Ever since the conceptual genesis of “noise
music” in the early 20th century,
many composers have explored and incorporated noise, above and beyond its merely
parasitic form – an attack on the code that structures the message –, opening up
the act of composition and music to new possibilities and previously unexplored
realms of sound. This book reflects on the nature of noise, its particular
percept and its impact on modes of expression, revealing a sensibility that
does not conform to traditional aesthetic habits, while nonetheless taking up certain
fundamentals of musical composition. The history of this peculiar trend in
music, its legacies and perspectives, is now well known. Often considered in
terms of the concepts of parasite, pollution, violence, aggressiveness and détournement, the concept of "noise" is frequently put to the test by the political
question that underlies it. How should noise be interpreted in this context?
How and from what angle can we approach this subject at a time when creative practices are becoming increasingly diverse and
widespread? This book probes one potential angle of approach: the performance
value of the gesture of noise.
Editor: Sébastien Biset
Essays by Sébastien Biset, Yves Citton, Pierre
Albert Castanet, Matthieu Saladin, Anne Genette, Guy-Marc Hinant and C-Drik
Fermont
Art intervention by Jacques André and Oscar
André
This book comes with an audio CD entitled Noise:
Various Artists – Gesture, Act, Concept and Performance featuring Tomas Korber, Gert-Jan
Prins, Sudden Infant, Dickson Dee, Alan Courtis, Portable Noise, Kremator,
Arnaud Rivière, Sébastien Biset, Jean DL, Zbigniew Karkowski, Antoine Boute,
Soumonces! and Antoine Chessex
Published in 2010
In French
21 x 27 cm
88 pages
ISBN: 978-2-9600632-6-4
EAN: 9782960063264
