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[b]Chrysopée Électronique[/b] is an album series, produced by French electroacoustic music center [l=IMEB] – Institut international de musique électroacoustique de Bourges, and released by an affiliated [l=Mnémosyne Musique Média] publishing house. Named after [i]chrysopoeia[/i], an alchemical transmutation into gold, this series present electroacoustic/experimental works, composed and recorded over the years at [l=GMEB][b]/[/b][l=IMEB] studios. Chrysopée Électronique features solo albums, or musical monographs, by the core group of IMEB composers, such as [a=Françoise Barrière], [a=Pierre Boeswillwald], [a=Christian Clozier], [a=Roger Cochini] and [a=Alain Savouret], and several visiting composers: [a=Beatriz Ferreyra], [a=Gonzalo Biffarella], [a=Francisco Kröpfl], [a=Luis Maria Serra] and [a=Horacio Vaggione] (Argentina), [a=Eduardo Kusnir] (Venezuela), [a=Sten Hanson] (Sweden), [a=François Giraudon] (France). Since 2000, an annual [i]Compendium International[/i] 2xCD compilation was released in the series, and to celebrate GMEB's 30th anniversary, [r=632610] and [url=https://discogs.com/release/633646]Vol. 2 (1984-1999)[/url], both on 3xCD, were issued in 2003. Until [l=Mnémosyne Musique Média] publishing house was established by IMEB around 1994, Chrysopée Électronique albums were distributed by [l=Harmonia Mundi s.a.] Even though [l=Le Chant Du Monde] logo doesn't appear on any of the releases, they all have [b]LDC xxxxxx[/b] catalog numbers, perhaps by association with early [l=Cultures Électroniques] editions.