Delay Toys / Berceuses is a sound composition project based on childhood and memory, produced between 2004‐2009. The entire instrumentation is based on a series of toys from the 1970‐80s, contained in two suitcases. The recordings of the toys were conducted in two different contexts: with an interpreter in a field environment, and by myself in an isolated sound booth at OBORO New Media Art Lab, in Montreal (Canada).
Nancy Tobin: toy improvisation, voice, field recording, composition, editing, mixing.
Martin Tétreault : toy improvisation, voice.
With the participation of: Nathalie Derome, Anna Friz , Hélène Prévost, Paul Tobin , Carl Trahan , Siôned Watkins.
Stéphane Claude : studio recording, mastering.
The artist wishes to thank: The Canada Council for the Arts for its generous support, OBORO Residency Program, Claude La Haye, Éric Prévost.
made in Montreal (º) nt 2009
Delay Toys was made with: Lexicon Digital Delay PCM42, Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man Analog Delay pedal, Clavia Nordlead 3 performance synthesizer , RME FireFace 400 sound card, Edirol R-09 sound recorder, Digidesign Pro Tools editing software, Magix Samplitude editing software, Ableton Live performance software, Neumann M149 Microphone, Rode NT4 Stereo Microphone, Royer SF-24 Active Stereo coincident Dynamic Ribbon Microphone (my favorite), Schertler double bass transducer, Schoeps X/Y Stereo CMXY-4V Microphone, Schoeps CCM41 Microphone, Soundfield ST-250 Microphone system .
Delay Toys est un projet de composition sur les thèmes de l'enfance et la mémoire, réalisé entre 2004-2009. L'instrumentation repose entièrement sur une série de jouets des années 1970-80, contenus dans deux valises. Les enregistrements des jouets ont été réalisés dans deux contextes différents : avec un interprète dans un environnement extérieur, et par moi-même dans une cabine sonore isolée au centre d'artiste OBORO, dans le laboratoire d'art médiatiques, à Montréal (Canada).
montage, mixage.
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