About the Piece

This is a short excerpt from the 作品 ‘Almost Nothing’ composed by Luc Ferrari The 作品 was made from 录音 taken across the course of a whole day and then edited down through 切片


Presque Rien No 1 - Excerpt


The Luc Ferrari placed his 话筒（麦克风） on the windowsill of his 浩室 and 录制 the 声音 of life in the fishing village around him

He then took these 录音 into the 工作室 and selected his favourite 声音 through 切片 before 编辑 the chosen 声音 back together in order to 创作 a concentrated but 现实 声音景观（声景） picture of the village


About the Composer

Luc Ferrari began his 音乐 career as a pianist but became interested in 磁带 音乐 after 听觉 作品 by Edgard Varèse on the 无线电 He travelled to America to meet Varèse in 1954 and began to 学习 from him about 制作 音乐 with 声音

He returned to Paris and co-founded the GRM with 皮埃尔 舍费尔 in 1958 He composed many 作品 of 电子声学 音乐 in his career 制作 extensive 使用 of 领域（野外） 录音 and 叙事 声音