Author: Jean-Baptiste

I am a composer, PhD researcher and cultural organiser. I work on listening and its relationships with society, technology and musical creation.

des nuages, I

from my window, I
Reims, Summer 2016

Chinon Handyzoom 5001, Fujifilm Superia 200
In 2016 I rediscovered the analog camera that my parents bought me when I was a kid: the awkward looking Chinon Handyzoom. Almost 20 years after, the battery was still in good shape, and I immediately started a series about clouds, all taken from my window. There was a roll inside the camera, and if the pictures taken 20 years ago were all gone, the remaining shots became all covered in a pink-yellow-gold haze.

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Colonne Dijon

2018

Colonne Dijon is born from the my piece The Irrepassable Gate.
I was therefore following the guidelines of my score, Nicolas was improvising while following his own score for the video.
We had the chance to have our music projected by the expert hands and ears of Julien Guillamat, on his very-own Klang acousmonium.

Église Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, Marseille.

Nicolas Canot : Zvex Fuzz Factory, Electro-Harmonix Canyon, Electro-Harmonix Pitch Fork.
Jean-Baptiste Masson : Vermona Retroverb Lancet, Mr Black Supermoon Chrome, Mooer Tender Octaver Pro, Mooer Hustle Drive, radio receiver, VLF receiver, BC Rich Mockingbird, Mackie VLZ1604.

Recorded and mixed by Jean-Baptiste Masson.
La Vapeur, November 10, 2018.

special thanks to Nicolas Thirion, Julien Guillamat and La Vapeur