Luc Ferrari's Tete et queue du dragon
I liked the title of this (head and tail of the dragon) because the song definitely has a very animalistic sound to me. The computer sounds are sometimes like an elephant trumpeting or stomping dragon feet (that low rumble off in the distance). In general it imitated a lot of animal sounds, or just had abrupt sounds that reminded me of an angry beast. Some sounds that caught my eye were these oriental sounding strings (think zither) which was immediately followed by an electronic sound that was strangely gutteral, like a snorting beast. There was a lot of juxtaposition of high sharp sounds against low boomy sounds, and made me think of noises the dragon might make over top of it stomping around angrily. Then there were different sounds in each ear. In one ear there was this keening sort of sound made by strings, and in the other there were those high, fast disjunct electronic sounds. It made me think of one of those Chronicles of Narnia books (I'm not sure which one, maybe The Dawn Treader) where the little boy sneaks into the dragon's cave and sifts through its treasure. Imagine what would happen if you were in the cave looking at all of the jewels and you could hear the dragon noisily stomping its way back in. It's kind of scary, but it's not scary like the Bayle piece. It doesn't disturb me, it's just kind of a nervous feeling.
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