DRUM MACHINES

la rage by PA Tremblay performed by Martin Daigle. Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (b. 1975) is an international renown musician, composer, and performer who is involved in a variety of contemporary jazz and electroacoustic musical contexts. During his studies in England, Tremblay was inspired by Louis Hamelin's book entitled La Rage. The book influenced the composition of his 50-minute solo La Rage, A reading of Louis Hamelin's novel, for free jazz drummer, eight-channel tape, and real time processing. The piece was premiered by his close friend, Stefan Schneider who is the drummer for the band [iks]. The composition features many various interactions between acoustic and computer-generated musical events. With a series of performance gestures, through written beats, and improvisations, the performer is in constant conflict with the machine that wishes to take over the sound space. While struggling to confront the machine, the performer must face varying power dynamics in the hopes to remain relevant and audible. The composition was one of his most ambitious projects featuring an octophonic speaker setup surrounding the audience. In 2004, this piece illustrated that microphones may serve many different purposes other than their principal use of sound amplification. La rage (rage) ravished land, expropriated for flying steel; ravished people, castrated of their identity; youth wasted in seduction and hiding; intelligence betrayed by a culture of beauty; cynical for survival. La rage (rabies) tiny germ, destructive incubation, death by the drop; … explosion, a cyst bursts, the pus of hate flows. Death for survival. 00:00 MVT I Les jeux sont faits 00:45 le squat 1:16 exproprié 5:11 oiseaux de fer 5:41 boules 6:34 statique contemplation 7:52 boules dures 8:45 bûcheron du jour 10:25 tentatives de vol 15:22 techno-sexe : amitié moderne 17:29 la chasse MVT II Brûlé 18:20 amoureux par intérim 20:39 pompeux roi de nulle part 22:57 le cheval mort 25:38 ivre : vivre! 28:00 Œdipe en banlieue MVT III Incubation, 12:30 29:26 la morsure 29:57 échanges lourds 30:24 techno-sexe : junky dans le parc 31:15 échanges plus lourds 32:12 joyeux Noël en famille — inceste 32:53 bouées de béton 34:22 abdication: foi forcée 36:16 haine en Larsen 39:05 moment-fusion tôle-béton : 160 km/h 40:06 échanges trop lourds MVT IV La rage 40:38 renard fou 41:45 techno-sexe : vol d’aéroport 42:35 entrevue avec le proprio 44:04 prendre le contrôle de la tour 44:46 épilogue : pas d’avenir

This improvised video music for drum kit soloist explores the hybridization of musical genres and the aesthetics that correspond to them. beat is thus situated at a meeting point between free jazz, experimental video, and electroacoustic music. This was recorded at CEM in October 2021. Composer: Sylvain Pohu Performer: Martin Daigle Producer: Sylvain Pohu Director of Photography: Constantin Monfilliette Camera Operators: Constantin Monfilliette & Sola Nkani Sound Recording: Sylvain Pohu Sound Editing: Sylvain Pohu Sound Mixing: Aurum Waves Sound Mastering: Thierry Gauthier Video Editor: Olivier Bochenek & Martin Daigle Executive Producer: Martin Daigle Special thanks to: Dany Lemay, Guillaume Thibert & Richard De Grandmont Filmed and recorded at CEM (Centre d'Exploration Musicale) Thanks to Toronto's Experimental, Dance & Music Film Festival for awarding the laurel of BEST SOUND & MUSIC to our short film. https://experimentalfilmfestival.com/2022/10/05/higlights-september-2022-music-film-festival/ https://www.wildsound.ca/videos/beat-review Thanks to our sponsors : Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada https://canadacouncil.ca/ Music / Musique NB / Government of New Brunswick https://www.musicnb.org/ SSHRC https://www.sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/ CEM http://cemproduction.com/fr CIRMMT https://www.cirmmt.org/

la rage by PA Tremblay performed by Martin Daigle. Pierre Alexandre Tremblay (b. 1975) is an international renown musician, composer, and performer who is involved in a variety of contemporary jazz and electroacoustic musical contexts. During his studies in England, Tremblay was inspired by Louis Hamelin's book entitled La Rage. The book influenced the composition of his 50-minute solo La Rage, A reading of Louis Hamelin's novel, for free jazz drummer, eight-channel tape, and real-time processing. The piece was premiered by his close friend, Stefan Schneider who is the drummer for the band [iks]. The composition features many various interactions between acoustic and computer-generated musical events. With a series of performance gestures, written beats, and improvisations, the performer is in constant conflict with the machine that wishes to take over the sound space. While struggling to confront the machine, the performer must face varying power dynamics in the hopes to remain relevant and audible. The composition was one of his most ambitious projects featuring an octophonic speaker setup surrounding the audience. In 2004, this piece illustrated that microphones may serve many different purposes other than their principal use of sound amplification. La rage (rage) ravished land, expropriated for flying steel; ravished people, castrated of their identity; youth wasted in seduction and hiding; intelligence betrayed by a culture of beauty; cynical for survival. La rage (rabies) tiny germ, destructive incubation, death by the drop; … explosion, a cyst bursts, the pus of hate flows. Death for survival. 00:00 MVT I Les jeux sont faits 00:45 le squat 1:16 exproprié 5:11 oiseaux de fer 5:41 boules 6:34 statique contemplation 7:52 boules dures 8:45 bûcheron du jour 10:25 tentatives de vol 15:22 techno-sexe : amitié moderne 17:29 la chasse MVT II Brûlé 18:20 amoureux par intérim 20:39 pompeux roi de nulle part 22:57 le cheval mort 25:38 ivre : vivre! 28:00 Œdipe en banlieue MVT III Incubation, 12:30 29:26 la morsure 29:57 échanges lourds 30:24 techno-sexe : junky dans le parc 31:15 échanges plus lourds 32:12 joyeux Noël en famille — inceste 32:53 bouées de béton 34:22 abdication: foi forcée 36:16 haine en Larsen 39:05 moment-fusion tôle-béton : 160 km/h 40:06 échanges trop lourds MVT IV La rage 40:38 renard fou 41:45 techno-sexe : vol d’aéroport 42:35 entrevue avec le proprio 44:04 prendre le contrôle de la tour 44:46 épilogue : pas d’avenir