Revised version (2020)

In 1957 the painter Richard Hamilton defined Pop Art as popular, ephemeral, throw-away, cheap, mass-produced, spiritual, sexy, full of tricks, glamorous and profitable. Although this obviously tongue-in-cheek definition does not correspond exactly to my work, it is none the less partially relevant to the spirit of this new piece, and I leave it to the listener to guess the reasons why. It was composed at the request of Laurent Cuniot and the Ensemble TM+, and tries to set up an implacable beat that different elements come and disturb in turn, occasionally at the risk of its destruction, one of the aspects of music that I want to place in the foreground. The playing styles are more developed than usual, so sometimes the player strokes the instrument, at others it is hit, sometimes it becomes a toy and is even furtively kissed (although only the flute and clarinet). Thus the underlying development of the work, as serious and strict as can be, is totally masked by these various theatrical aspects.

Régis Campo

Podcast - France Musique

MAXXI Classique
Le dancefloor contemporain de Régis Campo
Released On: May 11th, 2023
Listen (4 mins)
Produced by Max Dozolme
Directed by Yassine Bouzar

Recordings

1 CD Signature Radio France, SIG11111, Street-Art
Street-Art - Sometimes with the heart -Oh Sweet Kisses!! - Rivi simplicitate (extrait de Mysterium Simplicitatis) - Steamy Punk - Pop-Art - Morgenstem-Lieder (Gruselett - Schmetterling - Himmel und Erde) - Erotique rotative - Une solitude de I'espace
Ensemble TM+, Laurent Cuniot (conductor)

1 CD aeon, AE0529, Pop-Art
Concerto - Music to hear - Pop-Art
Jay Gottlieb, Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France, Pascal Rophé, Musicatreize, Roland Haraybedian, Ensemble des Lauréats du Conservatoire, Kanako Abe