Christian Zanési (born 22 May 1952) is a

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Biography

Born in

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, Zanési studied with Guy Maneveau and Marie-Françoise Lacaze at the Pau University (South of France) (1974–1975), and with

Pierre Schaeffer Pierre Henri Marie Schaeffer (English pronunciation: , ; 14 August 1910 – 19 August 1995) was a French composer, writer, broadcaster, engineer, musicologist, acoustician and founder of Groupe de Recherche de Musique Concrète (GRMC). His innov ...

and Guy Reibel at the Paris Conservatory (1976–1977). In 1977 he joined the

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(GRM). There, he learned and practised all the technical skills linked to sound, thanks to a wide range of experiences, productions and encounters. He has initiated many projects in the field of radio, publications and musical events including: the Electromania radio show on

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, the festival Présences électronique and the CD box sets ''Archives GRM'', ''

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, l’œuvre musicale'', ''

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, l’œuvre électronique''. He currently is the artistic director of the Ina GRM. Since the 1990s Christian Zanési has been composing from his home studio and drawing his inspiration from the ''poetic encounter with remarkable sounds.'' In 2011, Christian Zanési took part in

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's Musique(s) électronique(s) documentary on

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Discography

* ''D'un jardin à l'autre'' (extrait)—Concert Imaginaire Ina C1000 * ''Stop! l'horizon/ Profil-Désir/—Courir'' INA C 2001 * ''Grand Bruit—Métamkine'' MKC 011 * ''Arkheion (Les mots de

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/ Les voix de

)''—INA E 5001 (Diapason d’or) * ''Le paradoxe de la femme-poisson''—INA K 198 * ''Contributions aux publications du C.M.G.''—Koka Media M10 27 58 72 * ''Matin Brun''—

Radio France Radio France is the French national public radio broadcaster. Stations Radio France offers seven national networks: *France Inter — Radio France's "generalist" station, featuring entertaining and informative talk mixed with a wide variety of ...

* ''91/98/01''—InaGRM/ * '' GRM EXPERIENCE''—with

Mika Vainio Mika Tapio Vainio (May 15, 1963 – April 12, 2017) was a Finnish electronic musician. He was best known as a member of Pan Sonic. In addition to his real name, he recorded under the aliases Ø, Kentolevi, Philus, and Tekonivel. He has worked wi ...

(

Pan Sonic Pan Sonic was a Finnish electronic music group founded in Turku in 1993. The group consisted of Mika Vainio, Ilpo Väisänen, and Sami Salo. Salo left in 1996 leaving Pan Sonic a duo. The group was originally named Panasonic until 1998. In Dece ...

) and

Christian Fennesz Christian Fennesz (born 25 December 1962) is an Austrian producer and guitarist active in electronic music since the 1990s, often credited simply by his last name. His work utilizes guitar and laptop computers to blend melody with treated samples ...

Signature Radio France/ GRM * ''Magnetic Landscape''—Koka Media * ''Soixante-dix huit tours''—Double Entendre ;Compilations * ''Rough Trade Shops-Electronic 01'' (2xCD, Comp)—Marseille—Mute Records Ltd * ''Rough Trade Shops-Electronic 01'' (12")—Marseille 2—Mute Records Ltd * ''Concert Imaginaire-GRM—D'un Jardin à l'autre''—INA-GRM * ''Génériques Potentiels—Rebecca, Electro Jeu, ...''—Cezame * ''Klangwelten—Grand Bruit'' (Excerpt)—WERGO * ''50 Ans De Musique Electroacoustique au Groupe de Recherches'' (2xCD)—Grand Bruit, Saphir, S...—Fondazione Teatro Massimo * ''Archives GRM'' (5xCD + Box)—Sonal RATP—INA-GRM * ''The Citizen Band Issue''. Vibrö No.3—Audio Visage—Vibrö * ''Shepherds Know How to Have the Best Wool'' (File, MP3, Mixed, 192)—Nostalgia—Ante-Rasa

References

External links

Artist page (en) + interview (fr)

Biography (Larousse) (in French)

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