DES SPHÈRES

Description

Inspired by the movement of the celestial bodies closest to Earth, the piece begins with the Sun. Each planet is then represented by two sounds: one derived from natural recordings (Water-Air-Earth-Fire), the other from an analog synthesizer. This is a cross-synthesis in which the natural sounds remain inaudible but modulate the synthetic sounds by varying their amplitudes and frequencies over time to achieve an evolving and partially random timbre. The relative orbits of each planet around the solar axis have been reproduced in the stereo field and, to make their movements audible, have been accelerated. The piece rather refers to an organic vision of what the ancients called "the spheres": the idea that the forces expressed in humans are linked to the movements of celestial objects.