In this compilation of works by acousmatic composers living in Paris, Nautilus, composed in 2001, is above all an instructional piece. In developing his work from strong extramusical constraints, Denis Dufour retained all the stages of the realisation. He can thus, during courses or conferences, detail the whole process that leads from the literary statement of the project to the final mix. Starting from the very simple allegory of the nautilus, the shell in which "we hear the sea", it is the golden ratio - present in the very shape of its shell - which serves as a starting point to define the durations, the articulations and the structure of the work. The sound material and the writing are rigorously organized according to the rules that the composer has set for himself, which does not prevent the listener from letting his imagination sail in the ocean of sounds…

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PASSAGE À PARIS 2017                                                                                       69'38