Name: Sonic Waters, Underwater Music 1979-1987
Brand: Michel Redolfi

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SRV493

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2021-11-26

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5411867334934

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Michel Redolfi

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Electronic

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Sub Rosa

Michel Redolfi (b. Dec 8, 1951) is a French electroacoustic composer and experimental musician from Marseille, best known for his groundbreaking concept of 'underwater music'. In 1969, he co-founded GMEM (Groupe de musique expérimentale de Marseille) with Marcel Frémiot and Georges Boeuf.

Redolfi moved to the USA in 1973, where he worked as a guest resident at several major computer music research centers including Bregman Digital Music Studio at Dartmouth College, University of Wisconsin-Madison studios, and California Institute Of The Arts. During his time in the US, he collaborated with prominent composers and musicians such as Terry Riley, Jon Hassell, Daniel R. Harris, Steve Shehan, and John Cage.

From 1977 to 1984, Michel Redolfi conducted pioneering research on liquid environment music broadcasting at UC San Diego's Center For Music Experiment through his Project WET – Water Electronically Tuned. Inspired by American natural landscapes, some of his albums were created during this period.

After returning to France in the late 1980s, Redolfi served as the director of Centre International De Recherche Musicale (CIRM) in Nice from 1987 to 1998 while also leading the contemporary music festival MANCA (Musiques Actuelles Nice-Côte d'Azur). He

Sub Rosa is a Belgian label that was created by two individuals. It has three sub-labels, Quantum, Audiosphere, and Quatermass, all of which are currently shut down. The label also has a DVD sub-label called Ome. Sub Rosa is known for its 10 series, including Aural Documents, Early Electronic Music, Concrete Electronics Noise, Anthologies, Unclassical, Soundworks, Le Coeur Du Monde, Fundamental, Music In The Margins, and Utopian Diaries. Some of these series have sub-sections such as L'innomé and Framework.
The label was founded by [a511877] and [a511875], with [l399853] serving as the publisher. They have made significant contributions to the music industry over the years.
If you're looking for unique and diverse music experiences across various genres and styles, Sub Rosa is the perfect choice. With their extensive catalog of releases under different series and sub-sections like Aptagon Years and Subsonic within specific series like Aural Documents or Concrete Electronics Noise; there's something for everyone here.

"With the Sonic Waters project initiated in 1978, my aim was to situate the field of electronic music within a liberating and futuristic experience, outside the concert halls and in sync with the development of new instruments - in particular the Synclavier digital synthesizer, the first model of which I acquired in 1977. As a concert space, the Pacific Ocean seemed to me to be the ideal experimental medium for both acoustic and cultural reasons. I then developed the aesthetic and technical elements that would contribute to the conception of Underwater Music.

Numerous performances would follow spanning four decades, in natural sites or in large public pools such as those of Sydney, Paris or Venice during the 2006 Biennale. 

I've divided this album into two fields: Sonic Waters: Music for Fresh Water (1981) and Sonic Waters: Music for Salt Water (1979-1987)" - Michel

Sonic Waters, Underwater Music 1979-1987

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