iannis xenakis. search & destroy

shaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaar

hoping there isn't some trite ecumeno-mystical paratext trash accompanying this cuz for me it's just the sound of everything altogether

I love how it sounds the way the title would suggest it sounds.

that would be shaaAAAAAaaaaaaaaaaaaAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaaar to account for the exquistite portamento

Search:
Synaphaï
Antikhthon
Metastaesis
Aïs
Jonchaies
Evryali
Herma
Shaar

Destroy:
Kyania
Horos
Ioolkos

http://i.imgur.com/p2AR0.jpg

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fn5F9m4Qf3w

xenakis died fifteen years ago today

Tempting new 5LP and CD box set of electroacoustic works now available. 14 copies of the vinyl left at the time of writing, don't sleep if you want one of these:

https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/electroacoustic-works

^^^
I have been listening to that today. Persepolis (1972) and La Légende d’Eer (1978) on repeat.

Waiting for my copy of the 5CD to arrive from Germany.

Scored a nice clean copy of the GRM Works LP just the other day. I love the note for Bohor:

The author deliberately abstained from giving any descriptive information on his piece, letting the listener choose an imaginary route for himself

I'm getting so obsessed with this, I doubt I'll listen to much else for the next week.