MODE · MODE 98/99

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1. 1-1 Mycenae Alpha 10:00
2. 1-2 L'Autel De La Perte Et De La Transformation 8:33
3. 1-3 Comme Etrangers Et Voyageurs Sur La Terre 11:27
4. 1-4 Saxatile 7:45
5. 1-5 Xöömij 11:57
6. 1-6 Eua-On 7:44
7. 1-7 Eua-On-Ome 10:42
8. 2-1 Polytope De Cluny 24:45
9. 2-2 Gestes De L'Écrit 11:00
10. 2-3 Illusions In Desolate Fields 13:27
11. 2-4 Purity 7:13
12. 2-5 Sonal Atoms 3:41
13. 2-6 Le Fleuve Du Désir III 12:41

• 9:40 Mycenae Alpha
• 8:42 L’autel De La Perte Et De La Transformation For Upic
• 11:27 Comme Etrangers Et Voyageurs Sur La Terre For 2 Percussionists & Upic
• 7:54 Saxatile For Soprano Saxophone & Upic
• 11:59 Xöömij For Bass Voice & Upic
• 10:37 Eua'On'Ome (orchestra) - Julio Estrada
• 24:49 Polytope De Cluny For Tape
• 11:03 Gestes De L’écrit For Upic
• 13:34 Takehito Shimazu - Illusions in Desolate Fields (1994)
• 7:11 Curtis Roads - Purity (1994)
• 3:38 Sonal Atoms (1998) For Tape

A collection of pieces composed on the computer music system UPIC conceived by Iannis Xenakis and built in the late seventies: -Mycenae Alpha, 1978 -L'Autel De La Perte Et De La Transformation, 1993 -Comme Etrangers Et Voyageurs Sur La Terre, 1994, for 2 percussionists & UPIC -Saxatile, 1992, for soprano saxophone & UPIC -Xöömij, 1997, for bass voice & UPIC -Eua-On, 1980 -Eua-On-Ome, 1995, orchestral transcription of Eua-On -Gestes De L'Écrit, 1994 -Illusions In Desolate Fields, 1994, for voice, san-gen & UPIC -Le Fleuve Du Désir III, 1994, for string quartet & UPIC -Polytope de Cluny by Xenakis (composed in 1972) and the two pieces by Curtis Roads (composed in 1994 and 1998) are compositions for tape. Mastered at Sonicraft. Includes a 56-page booklet in English & French. Made in USA.