Xenakis - Electronic Music [CD] (1987)

Iannis Xenakis (born 29 May 1922, Brăila, Romania - died 4 February 2001, Paris, France) was a Romanian-born Greek-French composer, music theorist, architect and engineer. He is regarded as one of the most radical and important composers of the twentieth century. He formulated a theory of stochastic music in the early 1950's, and in late 1954 he was accepted as a member of the Groupe De Recherche De Musique Concrète. He later joined Groupe De Recherches Musicales. He pioneered the use of computers for musical composition in 1961. As an architect, he worked with Le Corbusier and designed the Philips Pavilion for the Brussels World's Fair in 1958. In 1963, he published "Musique Formelles", a collection of his articles relating music, architecture, and mathematics. In 1972, he founded CEMAMu (Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales) in Issy-les-Moulineaux, just outside of Paris. He has composed for a wide range of instrumental ensembles and solos, and his 'polytopes', sound and light spectacles, have been performed in a number of localities, including: Persepolis (1971), Paris (1972), Mycénes (1978) and again in Paris (1978). [SOURCE: DISCOGS] 

Label: Electronic Music Foundation ‎– EMF CD 003 

Format: CD, Compilation 

Country: US 

Released: 1997 

Genre: Electronic 

Style: Musique Concrète, Avantgarde 

Tracklist:

1 Diamorphoses 6:53 

2 Concret PH 2:42 

3 Orient-Occident 10:56 

4 Bohor 21:36 

5 Hibiki-Hana-Ma 17:39 

6 S.709 7:03 

Credits: 

Art Direction, Design, Layout – A Man Called Wrycraft 

Artwork [Background Imagery] – Iannis Xenakis 

Edited By [Digitally], Mastered By – Robin Aube 

Edited By [With Special Assistance From], Mastered By [With Special Assistance From] – Bob Doidge 

Executive-Producer – Joel Chadabe, William Blakeney 

Executive-Producer [Additional Assistance From] – Nick Fortunato 

Executive-Producer [With Special Assistance From] – Daniel Teruggi, François Bayle, Paul Lau, Sharon Kanach 

Liner Notes – Makis Solomis 

Liner Notes [Translation] – Sharon Kanach 

Producer [Produced By] – Electronic Music Foundation 

Notes: 

℗&©1997 Electronic Music Foundation Ltd. 

Made in Canada. 

Diamorphoses (1957) 

Concret PH (1958) 

Orient-Occident (1960) 

Bohor (1962) 

Hibiki-Hana-Ma (1970) 

S.709 (1992) 

Digital editing and mastering at Spacelab Digital in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, with special assistance from Bob Doidge at Grant Avenue Studio. 

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