Gerard Paresys SoundCloud

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 29-05-2024 Hâble d'Ault - Somme - France https://maps.app.goo.gl/a84hDgAQwjg7D6jx7 Skylark in the sky Sea Wave Wind Alouette des champs dans le ciel Mer Vague Vent Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + Audio-Technica BP4025 microphone.

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: Stone Out of Focus. The Assignment: Make music inspired by a poem: “Take the sound of the stone aging.” by Yoko Ono, "Grapefruit 60 years ago" (1964) https://disquiet.com/0643/ From a field recording: https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/aqua2 Water, waves and wind erode the coastline, wearing away rocks, breaking stones and po...

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 3-3-2022 L'Haÿ-les-Roses - France https://goo.gl/maps/aseYZowGhHpmHS5t5 Bells Playground Birds Kids Cloches Aire de jeux Oiseaux Enfants Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + built-in mics Uni.

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: Know the Shadow. The Assignment: How do you depict a shadow in sound? https://disquiet.com/0622/ From a field recording: https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/cloche1 Excerpt from "I Have Never Seen A Sound" by R. Murray Schafer 2009: "Sounds tell me about spaces, whether small or large, narrow or broad, indoor or outdoor. Echoe...

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 28-7-2023 Frégimont - Lot-et-Garonne - France goo.gl/maps/xbD7diQKR1TmqjJ77 Night Insect Wind... Nuit Insecte Vent... Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + Audio-Technica BP4025 microphone.

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 18-1-2017 Arcueil - France https://goo.gl/maps/9baPPgY61RQ2 Night - Wind - Distant car traffic - Musical mobile Nuit - Vent - Circulation automobile lointaine - Mobile musical Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + Audio-Technica BP4025 microphone.

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: Minimal(ist) Blend. The Assignment: Make a piece of music that combines self-contained minimalist parts. https://disquiet.com/0599/ A mix of my 9 participations at the Musikfestival Bern: https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/3stones-disquiet0441 https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/3aaremaps-disquiet0445 https://soundcloud.com...

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 30-04-2023 Frégimont - Lot-et-Garonne - France goo.gl/maps/xbD7diQKR1TmqjJ77 Night Insect Wind Frog... Nuit Insecte Vent Grenouille... Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + Audio-Technica BP4025 microphone.

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: Filter Progression. The Assignment: Make music by processing a static sound. https://disquiet.com/0595/ From a field recording of bees in a vine: https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/abeille2 With a Pure Data patch: https://github.com/gerardparesys/ARGOPd/tree/master/ExMM/ExMM196-4Flt-BP ----------------------------------------...

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 24-05-2022 Le Bech - Saint-Bonnet-près-Bort - Corrèze - France https://goo.gl/maps/joqY7NSCHVQf9Jzy9 Birds: Woodpecker Crow Chiffchaff... Wind and tree creaks Insects Oiseaux: Pic Corbeau Pouillot véloce... Vent et arbre qui craque Insecte Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + Audio-Technica BP4025 microphone.

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: Concrète Roots. The Assignment: Make music combining field recordings and feedback. https://disquiet.com/0590/ The field recording: Cave1 During a guided tour of the caves of Han sur Lesse in Belgium (8-4-2018). https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/cave1 This cave has a natural feedback. The guide speaks in Flemish and French....

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 21-5-2021 Chemin de la Canarderie - - Les Breviaires - France https://goo.gl/maps/DKwDrpjhFAbKj8Nr9 A small pond Green Frog, Wind, Bird... Une petite mare Grenouille verte, Vent, Oiseau... Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + built-in mics Uni.

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 14-12-2021 Frégimont - Lot-et-Garonne - France https://goo.gl/maps/xbD7diQKR1TmqjJ77 Inside: wood fire. A l'intérieur: feu de bois. Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + Audio-Technica BP4025 microphone.

Le vent (The wind) 2000 Faire une musique avec du vent... Texte de Roger Caillois qui a inspiré cette composition: "Mi Fou fut d'abord calligraphe. Il adopta la cursive dite d'herbe, technique dangereuse, hasardée, toute de brusquerie et d'inspiration. On affirme que cette écriture à la cadence rapide est « de la nature du vent » et qu'on la trace mieux en état d'ivresse. Mi Fou utilisait l'encre...

