Chry-ptus — Biogenesis — Arthesis

Artists

Album Info

Release Date: 2021-04-30

Label: INA-GRM

Originally released as disc 2 of Œuvres Électroniques
Track 1 originally released on Chry-ptus
Track 2 originally released as Biogenesis
Track 3 originally released on Geelriandre - Arthesis

Notes from Bandcamp page.

Chry-ptus (1971, 2006 version), 23’10

— Premiered at the New York Cultural Center on April 6, 1971. Buchla Modular System on magnetic tape. Produced at the electronic studio of the New York University. 2006 Version produced by Giuseppe Ielasi in Milan. —

“‘Chry-ptus’ consists of two tapes played at the same time, synchronously or asynchronously (up to a minute of de-synchronization for each tape).
The de-synchronization does not affect the structure of the work, but creates endless variations, mainly through the interplay of harmonics.
Three versions were presented at the premiere of this work, including variations of amplitudes and/or de-synchronization.”
(ER)

Biogenesis (1973), 21’06

— Premiered on March 6,1974 at the Kitchen in New York. Heartbeats and ARP 2500 synthesizer on magnetic tape. Produced at the artist's studio in Paris. —

“To my daughter, Anne Person, for the child she is carrying and will carry for a long time.”
(ER)

Arthesis (1973), 25’40

— Premiered on May 1st, 1973 at the Theater Vanguard in Los Angeles. Moog Modular System on magnetic tape. Produced in the Iowa-University studios. —

“Shuffles from the depths of the ages, from a secret and fierce embrace an indistinguishable clarity that seeks to emerge, traces its fragile advent when everything falls asleep.”
(ER)