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François Bayle (b. 1932) Tremblement de terre très doux (1978) Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 1 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 2 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 3 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 4 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 5 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 6 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 7 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 8 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 9 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 10 Tremblement de terre très doux – 1978 11 François Bayle on Tremblement de terre très doux (1978); first performance on March 19, 1979 at the Grand Auditorium of Radio-France, Ina-GRM's Cycle Acousmatique: "The familiar generates the strange. These rolls, these hums, these sudden rushes; this song, these peaceful circlings; these sudden outbursts, these returns to quiescence -- what do they remind us of? This piece's trajectory could also be a representation of the dramatic unfolding of a day -- of a life -- from sunrise ('Climate 1') to night-time ('Landscape 4') via restless encounters, transitions ('Transit 1', '2', and '3') that announce the drama climaxing in 'Landscape 3', before reaching its denouement in "Climate 4"... A whole concrete 'story'. The subterranean properties inherent to listening gently shift our ideas..." UbuWeb Sound | UbuWeb