Histoire 1 (Story 1) 2003 J'ai rencontré On a sympathisé C'était la déprime C'était un ami La vente de ses tableaux, aléatoire Quand la maison a brûlé J'y tiens beaucoup Un jour en a eu marre Il s'est suicidé Pendu dans son atelier Vous vous souvenez I met We sympathized It was depression He was a friend The sale of his paintings, uncertain When the house burned I care a lot One day got bored He c...

Histoire 2 (Story 2) 2003 J'ai toujours vu Ça a commencé par Et que nos descendants L'évolution des choses Tailler des haies de charme Troène Buis Mon père, ma mère Ce qui permet de voir un petit peu de participer à cette taille On voit qu'elle est faite un peu à la main I have always seen It began with And that our descendants The evolution of things Trim Hornbeam Hedges Privet Boxwood My father,...

Marche (Walk) 1998 Texte de Henri Michaux qui a inspiré cette composition: "... il y a des chocs, des montées, des traversées, des dégringolades et comme des courses, faisant par là même un espace différent, un espace éparpillé, inconnu, un espace à espaces, à perspectives superposées, intercalées, polyphoniques, espaces que depuis longtemps, autant que les formes, j'avais espéré voir un jour, voi...

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: A Simple Timer. The Assignment: Simplify by a factor of 5. Think about what simplicity means to you. Produce a track taken to the extreme minimum. Use only pure waveforms (sine, sawtooth, triangle, pulse wave) and no effects. Restrict yourself to 5 voices. https://disquiet.com/0555/ With a Pure Data patch: https://github.com/ger...

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: Cage Chord. The Assignment: Riff on a chord by John Cage. The chord: E5 A#4 E4 D#4 Db3 C3 https://disquiet.com/0554/ With a Pure Data patch: https://github.com/gerardparesys/ARGOPd/blob/master/ExMM/ExMM49-FilterBank/ExMM49c-FilterBank.pd ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pa...

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 22-07-2021 Frégimont - Lot-et-Garonne - France https://goo.gl/maps/xbD7diQKR1TmqjJ77 Insect Rooster... Insecte Coq... Recorder: Tascam DR-100MKII + Audio-Technica BP4025 microphone.

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 9-4-2007 Métro de Montréal. Montreal Metro. https://goo.gl/maps/gxHofmkU4R1EvJip8 Recorder: Marantz PMD670. Microphone: Audio-Technica AT825.

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 08-1991 Guyane French Guiana https://goo.gl/maps/TaqCN3QCJVJb5pdN6 In the forest: Bird: Screaming piha (Lipaugus vociferans), Insect, Rain. Dans la forêt: Oiseau sentinelle: Paypayo (Lipaugus vociferans), Insecte, Pluie. Recorder: Sony Cassette WM-D3. Microphone Sennheiser.

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 7-7-2006 Béarn - Pyrénées - France https://goo.gl/maps/862bAJSwgrD2 Insects Insectes Recorder: Marantz PMD670 + Audio-Technica AT825 microphone.

Soundscape / Paysage sonore Date of the recording: 08-2002 Ridoux Cantal France https://goo.gl/maps/zJf9rQBdEjFbWFwM9 Ewes are eating. Les brebis mangent. Recorder: Sony Cassette WM-D3. Microphone Sennheiser. Image: Carte topographique IGN: https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/carte?c=2.600095,45.35332199999999&z=16&l0=GEOGRAPHICALGRIDSYSTEMS.MAPS.SCAN25TOUR.CV::GEOPORTAIL:OGC:WMTS(1)&permalink=yes

Participation in the "Disquiet Junto" project led by Marc Weidenbaum: Noise Sculpt. The Assignment: Listen for a mirage of your music within white noise. https://disquiet.com/0531/ My "white noise" is the sound of the wind. A melody emerges from the wind... From: https://soundcloud.com/gerard-paresys/vent3 With a Pure Data patch: https://github.com/gerardparesys/ARGOPd/tree/master/ExMM/ExMM200-mar...