La part du silence

by BERTHELOT

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	1.	La part du silence I 12:32
	2.	La part du silence II 12:36
	3.	La part du silence III 11:49
	4.	La part du silence IV 11:40

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Recorded in March & April 2014 at Studio du Coin Cornu,
Ville des Carnutes, Eure & Loir, France.
Covers : Yves Tanguy, L'Ennui et la Tranquilité, 1938.
Photo by Ironside (public domain).
Sleeve design by Graph'Hypnotic.

Music inherently depends on silence in some form or another to distinguish other periods of sound and allow dynamics, melodies
and rhythms to have greater impact.
The silence can be seen too as a time for contemplation to reflect
on the piece, or as a sort of breath in the piece.

During the 20th century, mainly in Classical and Jazz, composers explored further the expressive potential of silence in their music.
An extreme example from 1952 is 4'33", an experimental musical work by avant-garde composer John Cage, incorporating ambient sounds not foreseeable by the composer.
Though first performed on the piano, the piece was composed for
any instrument or instruments and is structured in three movements.
The length of each movement is free, but the total length of the three movements is fixed at 4'33". The score instructs the performer(s) to remain silent throughout the piece.

On this album "La part du silence", Berthelot used the silences as a breath, and predominantly as "non-dits" (unsaid) between the micro-stories of sounds.

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BERTHELOT Brittany, France

noise
sound art
progressive
experimental
dark ambient
Field Recordings
musique concrète
abstract electronic

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