Distance liquide

8-channel electroacoustic composition
Year: 2007
Duration: 13:00 min
Studio: Ina GRM Paris
Dedicated to: my mother
Date of first performance: January 13, 2007
Place: Maison de la Radio France Paris

commissioned by Ina-GRM

In distance liquide, the imagery of liquid, flowing, and rapidly dissolving forms serves as a metaphor for sound spatialization in the electroacoustic space. Each musical gesture is tied to a specific spatial movement that highlights its character.

From recorded sequences featuring a gong, various percussion instruments, trumpet, flute, and vocal fragments, these seemingly distant sound elements converge into a shared musical discourse. At times, their vastly different spectra are reduced to their loudest harmonic components, leaving only pure pitches and melodies—ultimately dissolving their differences.

Stereo version (excerpt)

Position of loudspeakers

8ch-speaker