Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Eric La Casa

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(Sirr, sirr 0026) (Portugal) (CD)

  1. Calibration: The 30 Recordings in 1 Minute (1:00)

    Conduit Droit Rectangulaire Isolé/Insulated Rectangular Right Conduit
  2. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Car Park (2:00)

    Registre/Register
  3. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Central Street (2:00)
  4. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)
  5. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)

    Diffuseur Linéaire sur Conduit/Linear Diffuser on Conduit
  6. Institute Pasteur (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)

    Bouche d'Extraction Type VMC/Air vent (extraction) - Mechanically Controlled Ventilation
  7. Apartment (Ground Floor - Paris XX) Bathroom (2:00)
  8. Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
  9. Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
  10. Radio France (Paris XVI) Corridor (2:00)
  11. Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
  12. Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
  13. Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
  14. Radio France (Paris XVI) Toilet (2:00)
  15. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)

    Plénum/Plenum
  16. Radio France (Paris XVI) Corridor (2:00)

    Bouche d'Extraction Type VMC/Air vent (extraction) - Mechanically Controlled Ventilation
  17. Apartment (15th Floor - Paris XX) Bathroom (2:00)
  18. Restaurant Le Chiberta (Paris VIII) Toilet (2:00)
  19. National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris XIII) Toilet (2:00)
  20. National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris XIII) Toilet (2:00)
  21. National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris XIII) Toilet (2:00)
  22. Contemporary Art Center Georges Pompidou (Paris II) Toilet (2:00)
  23. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Corridor (2:00)
  24. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Toilet (2:00)
  25. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Toilet (2:00)
  26. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Toilet (2:00)

    Conduit Droit Rectangulaire Isolé/Insulated Rectangular Right Conduit
  27. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Car Park (2:00)
  28. European Hospital Georges Pompidou (Paris XV) Car Park (2:00)
  29. Cité de la Musique - Vinci Car Park (Paris XIX) (2:00)

    Diffuseur Plafonnier/Ceiling Light Diffuser
  30. Contemporary Art Center Georges Pompidou (Paris II) (2:00)

    Bouche d'Admission/Intake Air Vent
  31. National Public Library François Mitterrand (Paris XIII) Esplanade (2:00)

  32. Calibration: The 30 Recordings in 1 Minute (1:00)
  33. (Silence): 1 Minute (1:00)

Tracks 2-32 are recordings of building ventilation systems.

Eric La Casa: field recordings

Recorded in Paris, November 2000-September 2003
Cover design by www.mbehrensdesign.de
Photos by Eric La Casa and Marc Behrens
Includes liner notes in English by Eric La Casa
Translation by Dan Warburton

Released in June 2006