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Iannis Xenakis

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Real Name:Iannis Xenakis
Profile: "With the aid of electronic computers the composer becomes a sort of pilot ... sailing in the space of sound, across sonic constellations and galaxies ..."
Iannis Xenakis (1922-2001) is one of the most radical and important composers of the twentieth century.
He formulated a theory of stochastic music in the early 1950s, co-founded the Groupe de Recherches Musicales in 1958, pioneered the use of computers to compose in 1961 ... As architect, he worked with Le Corbusier and designed the Philips Pavilion for the Brussels World's Fair in 1958.
In 1963, he published Musique Formelles, a collection of his articles relating music, architecture, and mathematics. In 1972, he founded CEMAMu (Centre d'Etudes de Mathématique et Automatique Musicales) in Issy-les-Moulineaux, just outside of Paris. He has composed for a wide range of instrumental ensembles and solos, and his 'polytopes', sound and light spectacles, have been performed in Persepolis in 1971, in Paris in 1972, in Mycénes in 1978, in Paris in 1978.
URLs:http://www.iannis-xenakis.org
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Name Variations: All | Iannis Xenakis | Ianniz Xenakis | Janis Xenakis | Xenakis | Yannis Xenakis
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Releases:
5 Rechants / Nuits / Stabat Mater (LP, Gat) Erato  
Atrées / Morsima-Amorsima / ST 4 / Nomos Alpha (LP) Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi  
Janis Xenakis Parle. Par Les Mathématiques Pour Une Musique Nouvelle (7") Réalisations Sonores Hugues Desalle  
Oresteia (LP) Musical Heritage Society  
Polla Ta Dhina / ST 10=1,080262 / Akrata / Achorripsis (LP) Angel Records  
ST 10-1,080262 / Polla Ta Dhina / Akrata / Achorripsis (LP) His Master's Voice, EMI Music (Greece)  
ST 10-1,080262 / Polla Ta Dhina / Akrata / Achorripsis (LP) Les Industries Musicales Et Electriques Pathé Marconi  
Terretektorh · Nomos Gamma (LP) Candide  
Metastasis / Pithoprakta / Eonta (LP) Vanguard 1967
Akrata, Pithoprakta / Capriccio For Violin & Orchestra, De Natura Sonoris (LP, Gat) Nonesuch 1969
Persephassa (LP) Prospective 21e Siècle 1969
Untitled (5xLP + Box) Erato 1969
Oresteia (LP) Erato 1970
Akrata / Syzygy / The Dorian Horizon / Canciones A Guiomar (LP) Columbia Masterworks 1972
Electro-Acoustic Music (LP, RE) Nonesuch 1972
Persepolis (LP) Prospective 21e Siècle 1972
Anahit / Mikka / Strung Out (LP) CP² Recordings 1976
Anaktoria / Morsima-Amorsima (LP) Nippon Columbia 1976
Interfaces (LP) Erato 1985
Cinq Réchants · O Sacrum Convivium · Nuits (CD) Arion 1989
Kraanerg (CD, Album) Etcetera Records B.V. 1989
Palimpsest / Épéi / Dikhthas / Akanthos (CD) WERGO 1990
Phlegra / Jalons / Keren / Nomos Alpha / Thalleïn (CD) Erato 1992
Aïs - Gendy3 - Taurhiphanie - Thalleïn (CD) Neuma Records 1994
Iannis Xenakis 1: Chamber Music [1955-1990] (2xCD) Montaigne 1994
Iannis Xenakis 2: La Légende D'Eer (CD) Montaigne 1995
Anaktoria · Morsima-Amorsima · Oophaa · Charisma · Mists · Mikka / Mikka «S» (CD) Accord 1996
Ensemble Music 2 (CD) Mode 1996
Pléïades (CD) Harmonia Mundi 1996
Electronic Music (CD) Electronic Music Foundation 1997
Kraanerg (CD) Asphodel 1997
Medea • A Colone • Nuits • Serment • Knephas (CD, Album) Hyperion 1998
Chamber Music 1955-1990 (2xCD, Album) Montaigne 2000
Orchestral Works & Chamber Music (CD, Comp) Col Legno 2000
Orchestral Works Vol. I (CD) Timpani 2000
Persepolis (CD) Fractal Records (2) 2000
Xenakis (2xCD) Erato 2000
Metastasis / Pithoprakta / Eonta (CD, RE) Le Chant Du Monde 2001
Musique Electro-Acoustique (CD) Fractal Records (2) 2001
La Légende D'Eer (Diatope) (CD, RE) Montaigne 2002
Persepolis + Remixes. Edition 1 (2xCD) Asphodel 2002
Anastenaria / Troorkh / Aïs (CD) Col Legno 2003
Iannis Xenakis (2xCD, Gat) Edition RZ 2003
Kraanerg (CD) Col Legno 2003
Oresteïa (CD, Album) Montaigne 2003
Psappha, Rebonds A & B, Okho Pour Trois Djembés (DualDisc, Album, Dig) Zig Zag Territoires 2004
Electronic Music I - La Légende D'Eer (DVD-V, NTSC, Multichannel, 5.1) Mode 2005
Electronic Works I - La Légende D'Eer (CD, Album) Mode 2005
Music For Strings (CD, Album) Mode 2005
Evryali・Herma・Quatre Études De Rythme (CD, Album, RE, Ltd, RM) Columbia Music Entertainment 2006
Production:
Schoenberg / Berio / Carter / Kurtág / Xenakis (5xCD) Erato 1995
Appears On:
Arkivalis Volume 1 (CD, Album) Ikhoor Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter Høvikodden  
