PAS/SAGE 008
L'Atelier
This passage was performed and recorded at Atelier Y, within an open listening environment. Throughout the afternoon, sound moved freely in the space,
between presence and distance, between attention and drift.
Concept and Structure
L’Atelier is a passage recorded in situ, at Atelier Y.
The session took place within an open environment,
closer to a listening space than a performance.
People arrived, moved, stayed, or passed through.
The sound was not fixed to a stage,
but distributed in time and presence.
This passage emerges from that condition.
A shared situation,
where attention shifts,
where listening is partial,
where the structure must hold without imposing itself.
Rather than guiding,
the sound adapts.
It allows multiple states to coexist:
foreground and background,
focus and drift,
intensity and absence.
L’Atelier is not conceived as a closed form,
but as a structure able to absorb movement,
variation, and circulation.
A passage shaped by space,
by presence,
and by the instability of attention.
Temporal Arc
The passage unfolds as a gradual shift.
It begins with space,
with field and extended tones.
Structure appears slowly.
Layers accumulate.
Rhythm emerges without rupture.
The system intensifies,
moving toward a collective state.
Then, it releases.
Density dissolves.
Forms disperse.
The space returns.
The passage remains open.
TRACKLIST
01. Aken – Sous le Ciel de Carthage (2026)
02. Éliane Radigue – Onward 9,5 (1970)
03. Adham Shaikh & Tim Floyd – Beacon (1999)
04. Steve Roach – Quiet Friend (1984)
05. Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No.14 “Moonlight”: III. Presto agitato (c.1801)
06. Jean Marais – Arthur Rimbaud: Matinée d’ivresse / Chanson de la plus haute tour / Bateau ivre (1961)
07. Biosphere – Chukhung (1997)
08. François Bayle – Divine Comédie : Purgatoire – Rêve de l’aigle (1995)
09. Terry Riley – Celestial Valley (1980)
10. Vague Imaginaires – Là-haut sur la Dune (2020)
11. Ash Ra Tempel – Third Movement: Four Guitars (1992)
12. Masaki Sakamoto – Grid (2007)
13. Daisuke Tanabe – Pinebee (2014)
14. Link – Arcadian (1994)
15. μ-Ziq – Hasty Boom Alert (1997)
16. Boards of Canada – Roygbiv (2009)
17. Haruomi Hosono – Laughter Meditation (Massey Mix) (1993)
18. Soichi Terada – GRAND SENSHURAKU (1996)
19. Skee Mask – Kozmic Flush (2018)
20. Legowelt – The Building Blocks of Life (2004)
21. Aoki Takamasa – Rhythm Variation 08 (2013)
22. Petrichor – Sapiens (2019)
23. Joseph Shabason – Broken Hearted Kota (2019)
24. Noto – MM (2004)
25. Maurizio – T.T. / F.F. (1993)
26. Pugilist – Symbiosis (2022)
27. Monolake – Mass Transit Railway (1997)
28. Recondite – Petrichor (2012)
29. Speedy J – De-Orbit (1992)
30. Daniel Avery – Spider (2022)
31. Rei Harakami – Objective Contents (2005)
32. Daft Punk – Touch (2013)
33. George FitzGerald – Burns (2017)
34. NVST – Underground Dynamics (2024)
35. Pan-Pot – Sleepless (Stephan Bodzin Remix) (2015)
36. Vril – Vortekz (2014)
37. Phil Kieran & Green Velvet – Enjoy The Day (2005)
38. Claro Intelecto – Eye Spy (2017)
39. Susumu Yokota – Genshi (2000)
40. Inner City – Ahnongay (1998)
41. Cignol – Chorus Envy (2014)
42. Modul – Shift II (2004)
43. Terre Thaemlitz – Meditation of the Mountain Oyster (1995)
44. Midori Hirano – By the Window (2016)
Listening Context
This passage was conceived
within an open environment.
It can be entered at any moment,
without the need to follow
from beginning to end.
Listening may shift between
focus and distance,
between attention and drift.
Movement is allowed.
Presence is variable.
The passage unfolds in parallel
to its surroundings.
It does not require isolation,
but a certain availability.
A space where sound
can be followed, left,
and found again.
About PAS/SAGE
PAS/SAGE is an ongoing long-form research format developed by AKEN.
Each session explores listening as architecture rather than entertainment.
Recorded and mixed live.
Documentation
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This recording is shared for documentation and listening purposes only.
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