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Smog --- 2022-12-09
Smog is an electro-acoustic work in five parts of equal duration (18 minutes) divided into several variable sequences. It was composed as the music score for the ballet Smog commissioned by the choreographer Michel Caserta. The work was premiered on October 18, 1974, by the Ensemble chorégraphique de Vitry at the Théâtre Jean-Vilar in Vitry-sur-Seine. Executive Producers of the Reissue: Nikos Giousef & Achilleas Stavrou under the supervision of Kyriakos Sfetsas Artwork & Design: Iro Stamatopoulou Remastered at Sweetspot Studio by Yiannis Christodoulatos Special Thanks to Alexandros Kalofolias & Panos Tomaras for the Translations & Love 180gr. double vinyl edition (P) & (C) 2022 Cat In The Room Records - CIR001 - Made In The E.U. The copyright in this sound recording is owned by Cat In The Room Records under the auspices of GoodHeart Productions. www.goodheart.gr
Artist Bio
Videos
Kyriakos Sfetsas, "Smog, Musique Electroacoustique" [CP-210/211]
Tracklist
Side One
I. Chairs
Introduction - electronic sounds - low holds & rhythms in high register. Silence
Electronic and concrete sounds - mainly serious registers - clusters, falls. "Lines" going through all registers - concrete sounds filters. Silence
Polyphony. Organ (rhythms, clusters etc.) & synthesizer. Silence
Rhythmic sequence, constantly changing rhythmic pattern. Polyrhythmia. Silence
Epilogue - coda - Truncated repeat of A.
Track Nº 6
Electronic Sounds (falls, glissandi, low holds, oscillating sounds), concrete sounds (transformed aircraft engines, airport noises, etc.). Silence
Side Two
Rhythmic sequence - start in monophony, then, track 1 and 3: polyrhythm one to three voices on varied model. Tracks 2 and 3: polyrhythm to to three voices on varied model. Electronic sounds only. Silence
Melodies of electronic sounds, clusters, oscillating sounds. Silence
Epilogue - coda - Resumption of A & drops in successive entries 5" apart
Epicenter or Magnetic Field
Wind noise on runways 1,2 and 4 - Breath rhythmic on runway 3. Silence
Successive entry on electronic sounds (oscillating, white noise, percussion, clusters).
Polyphony of electronic and concrete sounds & screams. Silence
Side Three
Tracks1,2 and 4: synthesizer sounds (scales in micro-intervals). Track 3: bass vocals & electronic sounds. Silence
Rhythmic Sequence. Track 1 and 3: three voices polyrhythm. Track 2 and 4: two voices polyrhythm.
IV. Tour
Introduction - Very low oscillating sounds, the 4 tracks in unison. Then, successive entries at 5" intervals in concrete sounds.
Rhythms in concrete sounds on tracks 2 and 4. Then, entries of tracks 1 and 3, still in concrete sounds. Silence
Eight doubled voices - Texts spoken, filtered, backwards etc. & clusters. Silence
Electronic sounds - drops, "slippery", sustained sounds, on all registers. Silence
Side Four
Rhythmic sequence (rhythms for three voices on tracks 1 and 3. Then, inputs tracks 2 and 4, rhythms for two voices).
V. The Great Journey
Melody on the synthesizer on track 3. Subsequent entries of the other three tracks with gliding sounds, micro-intervals, etc. Silence
Tracks 1 and 3 - "Pop" rhythms. Then, inputs tracks 2 and 4 with superimposed melodies & electronic sounds.
Rhythmic sequence - Final. Tracks 2 and 4: Irregular rhythms with three evolving voices. Electronic sounds. Entrances at 01:30 of tracks and 3 with melodies, clusters.