LOUISA PALMI DANIELSSON (SE)
Abeyance (2024)
acusmatico 11’53” | CRM – MA/IN
PABLO GEERAERT (CA)
AMA Lga (2022)
acusmatico 07’37” | CRM – MA/IN
FILIPPO MEREU (IT)
Dimenticati (2024)
acusmatico 08’00” | CRM – MA/IN
LOUISA PALMI DANIELSSON (SE)
Abeyance (2024)
Abeyance serves as a powerful pause, a deliberate suspension that captivates the listener's anticipation. It is the breath between notes, allowing tension to build before resolution, creating a dynamic and emotive experience. In these moments of abeyance, the silence becomes as significant as the sound.
PABLO GEERAERT (CA)
AMA Lga (2022)
AMA Lga is a work composed specifically for TOTEM Contemporain's first electroacoustic competition. It is a short piece that tries to put forward the variety of timbres and sound objects that are offered by the TOTEM instruments. Rather than limiting itself to a specific musical discourse, AMA Lga finds its coherence within a multitude of influences: sometimes acousmatic, sometimes ambient, and it even slightly explores noise and beat elements. Very few sounds outside of the TOTEM library were used – the raw recordings are regularly juxtaposed or confronted to their treated versions. The timbral contrast is constant and allows to easily switch from a certain musical discourse to another.
FILIPPO MEREU (IT)
Dimenticati (2024)
These days scientists at Tel Aviv University's School of Plant Sciences announced that they have recorded with special ultrasonic-sensitive microphones the screams of pain that plants emit when they are cut or when they lack water. There are no microphones in Gaza". G. Agamben. This reflection inspired the birth of my work. Bridging the gap, the silence around the ongoing events in the Middle East, is the focus of this compositional. Thanks to the possibility of acousmatic music, the drama experienced in the "lands of desolation", is transformed into a personal narrative or sound picture that can trigger in the listener further reflection on the absence of microphones in those places.
LOUISA PALMI DANIELSSON (Norway, 1995)
When sound acquires movement, new spaces emerge. When spaces obtain sound, movement is created. Louisa Palmi is an innovative composer, musician, and sound artist specializing in electroacoustic music presented in multichannel formats. Her compositions embrace a spectrum of contrasts, from subtle textures to high resonances, from intricate details to sweeping movements. Her portfolio includes works in fixed media, as well as collaborations with dance, film, and installations. Her pieces have been showcased at various venues across Europe. In 2023, she was honored with the prestigious title of "Young Artist" at the Northern Norway Festival.
PABLO GEERAERT (Canada, 1997)
Pablo Geeraert is a Belgian composer and sound-designer born in Brussels, and currently based in Montreal. He has graduated with a BA in Music Production (BIMM, Berlin), a BFA in Electroacoustic Studies (Concordia University, Montreal), and a MA in Electroacoustic Composition from the Montreal Conservatory of Music. He has gained experience in making sound and music for different contexts such as: dance, different visual medias, radio documentaries, commercials, installations, and museums exhibitions. He has also released several A\V projects and pop-oriented records under the moniker Sanea Ima.
FILIPPO MEREU (Italy, 1983)
He is an italian composer of electroacoustic, acousmatic music and musique concrète, sound designer, and multimedial artist. He graduated in Music and New Technologies, with a Master of Arts in Electronic Music, summa cum laude, at the Conservatory of Music G. P. da Palestrina of Cagliari. He composed music for contemporary dance events, theater, short films, videoclips, contemporary art exhibitions, and sound installations in public and private venues. He also carries out the necessary field recordings, mixing, and mastering. His electroacoustic compositions and his video works have been selected and performed at various international festivals.