Sappho Hiketis (« Songs for the Other Half of the Sky ».)

Jean-Claude Eloy – Sappho Hiketis (1989) [excerpt]

« Chants pour l’autre moitié du ciel  » / « Songs for the Other Half of the Sky ».
Sappho Hiketis (1989) – (“The Imploring Sappho” / « Sappho Implorante »)

For two female vocalists, using extended vocal technics, percussion instruments and electro-acoustic.

Electro-acoustic productions:
Electronic Music Studio from the Sweelinck Conservatory, Amsterdam

With contributions and help from the following institutions
– INA-GRM, Paris
– Technische Universität (TU), Berlin
– Studio ART, Genève

Texts from Sappho (in modern Greek).

First Voice – Fatima Miranda
Second Voice, Percussion – Yumi NaraVoice
Electroacoustics – Jean Claude Eloy

Warsaw Autumn Festival 1994
Recorded during a public concert, Polish Radio, Warsaw, September 17, 1994

video created with Audacity, Sonic Visualizer, vokoscreen and OpenShot on an openSUSE 13.2 Linux System.