Entomophonie, by Leon Louder

Entomophonie

by Leon Louder

supported by

kushicat Magique, beau et très intéressante création.

francois-xavier vigneault-marcil thumbnail

	/

Streaming + Download

Includes high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more. Paying supporters also get unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app.

Purchasable with gift card

name your price
Full Digital Discography

Get all 4 Leon Louder releases available on Bandcamp and save 35%.

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of Entomophonie, Habitat, Mechanical Dances, and I n t e r m e d i a t e. , and , .

Purchasable with gift card

$7.80 CAD (35% OFF)

	1.	Chorale 04:38
	2.	Pollenators 03:33
	3.	Dialogue 03:07
	4.	Tropical Toccata 03:05
	5.	Psyché 03:49
	6.	L'Envolée 04:22
	7.	Éphémères 04:28
	8.	Perce-Oreille 05:40
	9.	Odonata 04:57
	10.	Batucicada 02:38
	11.	Psyché (reprise) 03:19

about

The Montréal Insectarium, one of five Espace pour la vie museums, presents Entomophonie, a Celebration of Entomophilia through sound by composer Leon Louder.

The title is a play on the French word "Entomophobie" (meaning "fear of insects). Replacing the "b" with an "n", and fear becomes simply "sounds". It took about four months of on-and-off work -- from cataloguing the sounds provided to me by the Insectarium, to recording my own in the field, and finally a behind the scenes visit to record some more. The thing is, most insects actually survive by being as quiet as possible -- but some of them will make pretty interesting noises when disturbed. The fact that sound, or lack of sound, beauty, or grotesqueness -- that all of these qualities are related mostly to survival, became the idea that guided me in composition. As far as turning the sounds into music, I was interested both in the natural rhythms already present in insect song, which are often in odd timings and irregular, which I love, and also the potential fun to be had creating "artificial" rhythmic montages. Surprisingly, when stretched, certain sounds also leant themselves well to more melodic material, often with an eerie quality.

Commissioned by the Montreal Insectarium as a live performance on the MUTEK festival's outdoor stage,
The artist used various sampling and sound manipulation techniques to craft music entirely from insect sounds.

credits

released September 1, 2023

Written, produced, and mixed by Leon Louder
Mastered by Cristobal Urbina
Artwork by Isabella Salas

Special thanks to: Sophie Mallouin, Nela Paki, Marie-Laure Saidani, Thierry Boislard, Benjamin Taylor, Mariana Millhorat, Amelia Robinson, and everyone else at the Insectarium de Montreal and MUTEK Montreal.

Insects sampled on this recording include:

Common housefly (Musca domestica)
Amercican bumblebee (Bombus Pensylvanicus)
Silver-spotted tiger moth (Lophocampa argentata)
Cicada (recorded in India, species unknown)
Deer fly (Chrysopsinae)
Halloween hissing cockroach (Elliptorhina javanica)
Oblong winged Katydid (Amblycorypha oblongifolia)
Tree cricket (Oecanthus)
Snowy tree cricket (Oecanthus fultoni)
Fall field cricket (Gryllus_pennsylvanicus)
Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus)
Australian head banging termite (species unkown) (Drepanotermes)
Australian ants (Camponotus denticulatus)
Braconid parasitoid (Cotesia marginiventris)
Fire ant (Solenopsis invicta)
Queensland fruit fly (Bactrocera tyroni)
Phorid fly (Pseudacteon tricuspis)
Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata)
Salt marsh mosquito (Aedes taeniorynchus)
Pink Grasshopper (Amblycorypha oblongifolia)
Portholed Malaysian leaf katydid (Ancylecha fenestrata)
Giant cave cockroach (Blaberus giganteus)
Derby’s bronze flower beetle (Dicronorhina derbyana conradsi)
Gratte-couï bush cricket (Nesonotus reticulatus)
Mexican leafcutter ant (Atta mexicana)

No insects were harmed during the recording of this album, though some of them were visibly annoyed.

license

about

Leon Louder Montreal, Québec

Leon Louder is a Canadian composer and music producer with a varied practice combining different strains of underground dance, experimental electronic, and improvised electroacoustic music. He also manages a small physical/digital record label called Unfulfillment. ... more

Recommendations

contact / help

Contact Leon Louder

Streaming and
Download help

Redeem code

Report this album or account

Leon Louder recommends:

Moriyama
by Foodman

Tactile, visual, original and playful. Modern and timeless. Complex flavour and texture from the simplest of ingredients. I want all of life to be more like Foodman's music. Leon Louder
go to album
For Trainspotters Only
by Ann Eysermans

One could expect train-inspired music to be hypnotic and pulsing but this goes so much further in its delicate and haunting way, with a richness of contrast and texture that is truly impressive. Leon Louder
go to album

If you like Leon Louder, you may also like:

Post Pandemic VA 5
by Welofi

supported by 10 fans who also own “Entomophonie”

so fucking beautiful willi6m
go to album
Those Kids Who Come From Money
by HeartWerk

supported by 10 fans who also own “Entomophonie”

Music to throw shapes to...(saying nothing about lines...) orlandolovekill
go to album
42 Days 四十二天
by Southeast of Rain 东南有雨

This stunning, beautiful project from Fujian duo Southeast of Rain 东南有雨 blends field recordings with rippling notes from the pipa. Bandcamp New & Notable Feb 8, 2021
go to album
BFHC
by Lina Filipovich

From the always-great label Umor Rex comes the latest from Lina Filipovich: A ruthless deconstruction of classical pieces. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 25, 2022
go to album