Pierre Rousseau
i am a composer and producer from paris, france.
this website attempts to make sense of the different things i do, highlighting personal releases alongside collaborations and commercial work.
more consistent updates over on instagram : @prsseau
email : hello@pierrerousseau.info
management : alexandre.gaulmin@corida.fr
website designed by faye & gina and developed by tristan bagot.
portrait by charles nègre.
composed a short piece of music alongside nicolas godin for prsnt, a compilation by modern obscure music.
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‘PRSNT’ is a unique global artistic project combining the input of artists across the worlds of music, video and written word which acts as a statement on how we, as consumers, engage with music in the 21 st century. The LP contains original compositions by Ryuichi Sakamoto, Pascal Comelade, Laurie Spiegel, Lyra Pramuk, Chassol, Nicolas Godin and Pierre Rousseau, Pedro Vian and Pierre Bastien, Visible Cloaks, Kelman Duran, Raul Refree, Lucrecia Dalt, and Lafawndah ; as well as including writings by contemporary thinkers like Shumon Bazar and François J. Bonnet, and images from Araki, Jack Davison, Alessandra Sanguinetti, Dani Pujalte, Elizaveta Parodina, Adrià Cañameras, Larissa Zaidan, Zhong Lin and Javier Tles, among others.
The concept was devised by Created By Us and the Barcelona-based label Modern Obscure Music, following a study which identified that the overwhelming volume of instantly accessible information online is shortening attention spans and altering how audiences engage with music digitally. Their curiosity about the state of online consumption developed further on discovering that around a third of all listeners using digital platforms skip to the next track within the first 30 seconds of playing.
Each musician was given the challenge to create engaging compositions with real artistic merit, inside the confines of this shortened span. Akin to Brian Eno’s famous Windows 95 start-up music, the time constraints are crucial, and the compositions are deceptively complex and more substantial than expectations of their nano nature would suggest.
‘PRSNT’ acts as a critique of flighty feed culture, but is simultaneously constructive, providing something which is either proposed solution or “if you can’t beat ‘em join ‘em” resignation. Every artist has interpreted the brief differently, resulting in an intriguing blueprint for the potential future of digital music. Could abbreviated micro compositions satisfy, inspire and nourish like their longer counterparts ? They certainly take up much less of listeners’ busy lives, which are often spent tackling ever-increasing workloads.
All tracks Mastered by Rashad Becker at Clunk Studios in Berlin, Germany
Vinyl cut by Josh Bonati in Brooklyn, NYC, USA
Music selected and curated by Pedro Vian
Artwork & Design by Marc Monguilod
Tracklist :
- Laurie Spiegel - Fly By vidéo
- Pedro Vian & Pierre Bastien - Memory
- Lyra Pramuk - Cage
- Chassol - ya !
- Nicolas Godin & Pierre Rousseau - Page Turner
- Pascal Comelade - Segons com
- Visible Cloaks - Lifeworld 00:32 vidéo
- Raul Refree - Vid2020
- Lucrecia Dalt - cosa
- Kelman Duran - Dead cat
- Lafawndah - From name-less city
- Ryuichi Sakamoto - silence
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
JOHN VAN RYMENANT, MICHAEL GALASSO - Scan Lines (Part I)
LOUIS CRELIER - Revenir
DANIEL VALENCIEN, PHILIPPE MATE - Sanza Sallée
CHRISTINE OTT - Tropismes
IGOR WAKHEVITCH - Matines
ALABASTER DEPLUME - Visit Croatia
SHEILA CHANDRA - ABoneCroneDrone2
AKI TSUYUKO - Solitary Tiger
RAVI SHARDJA - Rash
DENNY JAEGER - The Incredible Sounds Of Synclavier II (Extract)
RICHARD PINHAS & JOHN LIVENGOOD - Moira
BIOSPHERE - Black Mesa
OLEO STRUT - Volcanterre
NEVERS - 26_39_488
HENRI ROGER - Images …
KALI MALONE - Spectacle Of Ritual
JEAN C. ROCHÉ - Province Du Natal
featuring an introduction by mana haraguchi.
listen here.
short compositions for marine serre's collaboration with korean eyewear brand gentle monster entitled 'visionizer', co-directed by marc hibbert and will churchill.
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short compositions for marine serre's ss21 main campaign, co-directed by marc hibbert and will churchill.
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Couple
Pillow
Plant
Mother And Son
Cat
Family
Tree
Sister And Brother
Mother And Child
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
ENVIRONMENTS - Alpine Blizzard
VANGELIS - Marina
VOX POPULI ! - Gutta-Percha
ANDREAS VOLLENWEIDER - Caverna Magica
TOMMY MANDEL - VII. Eta (Pastel)
LUC MARIANI - Final Suite
TESTER HOUSING - The Clock Ticks Over
PHILIPPE DORAY - D'Ici A La
SATOSHI & MAKOTO - AR
TAKASHI KOKUBO - Playing Among The Gods
MEGA WAVE ORCHESTRA - M7
SOUNDS OF INDIAN AMERICA - Ute Bear Dance
JOSEPH SHABASON - Forest Run
LAURENCE VANAY - Morning Quiet Song
PAULINE ANNA STROM - Marking Time
featuring an introduction by mana haraguchi.
