Dangerous Women: Early Works 1985-2005 [CD]

Laetitia Sonami - Dangerous Women: Early Works 1985-2005 [CD]

Laetitia Sonami was born in France, where she studied with Eliane Radigue. She moved to the United States to study electronic music, first with Joel Chadabe at SUNY Albany, then at Mills College where she was mentored by Robert Ashley and David Behrman. Laetitia Sonami is not only a gifted composer/designer of electronic music, but a compelling presence on stage. This collection of early works covers a period when Sonami transitioned from live mixing with cassettes, homemade analog synths and objects in the early eighties, to working with MIDI, MAX software and "off the shelf" synths and samplers. At the same time, she begins a long collaboration with Melody Sumner Carnahan, using her dramatic texts to evoke characters and behaviors to inhabit musically and visually. All but two of the works on this release utilize Sumner Carnahan's stories, and all but one use Sonami's famous invention, the lady's glove, an arm-length tailored glove fitted with movement sensors allowing the perform to fluidly control digital sound parameters and processing, as well as motors, lights and video playback. Sonami has since moved on to works for another of her inventions, the Spring Spyre, which applies Machine Learning to real time audio synthesis. 01. Sombre Dimanche (4:41)_x000D_ 02. Why _Dreams like a Loose Engine (11:00)_x000D_ 03. Mona Lisa (9:00)_x000D_ 04. Conversation with a Light Bulb (10:16)_x000D_ 05. Manananggal (Women Soignées) (22:30)_x000D_ 06. Wilfred Wants You to Remember Us (17:40)_x000D_ 07. What Happened II (11:53)_x000D_ 08. A Historical Moment on a Line Between A and B (15:00)_x000D_ 09. She Came Back, Again (15:45)