In My Ears
(for Maryanne)

Released on LINE, Oct 4 2024


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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.

“Even with the SuperCollider levels of programming, there is heart here”
Beach Sloth — In My Ears (for Maryanne)

“The basic samples, gently shifted against one another,
give rise to the most delicate and ever-changing layers.”
Karsten Zimalla, Westzeit [translated from German]

Credits
Composition, SuperCollider programming, mixing and mastering : Estelle Schorpp
Album cover : Juliette Francine Frenay
Production and financial support : MITACS, Sporobole, Le Mans Sonore