Feral_Bands, de Nicolas Montgermont et Pali Meursault, utilise les ondes radio et les interférences locales et environnementales comme seules sources pour une performance sonore multicanal. En s'appuyant sur le hasard de la captation électromagnétique, le concert qui en résulte est entièrement différent à chaque fois et à chaque endroit où il est joué.

La performance repose sur les transformations radicales du paysage électromagnétique. Alors qu'aujourd'hui, d'importantes parties du spectre sont réorientées vers les besoin massifs de bande passante pour les télécommunications numériques, nous nous concentrons sur ce qui a été abandonné, comme les fréquences LW qui sont maintenant presque complètement ouvertes aux interférences et aux ondes radio naturelles.

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Feral_Bands, by Nicolas Montgermont and Pali Meursault, uses radio waves, and the environmental and local interferences that they carry, as the only sources for a multichannel sound performance. Relying on the serendipity of electromagnetic pick-up, the resulting concert is completely different every time and in each location it is played.

The performance relies on the radical transformations of the electromagnetic landscape. While today, important parts of the spectrum are redirected toward the massive need for digital bandwidth, we focus on what as been abandoned, such as LW frequencies, which now are left almost completely open to interferences and natural radio waves.

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#video: performance at Jardin des Recherches Musicales, Paris, 1st september 2019.

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#video: performance at La Gaité Lyrique, Paris, 25 april 2019.

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#bios:

Nicolas Montgermont explores the physicality of waves in different forms. He is interested in the reality of waves in space, the way they move and change, the links between a source and our perception, by designing setups that create a sensitive exploration of their poetic essence.

Pali Meursault is a sound-artist and composer. He uses field and electromagnetic recordings for electroacoustic works that address the social and political aspects of the sonic environment. He teaches sound art and writes about sound, music, and radio-art – he recently coordinated the publication of a french anthology about Tetsuo Kogawa.