Inspiring Creativity With VoIP

Olivier Alary & Johannes Malfatti have been collaborating on music projects for the past twenty years. Here, Olivier and Johannes go behind the scenes on the techniques that they used to create their latest collaborative album 'u,i', featuring the use of VoIP technology to process sound.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction

00:34 - Greetings 

01:22 - An Introduction To The Project

02:29 - The First Skype Recording

05:09 - Inspired by an Accordion

10:28 - Replicating the Sonic Accidents

15:14 - The Skype Codec

18:51 - Compositional Techniques

21:13 - Incorporating The Original Skype Recording

Olivier Alary Biog
Originally from Toulouse and now based in Montreal, Olivier previously worked under the Ensemble alias, in which Johannes participated as mixer, arranger and co-writer. Ensemble’s 2000 debut (on Aphex Twin’s Rephlex label) led to Björk drafting Olivier to co-write the track ‘Desired Constellation’ and remix several others. After releasing two further Ensemble albums on FatCat, Olivier has focused increasingly on film music and has composed the music of over forty fiction films and documentaries, some of which have received prestigious awards and screenings in Europe, the US and China.
http://www.olivieralary.com/

Johannes Malfatti Biog

Berlin-based Johannes Malfatti graduated from Germany’s Film and Television School HFF Konrad Wolf. His work for film, television, theatre and music projects has ranged in style from electronic music to orchestral composition. With two recent albums under his own name, Johannes’ solo work focuses on contemporary and experimental techniques, often combining acoustic and electronic elements to create rich and slowly moving sonic environments. The first collaborative release under their own names, ‘u,i ’ continues the pair’s long-standing research and to explore the grey areas between noise and musicality; the acoustic and electronic.
https://www.johannesmalfatti.com/

Olivier & Johannes latest album, u,i , was recently released on the 130701 label.

http://130701.com/release/ui/

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