Rose Des Vents

Rose Des Vents – a listening guide IA 00:00 Children shouting 00:18 Speaker: “Concert d’enfants à La Péniche. Le jour” (Children’s concert on The Barge, day time) 00:30 Children playing various music instruments 01:00 Low rumble of a barge’s engine 05:15 Barge’s engine+saxophone (Daniel Kientzy) 10:20 Barge’s engine+naive electronic loop (Gérard Frémy?) 13:00 Children (?) on metallic percussion and wind instruments 16:00 Speaker: “Approche, écarte” (bring it near, put it away) 17:30 Saxophone duo ends with synthesizer sounds and loop 19:18 Speaker: “Marché aux saxophones” (The saxophone outdoor market) 20:00 Sounds from an outdoor, organic food market 21:05 Discreet saxophone and synthesizer notes in the background 24:37 A vegetable peddler: “On est parti mon kiki dans la patate, là!” (Potatoes, potatoes!) IB 00:00 Speaker: “Trains et jardin” (Trains and garden) 00:05 Brief saxophone call, then train station environmental sounds 04:04 Speaker: “Jardin et trains” (Garden and trains) 04:40 Soprano saxophone and synthesizer notes with train station environmental sounds 08:00 Speaker: “Carillon des Etaux. Cloches et saxo” (The Etaux carillon. Bells and saxophone) 08:10 Low electronic drones with saxophones 15:00 Quiet saxophone chamber ensemble 16:00 Bird sounds 18:00 Short electronic loop 18:20 Church bell. Bird sounds 19:53 Short electronic loop. Bird sounds 20:30 Speaker: “Lointain et près” (Near and far) 22:50 Bass and soprano saxophone duet IIA 00:00 Speaker: “Octave et trains” (Octave with trains) 00:05 Saxophone playing octaves 02:40 Speaker: “Carillon de la Gare. Cergy-Pontoise” (The train station’s carillon in Cergy-Pontoise) 02:45 Train station environmental sounds with carillon 05;00 Train station environmental sounds with low electronic drone. 06:40 Train station environmental sounds with short synthesizer melody 07:00 Train station environmental sounds with various electronic loops 10:28 Speaker: “Extraits de La Rose. Approche. Pièces 1 à 12. Marche” (Excerpts from The Rose. Approach. Part #1-12. March) 10:36 Twelve piano+saxophone duets, with occasional synthesizer or basic sound treatment, like re-recording or speed modification 24:50 Bell sounds IIB 00:00 Speaker: “Chevaux. Echo” (Horses. Echo) 00:10 Horse paddock environmental sounds 04:55 French horn+neighing horse duet 06:25 Speaker: “Matin. Midi. Soir” (Morning. Noon. Evening) 06:35 Bird sounds 08:47 Interview with local elder from the city of Meaux, near Paris, about an old radar and sound environment in general 12:00 Bird sounds with distant planes 13:00 Powerful, static electronic drone slowly growing 15:40 French horn. Street recordings and conversations 17:50 Speaker: “Péniche la nuit. Ecoute” (A barge at night. Listen) 18:00 Low rumble of the barge’s engine. Water sounds 19:00 Engine sounds growing in intensity. Loudest sound so far 22:20 Engine sound ends. Water sounds from a canal lock or bridge 23:45 Harmonium notes 24:00 Water sounds slowly decreasing