Before discovering this album, the beauty of the striking packaging, and then the name of the album "Ab
Irato", confirmed the high expectations. And the surprise proves to be great in discovering an unbelievable
electro-acoustic record of an irreproachable quality. The approach is certainly difficult for an ear
unaccustomed to experimental sounds, but the discovery of an impressive palette of sounds should win over
the skeptics. The pieces were recorded between 1986 and 1998. Alain Basso essentially helped himself to
tired analog synthesizer sounds, samples, and synthesizers that use specially created programs to make
certain sounds, as well as concrete sounds, like those products formed from an elaboration on a clock,
originating from various metallic and mechanical sequences. This work was created and realized by Alain
Basso in collaboration with Collectif & Compagnie, an association specializing in electro-acoustic music
and based in Annecy. A work reserved for open and curious spirits, to those with a passion for diverse
sounds, who inadvertently surround us everyday; this is when one lends attention to all those noises that
suddenly become very interesting... and one realizes that a lot of ambient and industrial bands are so
appropriate in making their particular sounds, and that others do well to be interesting.
Stéphane F.
September 2002
Translation : Joan
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74000 Annecy
France
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