'le paysagiste': live soundtrack

This live soundtrack reimagines the soundscape for Jacques Drouin’s ‘Le Paysagiste’ (The Mindscape, 1976) with Ruaidhri’s piece ‘The Second Tear Says:’. Using the video animation as a live score, the delicate sounds of singing voices, acoustic guitars and the performer’s physical contact with the music box are fed into a haunting digital feedback system. Drouin’s acclaimed animation follows 'an artist stepping inside his painting and wandering through a symbolically rich landscape' - ideas which are explored through the live musical performance.

This special pairing of ‘The Second Tear Says:’ and ‘Le Paysagiste’ was premiered at the Contemporary Music Centre of Ireland’s Showcase Event in Café OTO, London. The studio recording is featured on New Music:: New Ireland 3, and on the debut ‘i am rhino and ruin’ EP.

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Alternate soundtrack for Jacques Drouin's 1976 pinscreen animation 'Le paysagiste' (The Mindscape) by Irish composer and sound artist, Ruaidhri Mannion. Performance at Café OTO, London on 7th February 2018. Part of the 'new music::new Ireland' CMC showcase.

CMC's performance at Cafe OTO, London on 7 February 2018 - SHOWCASE new music::new Ireland featuring performers Xenia Pestova and Garth Knox, and composers Ed Bennett, David Fennessy and Ruaidhrí Mannion.