Jean-Philippe Drécourt: Recent Episodes
Jean-Philippe Drécourt
Jean-Philippe Drécourt is an electroacoustic music producer living in Lisbon, Portugal. He combines field recordings, samples and live performance to explore how context can change our perception of sound. He creates sonic experiences at the boundary between the natural and the artificial, that retain the essence of the original sounds.
Composed from a field recording session in Quinta da Regaleira near Lisbon, Portugal.
Text: Melaina Barnes Voice: Melaina Barnes & a very vocal duck Recording & Composition: Jean-Philippe Drécourt
'In-between, longing' is the sonic interpretation of 'Brise Soleil' written by Michael Langan. The text tells a memory of Michael's husband, the artist Henrique Neves, about an encounter with a boy when he was 6. The groups of words scattered on the page invite the reader to wander around to recreate their own version of the story. Based solely on recordings of Henrique's voice, 'In-between, longing' meanders infinitely through the possible versions of this formative experience. The piece is infinite and generated from a code written in SuperCollider using a random seed. This public version is generated with seed 262 (the most uninteresting number according to Wikipedia at the time of publishing).
A longer version is available for sale on Bandcamp (https://jpdrecourt.bandcamp.com/album/in-between-longing-seed-0262).
You can also contact me if you'd like to order your own exclusive version created from a random seed of your choice.
Text: Michael Langan Voice: Henrique Neves Sound & Programming: Jean-Philippe Drecourt
A little extract of the rehearsal for Tap The Rain at the Water Tower of Alto Da Paiva in Barreiro, Portugal, the 27 and 28 May.
Full performance and pictures here: http://drecourt.com/portfolio/tap-the-rain/
Teaser for the performance at the Barreiro Water Tower with Melaina Barnes. (http://www.outra.pt/pt/evento/performance-no-reservatorio-elevado-do-alto-da-paiva/)
Full performance with pictures here: http://drecourt.com/portfolio/tap-the-rain/
An experiment based on laughs I collected from Fail Army videos (https://www.youtube.com/user/failarmy). Picture from Pixabay (https://pixabay.com/en/laughter-statue-sculpture-laughing-995213/)
Continuing the exploration of pattern creation from simple sources, this time with slightly different frequencies. Image from Wikimedia (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3AInterferences_plane_waves.jpg)
Inspired by "Poème symphonique" by Ligeti.(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-mUv705xj3U) Image by Arz (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons
A take on Steve Reich's "My name is..." Image by Travis Wise (https://www.flickr.com/photos/photographingtravis/15283079263) The sounds are taken from YouTube, using http://youglish.com to find them. Archangel: http://youglish.com/getcid/4341599/%22my%20name%20is%22 Christy: http://youglish.com/getcid/5715724/%22my%20name%20is%22 Kathrin: http://youglish.com/getcid/4816826/%22my%20name%20is%22
From Blind Boone's apparitions by Tyehimba Jess Eb 'i stroke piano's eighty eight mouths, each one sings hot colors of joy' Samples extracted using http://youglish.com
Interpretation of Erza Pound poem's 'The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough,' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/In_a_Station_of_the_Metro Samples extracted with http://youglish.com Background crowd from Art on the underground - Victoria Line Sample Set https://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/sample-set/ Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
An experimental take on Anne Hathaway by Carol Ann Duffy (http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/anne-hathaway) All samples extracted using http://youglish.com Image by Martinvl (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Haiku by Shirley Sweet "Falling to the ground, I watch a leaf settle down In a bed of brown." Samples extracted using http://youglish.com Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Haiku by Natsume Sōseki "Over the wintry forest, winds howl in rage with no leaves to blow. " Samples extracted using youglish.com Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Processed whistles. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Mouth pops. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Mouth clicks inspired by human echolocation (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_echolocation). Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Exploring outbreaths. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Samples from: http://youglish.com/getcid/4994964/breathe (Great yoga sessions by the way) https://www.freesound.org/people/Ama_Dis/sounds/156396/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GibiNy4d4gc (including the final drum) Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Inspired by the 6 word story: https://www.reddit.com/r/sixwordstories/comments/201hu3/dot_in_the_sky_dead_pixel/ Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Little rhythmic loop inspired by this 6 word story: http://www.sixwordstories.net/2012/06/red-black-red-red-black-millionaire/ Words extracted using the amazing YouGlish http://youglish.com/ Samples from: http://youglish.com/getcid/6262274/red http://youglish.com/getcid/7689325/black http://youglish.com/getcid/12135668/millionnaire Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Playing with Hemmingway's famous six word novel. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
A short experiment inspired by Steve Reich's "My name is". Here is one other interpretation by Als Eco (https://soundcloud.com/alseco/my-name-is) Full playlist and description of the project at https://soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Short clapping rhythm with delay. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Attempt at throat singing, phased. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Continuing the experiments in phasing - Classical guitar and some time stretching algorithms. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Manipulating a guitar and its case Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Capturing electromagnetic interference with the mike. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
The metal plate from yesterday makes a come back together with a creaking hinge nearby, and some clicks I can't remember how I created. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Old magnetic calendar. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Creaky wooden table. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Wooden chair on wooden floor, stool on tiled floor. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Fridge compressor, passing planes and very distant bells. No editing apart from fade-in and fade-out, some processing (EQ, effects). Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Knife on marble top, cutlery in plastic drying rack, distant bell. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Voice. Inspired by Robert Hashley "She was a visitor" (https://open.spotify.com/track/0VzuGjOfNJh768Lsw2P2iu) and the mindfulness concept of thisness, i.e. just the experience a the present moment. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Feet on wooden floor. Full playlist and description of the project at soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Fan and switch. Full playlist and description of the project at https://soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Bose headphones, fruit crate and incidental door. Full playlist and description of the project at https://soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
TheraBand, voice and breath. Full playlist and description of the project at https://soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Kettle on tiles, cup and glass on marble, tea bag wrapper, medicine blister. Full playlist and description of the project at https://soundcloud.com/jpdrecourt/sets/instant-sound-art.
Fourth experiment using the tracks from the Underline art project for the Victoria line. art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/sample-set/ - A rhythmic piece using the sounds of gates and doors.
Image by Chris McKenna (Thryduulf) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Third experiment with the tracks from the Underline art project for the Victoria line. art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/sample-set/
Image by Hernán Piñera https://www.flickr.com/photos/hernanpc/18562226121
An earlier experiment with the samples provided by the Underline art project for the Victoria line. art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/sample-set/
Image by By Clicsouris (Own work (Photo personnelle)) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
From samples provided by the Underline art project for the Victoria line. https://art.tfl.gov.uk/projects/sample-set/ Image by: By Tom Page from London, UK (09) [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Based on the voice of the check-in points in Copenhagen. Video: https://vimeo.com/186802657
All sounds extracted from a contact microphone on a creaking gate in Poplar, London Image by optikfluffel (https://www.flickr.com/photos/optikfluffel/10154261764)