A collection of sound situations possible on a Serge analog modular synthesizer system.
“Reflex” is a piece in 13 parts performed on a Serge analog modular synthesizer system between between 2013 and 2018 and edited in 2019. Beyond the notion of a study, and far from being a demonstration, one could consider it as a collection of sound situations (all with different durations) possible on such a modular synthesizer. For some history, this system dates from 1972, from the West Coast of the United States. It's quite some time now that the modular synthesizer has come back into favour, but rare are the opportunities to listen to something apart from just drone or beats. With Jean-Philippe Gross, there is a willingness to get back to the fundamentals of electronic music, without falling into a sort of objective purity of the 1950S. His pieces have an animal side, all the sounds are alive, in their pulsations, their grain, their vibrations and frequencies, their stereophonic movement and of course their dynamics. A liveliness that knows how to tickle our eardrums and will always surprise us at each new listening.
Jean-Philippe Gross (born 1979, lives and works in Metz, France) is a French composer and improviser, founder of
Eich records, and Fragment.
Originally a drummer, he has played in the field of electronics, experimental and improved music since 2001. He plays with
Stéphane Garin (Dénombrement),
Jean-Luc Guionnet (Angle),
Jérôme Noetinger,
Axel Dörner, Clare Cooper (Nevers), John Hegre,
eRikm,
Lionel Marchetti. He has composed music for theater, dance and performances as well as for contemporary ensembles.
