Iannis Xenakis - S.709

S.709, for 2-track tape & at least 4 loudspeakers (1994)

After composing GENDY3, Xenakis extended the GENDY program, adding the possibility of modulating the parameters of the dynamic stochastic synthesis algorithm. With this version of the program, Xenakis created S.709.

S.709 premiered at a concert at La Maison de Radio-France in December 1994. Its title stands for Sequence 709. Sequence was the name that Xenakis gave to the sections created by the PARAG program. In a radio interview, Brigitte Robindoré, head of musical production at Les Ateliers UPIC, said about S.709: "It's unedited. It's unrestrained." It could then be inferred that S.709 consists of the output of only one PARAG program: it could be a PARAG section of 7 minutes in length. In this piece, the rapid and periodic modulation of the parameters creates voices that are constantly and widely fluctuating in pitch, amplitude and timbre.

In the same radio interview, Robindoré mentions that S.709 "produces quite a polemical reaction in the audience." This is not surprising; this work is extremely original in its materials and in its construction; it does not resemble any other piece by Xenakis, nor any other piece that I have ever heard. [Sergio Luque, "The Stochastic Synthesis of Iannis Xenakis."]

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[newgeorge]

ouch its too much like fingernails scraping across abrasive surfaces.

[pelodelperro]

@newgeorge In a good way.

[MUDSWAT]

What the hell is this some kind of mind control video ???

[pelodelperro]

@MUDSWAT Could be.

[Veggis92]

Dubstep in 2050.

[schoschdecologne]

@maxabeles: I don't agree. It's simply touching.

[maxabeles]

this type of music is good as a part to a larger whole but on its own it falls flat, lost. It is searching, but thats not a virtue worth glowing over. An inspiration only for artists, disregarding the common man. In short, a finite success.

[laughorgomad]

Wow he can Squeegee REALLY FAST!

[newgeorge]

@pelodelperro lol

[paddycat1000]

Reminds me of Ono's FLY.

[keroine9]

What's the image from?