds emitted by the inner ear when it is stimulated by two pure tones of close frequencies, generally between 1000 hz and 4000 hz at a certain amplitude. In response, the inner ear produces harmonic artifacts, resulting in a buzzing effect in the auditory canal.
Concerts
20-21-22.01.2024
CTTM, BIENNALE DU SON — LE MANS SONORE, Le Mans, FR.
02.02.2024
Unit 44, Dublin, IE.
02.03.2024
Eastern Bloc X Ateliers Belleville, Nuit Blanche Montréal, CA.
14.03.2024
Conservatoire de musique de Montréal, Électrochoc#4 — AKOUSMA, Montréal, CA.
06.12.2024
Recombinant Festival, Gray Area Grand Theater, San Fransisco, USA.