In commemoration of IPEM's 50th anniversary, Belgium's Metaphon label has just published a lavishly illustrated 88-page book with two CDs featuring the music of: Lucien Goethals, Didier Gazelle, Louis De Meester, David Van de Woestijne, Stefan Beyst, Helmut Lachenmann, Boudewijn Buckinx, Karel Goeyvaerts, Emmanuel Van Weerst, Peter Beyls, Raoul De Smet, Frank Nuyts, Ricardo Mandolini, Peter Schuback, Stephen Montague and Yves Knockaert.
All 18 tracks--most of which have never been released before--were recorded at Ghent University's Institute for Psychoacoustics and Electronic Music between the years 1963 and 1999.
Each track here was carefully re-mastered from the original tapes.
The present CD release is limited to 700 copies.
Meanwhile, the vinyl version comes out later this month (in an edition of 300) and contains three LPs in a hardboard linen box (plus the two CDs and book).
Here's the tracklisting and run times from Metaphon:
CD 1
1-Louis de Meester, Incantations (6:36)
2-Lucien Goethals, Studie 1 (5:26)
3-DIdier Gazelle, Studie 1 (3:12)
4-Louis de Meester, "Cadenza" (from Dialogos) (4:59)
5-David Van De Woestijne, Les Céphalopode (5:41)
6-Stefan Beyst, Ekreksis (4:44)
7-Helmut Lachenmann, Scenario (12:33)
8-Boudewijn Buckinx, Simparolo (3:41)
9-Karel Goeyvaerts, Nachklänge aus dem Theater (Part 1) (5:09)
10-Emmanuel Van Weerst, Monochroom (6:25)
11-Peter Beyls, Prints (9:27)
12-Raoul de Smet, Torso (Tape Part) (7:09)
CD 2
13-Ricardo Mandolini, El Cuaderno del Alquimista (9:29)
14-Frank Nuyts, Chile (Part 1) (7:52)
15-Peter Schuback, L'ombre négatif de Monsieur Sandomir (9:13)
16-Stephen Montague, Slow dance on a burial ground (24:34)
17-Yves Knockaert, "Foto II" (from Portraits) (12:01)
18-Lucien Goethals, Dendrofonies (11:20)
Written in both Dutch and English, the accompanying book charts the growth and development of Belgium's national electronic music institute--a lesser-known counterpart to France's Groupe de Recherches Musicales, Cologne's Studio für Elektronische Musik and the Studio di Fonologia Musicale in Italy--via essays from IPEM alumni and professors.
As Boomkat notes, "the 18 tracks give clear, often shocking evidence of what they were up to: unearthly electro-acoustic, drone and concrète compositions...distinguished by a certain gothic or dark mittel European sensibility."
Click here to listen to some samples, courtesy of Metaphon.
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