FLOATING SOUND GALLERY

Vienna

Jean-Baptiste Favory

Composer

Jean-Baptiste Favory (born 1967) is a French sound artist and composer specializing in musique concrète, electronic, and instrumental music.

Born in Paris, Favory began composing in 1989, with his early works broadcast on France Culture in 1994. In 1995, he created the first sound design for Infogrames and began composing for theater.

From 1996 to 1999, he worked in Luc Ferrari's studios, assisting notable composers like Gavin Bryars and Luc Ferrari. He also completed a residency in Monterrey, Mexico, leading to collaborations with the Mexican Free-rock group Los Lichis.

Favory studied at the Iannis Xenakis musical center (CCMIX) from 1998 to 1999 and later worked as a sound engineer for Paul Méfano and Eliane Radigue. Since 1999, he has hosted the experimental music radio program Epsilona.

Since 2000, Favory has contributed to theater productions with various directors. In 2007, he joined the Circle for Liberation of Sounds and Images (CLSI), performing at the Stockhausen festival and recording with saxophonist Yoshk'o Seffer.

In 2022-2023, his electronic piece "Des spheres" was featured at La Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie in Paris. Favory's works are performed internationally and have been released on multiple media formats in various countries.

"The imagination is effortlessly pushed to the limit: Favory's essential quality is to render the obvious without having to prove it."

Jean-Baptiste Favory at Soundcloud
Jean-Baptiste Favory at Wikipedia

UNISONO I, 2010

performed at Circuit Fantôme S4 Ep06 on July 26, 2024 in Vronihof/Vienna

For Paul Méfano 8 musicians are playing the same virtual synthesizer following a precise score. They all start with the same sound but while modifying slowly each parameter, they transforme it deep inside. The sound becomes unique and multiple at the same time. Recorded and mixed at StuStu, this piece is available in octophonic version. In this version, I've played the 8 parts on my own.
" It's necessary to go inside the heart of sound,
the sound have a heart, it is spherical,
it has a center, that's the heart's center.
We got to go there »
Giancito Scelsi 1987

LE PASSAGER, 2017

performed at Circuit Fantôme S4 Ep06 on July 26, 2024 in Vronihof/Vienna

For Frédéric AcquavivaElectroacoustic suite in 7 movements for continuum fingerboard, synthesizer, harmonium and electric organ. The duration of each parts are calculated with the golden ratio. This piece represent our journey into lifetime.

Movements / durations :
1 Étonné (2’00)
2 Les commencements (3’30)
3 Possibles (3’30)
4 Sur le sable (6’00)
5 Les aboutissements (6’30)
6 Toutes les fins (2’10)
7 Résigné ? (1’20)

David Bowie´s 7 lives, 2018

performed at Circuit Fantôme S4 Ep06 on July 26, 2024 in Vronihof/Vienna

A composition with the voice of David Bowie, derived from separate vocal tracks found on the internet. Comprising seven parts lasting 1’30”, representing the seven decades of his existence, each section has a title, an evocation of the concerns of the Artist and man, on each period of his life. Neither a pastiche, nor a remix, but a continuation of what David Bowie could have done, if he had got involved in Musique concrète.
Composition & mix at NanoStu, Commissioned by Alcôme musical organisation.

Decade 1 : Something in the air
Decade 2 : Little soul has grown
Decade 3 : A lad insane
Decade 4 : Boy keeps thinking
Decade 5 : Can’t help singing about me
Decade 6 : An exploding man
Decade 7 : This blue bird

« In db, David Bowie’s 7 Lives, Jean–Baptiste Favory captures the range of emotions and ubiquitous sounds from Davie, Major Tom, Aladin Sane, Thin White Duke, to Button Eyes. Longing to communicate, seeking to be understood, and the failure to be understood at times – “Can you hear me Major Tom? Can you hear me Major Tom?” He pleads. Love, lust, greed, hate, pain, and the hunger for immortality can all be heard in each of these voices Favory has so artfully aligned and collided here. »
Gretchen Shae Moore, Berklee College of Music