Coïncidence by Lance Austin Olsen / Bruno Duplant

Born in 1943, Lance Austin Olsen is a Canadian artist and composer. He started painting in his youth and has since continued developing his work as an artist. In 1997, Olsen met sound and visual artist Jamie Drouin and became interested in experimental music. In Olsen’s creative process, composition and painting are closely related and inspired by each other. French musician Bruno Duplant is an energetic and acclaimed creator on the contemporary experimental music scene.

This CD’s single 33-minute track, “Coïncidence,” is a duo performance by Lance Austin Olsen (guitar, field recordings, wax cylinder recordings, MIDI organ, amplified objects) and Bruno Duplant (piano and sounds). Several types of indistinct and rather soft sounds, and hard piano sounds that resonate slowly one by one, create contrast as they continue throughout the piece along with a disturbing mood.

Lance Austin Olsen は1943年生まれ、カナダの画家 / 作曲家。Olsen は若い時から絵画制作を続けてきたが、1997年にカナダのサウンド / ヴィジュアル・アーティストの Jamie Drouin と出会い、実験音楽への関心を高める。曲づくりは絵画と密接に結びついていて、相互にインスパイアされた制作をおこなっている。Bruno Duplant は、近年の実験音楽シーンで旺盛な創作と高い評価を誇るフランスの音楽家。

本CDには、Lance Austin Olsen (guitar, field recordings, wax cylinder reccrdings, MIDI organ, amplified objects) と Bruno Duplan (piano & sounds) による33分に及ぶデュオ演奏「Coïncidence」1曲を収録。不鮮明で弱音気味の数種のサウンドと一音一音ゆっくりと硬質に強く響くピアノ音が、対照を成しながら終始不穏なムードと共に続く。