Bleep

Having worked tirelessly in the world of stage, dance and theatre composition, Régis Renouard Larivière has very few widely available works — until now, that is. Contrée is as fitting an introduction to one of the most fascinating sleeper figures of 20th century electro-acoustic music. From the title piece to the closing ‘Esquive’, a groundbreaking richness is made evident in how Larivière gives senseless noise — a creaking instrument, a minute skip — shape and form unseen in the genre.