The idea for this (too long) review came to me during a performance of OCAM OCEAN (OCCAM XI, XIX & XXVII) at the Fondation Cartier in Paris last September. It was the first time I had attended a performance of Eliane Radigue's work, and we were lucky enough, as an audience, to be able to chat briefly with her at the end of the concert. I was particularly struck by the intimate nature of her music (and by the composer's modesty), but above all by the difficulty I had in letting myself be ... read more
First review on AOTY!
It is on the border between Brian Eno's first experiments with Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) and Erik Satie's influence in furniture music introduced at the beginning of the 20th century, that the Japanese ambient music composer Hiroshi Yoshimura forged his identity.
Influenced by Fluxus - a contemporary art movement questioning the role of the artist and art in society, of which George Maciunas and George Brecht are both emblematic representatives - Hiroshi ... read more