Oceans / Dream​-​Land

by Alexandre Bazin

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Oceans - Respire 02:02
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Oceans - Swell 03:02
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Oceans - Rising Seas 02:47
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Oceans - Underwater 04:31
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The Deserter 03:49
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Dream-Land - On a black throne reigns upright 06:50
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Dream-Land - Mountains toppling evermore into seas without a shore 03:10
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Dream-Land - There the traveller meets memories of the Past 03:12
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Dream-Land - By a route obscure and lonely 05:11
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OCEANS :

“Oceans” was written for Marimba, Piano and Buchla Music Easel, in 4 movements around the theme of the Ocean. Simple and loose melodies, played on piano and Buchla. They rotate around the marimba which evokes breathing and the rhythm of the swell. Suspended melodies reminiscent of Generative music although in this case they are an improvisation around a simple motif. Through its title and movements, this work evokes a reflection around climate change and our relationship to Oceans: water, breathing, the repetition of movement, but also its immensity which reminds us of our limits. The piece was performed by Alexandre Bazin on Piano, Buchla Music Easel and Marimba as well as Gabriel Benlolo on Marimba, a member of the Radio France Philharmonic orchestra.

THE DESERTER :

Not escaping a situation to flee but to be physically freed from it. The response manifests itself through the breath, heartbeat and the act of running. Beyond a moral necessity, it becomes a physical necessity that cannot be contained. Your natural defenses provoke this sudden urge. Your body cannot be contained through inaction. Our bodies in action escape all control, in order to free ourselves from the time that is limited to us. A piece for percussion, electric organ and Buchla Music Easel.

DREAM-LAND :

A piece that borrows its titles from Edgar Allan Poe’s poem. In the spirit of the GRM’s acousmatic works, such as “L’Enfer” by Bernard Parmegiani or “Suite pour Edgar Poe” by Guy Reibel. Alexandre Bazin, a member of the GRM, wrote music inspired by this mysterious, perhaps

imaginary land, at the edge of the human spirit, where a lonesome traveler walks among the shadows, advancing through harsh and hostile nature, “Out of space – Out of time ”. An Earth that evokes purgatory, loneliness and introspection. The aridity of the landscape creates an explicitly vertiginous map where one crosses paths with past memories, lonely angels and an idol named Night. The aridity of the landscape is interpreted through the EMS synthi’s electronics, ideal for its attack, brightness and deep bass sounds, like “Mountains toppling evermore into seas without a shore”. The piece ends with a sound recording made in the middle of winter on a deserted beach in the French Landes region during a storm.

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released September 16, 2020

Composed and performed by Bazin
released by Important Records / Cassauna, in August 2020

on Marimba : Gabriel Benlolo / Bazin

Design / Photography : John Brien for Important Records

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Alexandre Bazin Paris, France

Alexandre Bazin is a musician and a current member from the GRM
Groupe de Recherches Musicales, based in Paris
His music is published by Important Records /Cassauna, Umor Rex Records, Polytechnic Youth, and Kowtow Records
Alexandre played live Performance at Moogfest USA 2018 and CultureBox France TV 2021 ... more

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