(yes I know the accent over the ‘a’ in the artwork should be grave and not acute but I am new to GIMP and couldn’t work out how to fix it. Bla bla bla)
So on my trip to Paris I was fortunate enough to check out an exhibition by a French artist called Jacques Villeglé, who robbed posters off the street, cut them up and made something new with them: moving works of art which still referenced their original form but became something else as well.
Heavily inspired by this, and having recently discovered granulation (thanks Richard + Cleptoclectics!), I robbed some mp3s of classical tunes I liked (again, inspired by the Paris trip; this time the merging of electronic and classical music witnessed at the Carl Craig concert) and started granulating those bad boys.
And this is the result. Three tracks, no beats in sight, mellow wintery beauty for you. Certainly the most experimental thing I’ve ever done; it’s been quite fun indeed.
Download the release here (26 meg .ZIP file)
Some Freak – C: D/G – Un Hommage à Jacques Villeglé
Tracklisting:
1: Cowboy (original: Aaron Copland – Hoe-Down)
2: Reflect (original: Arvo Pärt – Spiegel Im Spiegel)
3: Heavenly (original: Gabriel Fauré – In Paradisum)
Dedicated to the memory of my father, whose birthday would have been tomorrow.
