Jamie Drouin – Live In Paris

Live in Paris is the culmination of several field recordings made over the past three years for site-specific installations…

works for CD, as well as unrealized projects, and is an attempt to find a new life for the recordings through improvised performances.

Heard outside of their original context, typically as parts of concentrated investigations into empty spaces, the recordings are allowed to move freely around the listener’s imagination, inventing new associations, and venturing into more lyrical and poetic territory than I normally explore. This is particularly evident in the addition of a voice, a rare instance for me, but an effort to contrast my fascination for empty spaces with a space of complex human drama: a timeless and placeless bar described through an ingeniously woven story by Lance Olsen.

Live in Paris stands on its own as a unique work, exploring the source material in ways that surprised even myself, and is a fitting encapsulation and re-envisioning of the recordings as I move on to my next subject matter.

Included with this release are two photographs made during my tour which are being made available in ready-to-use wallpaper sizes.

Additional samples
Olivia Martin – bassoon
Lance Olsen – voice

Recorded on October 7, 2009 at La Société de Curiosités, Paris

A special thank you to Alexandre Grauer and Clémence Seurat at Qwartz for organizing the concert and for your hospitality.

Composition and photography copyright © 2009 Jamie Drouin

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BIOGRAPHY

Jamie Drouin’s (Canadian, b.1970) soundwork explores the subtleties of experience, with a specific interest in the way audio can dramatically alter perceptions of both physical and temporal space. Incorporating field recordings and synthesized sounds, Drouin’s works create intricately detailed patterns and textures which, while retaining references to corporeal sources, seek to expand and transform audience perceptions of familiar habitat.

Drouin has collaborated with several international artists including Skoltz Kolgen, Karl Kliem, Yann Novak, 3x3is9, Lance Olsen and others. He has exhibited and performed worldwide, including Mutek (Montreal), TodaysArt (The Hague) Decibel Festival (Seattle), the Montréal Museum of Contemporary Art, Henry Art Gallery (Seattle), General Public (Berlin), La Placard (Montreal). His compositions have been published on Oral, Dragon’s Eye Recordings, Rope Swing Cities, Infrequency, and Cryoworks.

Drouin is the co-founder of Infrequency Editions and SPLICED curating works by a diverse group of sound artists.

www.jamiedrouin.com