Notes and Editorial Reviews
The sculptor Bob Verschueren, besides his work of vegetable sculpture that puts him at the forefront of the news (with several important exhibitions in Belgium and in Europe as well as a monograph by publisher Mardaga), has developed over the last fifteen years an interesting concept to mix the vegetal and musical worlds in an innovative way. Each piece on this record concerns one vegetable species from which the composer/interpreter derives range of untreated sounds that he arranges into compositions. They have been realized with the support of the Banff Centre (Canada) and of the Centre de Recherche et de Formation Musicale de Wallonie. The technique consists of a series of "microscopic" sound recordings next to the object that
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allows the artist to take out unexpected sounds while manipulating various vegetables. The organisation of these records gives birth to real soundboards, in which the listener is invited to dive at will... Read less
Works on This Recording
1.
Artichaut (Cynara scolymus) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 3 Minutes 1 Secs.
2.
Bambou (Phyllostachys) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 1 Minutes 31 Secs.
3.
Bananier (Musa) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 6 Minutes 39 Secs.
4.
Carex (Carex) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 3 Minutes 9 Secs.
5.
Carotte (Daucus carotta) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 1 Minutes 21 Secs.
6.
Céleri (Apium graveolens) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 8 Minutes 6 Secs.
7.
Chou (Brassica oleracea var. capitata) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 3 Minutes 0 Secs.
8.
Duo d'épinettes (Picea glauca) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 4 Minutes 35 Secs.
9.
Frêne (Fraxinus) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 3 Minutes 53 Secs.
10.
Maïs (Zea mays) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 8 Minutes 10 Secs.
11.
Pétasite (Petasites) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 3 Minutes 5 Secs.
12.
Pin Lodgepole 1 (Pinus concorta) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 2 Minutes 1 Secs.
13.
Pin Lodgepole 2 (Pinus concorta) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 1 Minutes 17 Secs.
14.
Poireau (Allium porrum) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 4 Minutes 10 Secs.
15.
Rose (Rosa) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 7 Minutes 35 Secs.
16.
Roseau (Phragmites communis) by Bob Verschueren
Performer:
Bob Verschueren ()
Period: 20th Century
Length: 4 Minutes 4 Secs.
Sound Samples
Artichaut (Cynara scolymus)
Celeri (Apium graveolens)
Chou (Brassica oleracea var. capitata)
Duo d'epinettes (Picea glauca)
Pin Lodgepole I (Pinus concorta)
Pin Lodgepole II (Pinus concorta)
Roseau (Phragmites communis)
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