Columbine Chamber Players Play Xenakis, Toensing, Kasinskas, Effinger, Eakin (LP, Album) Charisma Owl Recording, Inc 1982
Elisabeth Chojnacka, Sylvio Gualda [perform] Aperghis, Ferrari, Miereanu, Solal, Xenakis (CD) Oophaa Adda 1990
Contemporaneo Piano 1991 (2xCD) Mikka S. Contempo Records 1992
Taïra - Manoury - Mâche - Dufourt - Varese - Ohana - Kabelac - Xenakis (2xCD, Comp) Philips 1993
Brant • Scelsi • Wolpe • Xenakis • Cage • Glass • Feldman (CD, Album) CP² Recordings 1995
Schoenberg / Berio / Carter / Kurtág / Xenakis (5xCD) Erato 1995
Fractuur (CD, Album, Clo) UtterPsalm 1997
Schlagen - Anrühren (CD, Album) Cord Aria 1997
Early Modulations Vintage Volts (CD) Concret PH Caipirinha Productions 2000
The Most Frightening Music In The Universe (2xCD) The Pleiades, First Mo... Denon 2004
Tracks Appear On:
Arkivalis Volume 1 (CD, Album) Ikhoor Henie-Onstad Kunstsenter Høvikodden  
Musique Concrète (LP) Diamorphoses BAM  
Musique Concrète (LP) Analogiques A Et B, Co... Philips  
Musique Concrète (LP, Mono) Diamorphoses BAM  
Musique Concrète (LP, Comp, Gat) Analogiques A Et B, Co... Philips  
Panorama Des Musiques Expérimentales (2xLP) Orient-Occident Philips  
Panorama Des Musiques Expérimentales (2xLP, Gat) Orient-Occident Philips  
Panorama Of Experimental Music: Electronic Music And Musique Concrete (2xLP) Orient-Occident Mercury  
Musique Concrète 2 (7") Diamorphoses BAM 1959
Solfège De L'Objet Sonore (3xLP) Metastasis (Excerpt), ... Office de Radiodiffusion-Télévision Française (ORTF) 1967
Images Fantastiques: Electronic Experimental Music (LP) Orient-Occident Limelight 1968
New Music For Piano(s) (LP, Gat) Hérma Mainstream Records 1970
Xenakis, Berio, Maderna, Kagel (LP) Orient-Occident Prospective 21e Siècle 1970
New Music For Chamber Orchestra (LP, Gat) Achorpisis Mainstream Records 1972
Musique Concrète: Elektroakustische Musik (LP) Diamorphoses Klett Verlag 1974
Die Neue Musik Und Ihre Neuesten Entwicklungen (LP) Orient-Occident Opus Musicum 1975
Piano Space (3xLP) Herma CP² Recordings 1976
Orchestral Space (LP) Strategie Varèse Sarabande 1978
Computer Music Journal Sound Examples (Flexi) Excerpt From Mycenes-A... Computer Music Journal 1981
Columbine Chamber Players Play Xenakis, Toensing, Kasinskas, Effinger, Eakin (LP, Album) Charisma Owl Recording, Inc 1982
Polyagogy (LP) Mycenae For Magnetic Tape Music-Box 1987
Electro Acoustic Music: Classics (CD) Mycenae Alpha Neuma Records 1990
Elisabeth Chojnacka, Sylvio Gualda [perform] Aperghis, Ferrari, Miereanu, Solal, Xenakis (CD) Oophaa Adda 1990
20 Ans De Musique Contemporaine A Metz (Box + 5xCD) Jonchaies Col Legno 1991
40 Jahre Donaueschinger Musiktage 1950-1990 (4xCD) Metastaseis Col Legno 1993
Brant • Scelsi • Wolpe • Xenakis • Cage • Glass • Feldman (CD, Album) Mikka, Mikka "S" CP² Recordings 1995
Schoenberg / Berio / Carter / Kurtág / Xenakis (5xCD) Jalons Erato 1995
IDEAMA Target Collection 140 (CD) Analogique II Zentrum Für Kunst Und Medientechnologie 1996
Computer Music Journal Sound Anthology Volume 21, 1997 (CD) La Légende D'Eer (Exc... The MIT Press 1997
Schlagen - Anrühren (CD, Album) Rebonds A (1989), Rebo... Cord Aria 1997
Early Modulations Vintage Volts (CD) Concret PH Caipirinha Productions 2000
OHM: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (3xCD, Album) Hibiki-Hana-Ma (Edit) Ellipsis Arts 2000
50 Ans De Musique Electroacoustique Au Groupe De Recherches (2xCD) Orient-Occident Fondazione Teatro Massimo 2001
CCMIX: New Electroacoustic Music From Paris (2xCD, Album) Mycenae Alpha, Polytop... Mode 2001
His Master's Noise - The Institute Of Sonology (2xCD) Concret PH II BV Haast Records 2001
An Anthology Of Noise & Electronic Music / First A-Chronology 1921-2001 (2xCD) Concret PH Sub Rosa 2002
Archives GRM (5xCD + Box) Concret PH INA-GRM 2004
スペース・シアター Expo'70 鉄鋼館の記録 [Space Theatre Program Of Steel Pavilion At Expo '70] (CD, Album, RM, RE) Hibiki Hana Ma Tower Records (Japan) 2004
The Most Frightening Music In The Universe (2xCD) The Pleiades, First Mo... Denon 2004
OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (3xCD + DVD) Hibiki-Hana-Ma, Bohor Ellipsis Arts 2005
OHM+: The Early Gurus Of Electronic Music (DVD) Bohor Ellipsis Arts 2005
Sound Unbound Audio Companion: Excerpts And Allegories From The Sub Rosa Archives (CD, Album, Mixed) Concret pH Sub Rosa 2008
Unofficial Releases:
Apocalypse Wow! (Cass) Psappha Stomach Ache Records  
Psappha (7") Dolor Del Estamago 1995

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