Christophe Charles - Undirected 1986-1996 (c) 1997 Mille Plateaux
Artist....: Christophe Charles
Album.....: Undirected 1986-1996
Type......: Album
Source....: CDDA
Tracks....: 20
Genre.....: Ambient
Label.....: Mille Plateaux
Catalogue#: mp 33
Encoder...: LAME 3.97
Quality...: VBR kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint-Stereo
URL.......: http://www.discogs.com/Christophe-Charles-Undirected-1986-1996/release/105492
Tracklist:
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01 One 02:57
02 Two 03:03
03 Three 03:01
04 Four 03:00
05 Five 03:00
06 Six 03:00
07 Seven 03:00
08 Eight 03:00
09 Nine 03:01
10 Ten 03:00
11 Eleven 03:03
12 Twelve 02:56
13 Thirteen 03:01
14 Fourteen 03:00
15 Fifteen 03:01
16 Sixteen 03:00
17 Seventeen 03:00
18 Eighteen 03:00
19 Nineteen 02:58
20 Twenty 03:00
Total:76,5 MB / 60:01 min
Release Notes:
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The audio part consists in several pieces composed between 1986 and
1996. They were gathered on five CDs: "Circle" (1986-1994, not
published), "Dog" (1993-1994, not published), "Next Point" (1992-1993,
Gallery Ham, Nagoya), "Deposition Yokohama" (1993-1994, Yokohama
Museum) and "Statics" (1995, CCI recordings, T⌠ky⌠). They appear on
"Undirected" in the "ready-made" order of these CDs, which is related
to the alphabetic order of their name ("Circle" and "Dog"), or the
order of their performance ("Next Point" and "Deposition Yokohama").
These recorded compositions are mixed with samples banks triggered by a
Max patcher on the same model as the "undirected.usnd". However, it
didn't use the "usnd" object, but was connected to the MIDI-in (program
changes, pitch, velocity, duration, controllers, etc.) of a
Kurzweil/Young Chang K-2000RJÖ. These banks were chosen according to
their size (to fit the 16MB RAM of the K2000) and their presence in the
pieces: they feature sound samples of former compositions, and new
samples which appear according to the alphabetic proximity of their
name ("ginza", "glocken", "gong", "hafen", etc.).
The 1996 "Undirected" composition intends to make clear how the
compositional principles of all these pieces are interrelated.