[xs-64] ziur - granular world

In the year that we celebrate 40 years upon the arrival of men at the moon, and so many scientific discoveries, and so many lab discoverers and adventurers I present you a composer – Ziur. His passion for the discovery and study of the unknown leads us to the essence of sound, of its granular essence, presenting us another meaning, invisible to the naked ear. And like a stone is a stone on earth or on the moon, sound will always be sound whether savage or trained by Ziur.
Leonardo Rosado (xs records curator)

André Ruiz is a composer and professor at the Braga’s Conservatório Calouste Gulbenkian and he is also known in the electronic music as Ziur. He released is work concrétement at xs records [pt netlabel] in which he explored the digital media and the paradigm of composition initiated by Pièrre Schaeffer or Pièrre Henry. Ziur as been working in a series of initiatives and collaborative projects using the icompositions platform. Granular World he presents us with a series of experiments that take us to the granular synthesis domain, using the ixiquarks software developed by Italian softwarehouse ixisoftware developed with supercollider (this software is freeware and opensource). This music is as a performance component based upon the mentioned software which was refined a posteriori.
Tiago Morgado (xs records curator)

“Granular World” is an album conceived from inumerous experiences made by André Ruiz aka Ziur (the composer) using granular synthesis processes. All compositions were made in real time, i.e., all transformation processes and progressive developments were done and recorded in real time, which excludes it’s exact remake. Starting from simple recorded sounds (crystal glasses, tam tam’s, piano chords, etc.) it was possible to create diversified and individual compositions, which can suggest the listener several environments.
André Ruiz (composer)


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release date: 16/08/2009

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[xs 42] Ziur - Concretement - ultima release do ano da xs records [pt netlabel]?

André Ruiz apresenta-se nesta 42ª release da XS Records [pt netlabel] sobre o pseudónimo de Ziur. Natural da Maia, trabalha como compositor a nível de sonoplastia para cinema, animação, vídeo jogos e arranjos orquestrais, tendo nos últimos tempos vindo a colaborar com toda uma série de artistas e performers. Vive em Braga onde dá aulas de composição e ATC (análise e técnicas de composição) no conservatório calouste gulbenkian. Durante bastante tempo trabalhou como professor e compositor no domínio da música erudita. O projecto Ziur (criado em 2005) é uma tentativa de estender a sua visão musical a domínios da música mais generalistas no sentido de tomar contacto com tudo o que o rodeia e influênciou, no seu percurso de vida, musical, académico e extra-académico.

Andre Ruiz presents himself in this 42nd release of XS Records [pt netlabel] under the name of Ziur. Born in Maia, Portugal, he works as a composer at the level of sound design for cinema, animatin, video games and orchestral arrangements for a whole range of artists and perfromers. He lives in Braga where he teaches composition, in the calouste gulbenkian conservatory. During a long time e worked as a professor and composer in the domain of classical music. His project Ziur (created in 2005) is an attemp to extend his musical vision to more generalist domains of music in the sense of getting in contact with everything wich surrounds him, in his path of life, musically, academically and extra-academically.

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