En juin 2012, Ensemble Phoenix Basel m'envoyait une commande.
C'est la première fois de ma vie que je recevais une telle demande.
Après plusieurs mois de réflexion, j'acceptais et commençais à travailler pour trouver un moyen de communiquer une musique avec d'autres musiciens.
Ne connaissant pas la notation classique, j'ai décidé de faire ce que je savais faire soit travailler avec l'enregistrement et des boucles, et ensuite demander aux musiciens un travail d'imitation.
Après une première séance de répétition, j'ai pu tout réorganiser avec leur interprétation en tête et en prenant aussi en compte les limites physiques de chaque instrument.
Je suis très heureux de cette expérience et remercie chaleureusement tout l'Ensemble Phoenix de l'avoir rendue possible.
Le titre, "Les voix de l'invisible", provient de la lecture du livre de Pascal Quignard, "La haine de la musique".
Jérôme Noetinger
In June 2012, Ensemble Phoenix Basel commissioned me to create a work for them to play.
It was the first time in my life I had received such a request. After several months of reflection, I accepted and began working on a way of communicating a music with other musicians.
Not knowing classical notation, I decided to do what I do know: that being, working with recording and loops, and thereafter, ask the musicians to play by ear.
After a first session, having their interpretations in mind, I could reorganise it all taking into account the physical limits of each instrument.
I am very happy with this experience and warmly thank everyone in the Ensemble Phoenix for having made this possible.
The title, “Les voix de l'invisible” (The voice of the invisible) is inspired by Pascal Quignard's book, "La haine de la musique" (The hate of music).
Jérôme Noetinger (translated by Liz Racz)
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released May 24, 2016
Jérome Noetinger
Les voix de l’invisible
Ensemble Phoenix Basel
Christoph Bösch, flûte / flute.
Toshiko Sakakibara, clarinette / clarinet.
Raphael Camenisch, saxophone / saxophone.
Samuel Wettstein, synthétiseur / synthesizer.
Maurizio Grandinetti, guitare électrique / electric guitar.
Aleksander Gabrys, contrebasse / doublebass.
Daniel Buess, percussion et électroniques / percussion and electronics.
Thomas Peter, électroniques / electronics.
Jérome Noetinger, magnétophones à bandes Revox / Revox tape machines.
Recorded live at Gare du Nord Basel, 14 / 15 June 2013.
Recorded, mixed and mastered by Alex Buess.
Technician : Roger Graf.
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