Drone Records

DE LAET, JORIS - SEM

Format: 3 x LP box

Label & Cat.Number: Metaphon 005

Release Year: 2016

Note: selection of early recordings (1972-1979) by this Belgian autodidact composer, whose adventurous works could be located somewhere between electronic composition and radical group improvisation ("modern composition vs free improvisation, acoustic vs electronic,, sound vs noise...") ; lim. 300 in violet hardboard linen box incl. 22 page booklet and large poster, very beautiful !!

Price (incl. 19% VAT): €70.00

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"Joris de Laet (Belgium, 1947) is a fully autodidact composer of electroacoustic music. Between 1972 and 1975 he worked at the IPEM along with Lucien Goethals and Karel Goeyvaerts and in 1973 he founded the SEM (Studio for Experimental Music) where he organised plenty of group sessions, live performances, lectures... De Laet's work is adventurous, complex and difficult to classify, due to many interesting contrasts in his style and approach academicvs intuitive, modern composition vs free improvisation, acoustic vs electronic,sound vs noise... This selection (10 tracks) of his early recordings (1972 1979) represents an overview of his intriguingly radical and highly personal work which includes solo tape experiments, live electronics with Karel Goeyvaerts and group performances with experimental instrumentalists from the SEM ensemble : Pieter Kuyl (chapmanstick), Leo Verheyen (trombone), Paul Adriaenssens (flute and amplified objects), Maurice Verstuyft (flute). All material has been mastered from the original tapes and is previously unreleased. Edition of 300 copies." [label info]

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