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Federated States of Micronesia

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An album documenting 10 years of sound performances by OttoannA - 2004-2014

Tracklist

1 Get Rid Of These Rubber Noises 13:34
2 Federated States Of Micronesia 17:05
3 How Am I Going To Close? 15:06
4 Golstrasse 11:56

Notes

Get Rid of these rubber noises (13'34" - 2008)

In 2008, OttoannA worked on a series of tracks using sketchbooks as scores. Over a few months, references ​to sound entering their daily routine were written down/sketched. This piece came from a scene directly witnessed by the duo: A young artist was playing a work in progress to an older composer, asking for guidance. With the authority of his experience and status, the latter suggested to “get rid of these rubber noises”. As a response, OttoannA dedicated a track to th​e rejected sound​s​. During the premiere of the series at the Simultania Gallery (Strasbourg, FR), snapshots of the sketched scores were projected as a backdrop for the performance.

Federated States of Micronesia (17'05" - 2010)

This piece mixes field recordings with electroacoustics and was partly built through a string of chance operations. The name of geographic coordinates were picked at random to generate a mantra of scattered places. Premiered at the [sonor] Festival 2010 (Lieu Unique, Nantes, FR), part of the sound was recorded and treated in situ before the semi-improvised performance.

How am I going to Close? (15'06" - 2009)

In 2006, OttoannA recorded the story of Marko Stepanov, an artist from the former Yugoslavia, whose life was radically transformed by being struck by lightning on a solitary mountain hike in England. An excerpt of Marko’s gripping tale was combined with field recordings and electroacoustic layers, subjectively rendering his recollection of survival processes and human interactions. This piece was initially commissioned by the Kontact Sonores Festival (Chalons sur Saonne, FR) and performed there as a multi-channel diffusion.

Golstrasse (11'56' - 2005)

In memory of Florence Spies
An early piece, inspired by a Chinese proverb, "memory paints with a golden brush”. In 2005, OttoannA were invited by the MU Collective to run a workshop in Paris’ Goutte d’Or (Gold Drop) district. Participants were subjected to a trance-inducing device and asked to remember and describe a familiar itinerary from their past. The process resulted in an eerie static journey re-composed with drowsy voices floating over a droney background. With the voices of Yoko Fukushima, Alexandre Mottot, Florence Spies, Mei Ho.

credits

released March 30, 2014

Composition: Rodolphe Alexis, Valérie Vivancos ‎– Ottoanna
Label: MUDAM ‎– #001
Mastering: François Bonnet (GRM)
Format: CD, Album, Stereo
Country: France
Release: 30 Mar 2014
Genre: Electronic, Non-Music
Style: Experimental, Ambient, Field Recording

Cover art: OttoannA

Thanks:
François Bonnet, Christian Zanési, Anna Lopocarno, Patrick Treger, Marika Boutou, Aymeric de Tapol, Julia Drouhin, David Jisse, Jean-Yves Leloup, DinahBird, Jean-Philippe Renoult, Yoko Fukushima, Robert Hampson

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OttoannA Paris, France

Sonic interventions duo formed by Rodolphe Alexis & Valérie Vivancos, working with a wide array of (field) recordings, acousmatic, semantic collages and participative actions.

Drawing from a tradition of absolute automatism, OttoannA plays with social and cultural codes in an attempt to free the composing and listening processes from informative and melodic constraints.
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