photograph courtesy of tim barber.
listen here.
sounds for books #3, a playlist for paris-based bookseller florence loewy.
tracklist :
Cluster - In Ewigkeit
Suzanne Cianni - The Second Wave - Sirens
Klaus Schulze - Love Theme
Carl Stone - Dong II Jang
Stanislav Tolkachev - No Matter What They've Told You (C)
Efdemin - Oh, Lovely Appearance Of Death
Vangelis - Rêve
Eno Moebius Roedelius - Old Land
Ash Ra Tempel - Le Sourire Volé
The Beacon Sound Choir - Drone 3
Lyra Pramuk - Witness
Joseph Shabason - Lowland
Astrid Sonne - Area Under A Curve
Steve Reich - Shift Part II
Michael Brook - Distant Village
Conrad Schnitzler - Ballet Statique
Tonstartssbandht - Hymn Eola
Soela - The Same Things, The Same Thoughts
Maria Teriaeva - Abstract
Richard Horowitz - Baby Elephant Magic
Carl Stone - Banteay Srey
Gimmer Nicholson - Charon's Crossing
Pauline Anna Strom - Morning Splendor
'the way you made me feel' is featured as part of rvng intl.'s annual 'catalog compendium', available now on bandcamp.
Tracklist :
Pierre Rousseau - The Way You Made Me Feel
Tiziano Popoli - Iunu-Wenimo
Nuke Watch - NW2MJF (tribe)
Andras - Harf Green
Shy One – Route II Romeos
Kate NV - Plans
Josiah Steinbrick - Full Bloom
Aki Tsuyuko - solitary tiger
Greg Fox - Ill Being
Ian William Craig & Daniel Lentz - Up Up Up Stay
Michele Mercure - Solo Dance
Ka Baird - Heaven and Hell
Dylan Moon - Oh No
Pauline Anna Strom - Marking Time
Emily A. Sprague - Mirror
Lord Of The Isles - Sisters
Lucrecia Dalt - No era sólida
Oliver Coates - Soaring X (featuring Malibu)
Sign Libra - Sea Of Nectar
Tomasz Guiddo w/ Rexy & Grzegorz Bojanek - Narcissist (Vic's Alternative Version)
Dukes of Chutney - Mystic Ape
three short soundtracks for videos by chemsedine herriche for études, promoting their 'archives days'.
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
ORAGES ET TEMPÊTES - Vent Sinistre
BERNARD FORT - Jour De Lenteur
PASTROAL SEQUENCES - Peaceful Pastoral II
MICHAEL LEVINAS - Froissements D'Ailes
LINDA PERHACS - Chimacum Rain
DAVID TREMLETT & TIM BOWMAN - Prelude
WHITE NOISE - Your Hidden Dreams
ALAIN BANCQUART - L’Amant Déserté (Piste 3)
MAREA - Night Tide
THOMAS KESSLER - Violin Control
SYNTHETIC MUSIC - Pathetic
DEUTER - Alchemy
VANGELIS - La Petite Fille De La Mer
JOSIAH STEINBRICK - Nemi
CLAUDE LARSON - Answering Machine
PHILIPPE DORAY & LES ASOCIAUX ASSOCIES - Musique Pour Résidence Secondaire
SILVER APPLES - Lovefingers
ANDRES SAENZ DE SICILLIA - Extract From Aphorisms
featuring an introduction by mana haraguchi.
listen here.
a soundtrack for marine serre’s ss2021 collection film, 'amor fati', starring sevdaliza and juliet merie, directed by sacha barbin and ryan doubiago, produced by avoir.
'a cycle of timeless events and encounters are performed by mystic characters immersing the viewer into their world. with the aid of token items, two cryptic individuals navigate between parallel existences, living an astral projection, guided by each other’s truths.
sterile and hostile at first sight, each environment is populated by a series of tightly knit clans that will witness their rites of passage.
despite feelings of danger, care, seduction, and vulnerability, the two chameleonic figures take a leap of faith into the unknown : amor fati'
discover an interactive website for the film, and read about our collaboration here or here.
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
DAVID VORHAUS – Movement II Continued
M DWINELL – Move
AKIKO YANO – Dogs Awaiting
TAKASHI KOKUBO – Playing Among The Gods
VANGELIS – Reve
CATHERINE RIBEIRO – Qui A Parlé De Fin ?
GAVIN BRYARS – Jesus’ Blood Never Failed Me
GHÉDALIA TAZARTÉS – La Berlue Je T’Aime
SHABASON / GUNNING – Bois Blanc
CHALOTTE LECLERC – Promenade A Quai
JOHN CAGE – Variations IV – Excerpts 7PM To 8PM
ART & TECHNIQUE – Alerte Instrumentale
DANIEL LANOIS – White Mustang II
LAURENCE VANAY – Glaciers Interdits (Mileu Synthe)
HIROSHI YOSHIMURA – Signal F
KLAUS SCHULZE – A Bientôt
featuring an introduction by mana haraguchi.
listen here.
sound supervision and composition for caroline corbasson’s solo show 'ellipse' at ‘la maréchalerie - centre d'art contemporain’ in versailles, france, focusing on her video work.
the show features four videos made in collaboration with the artist and gwen ghelid, as well as scenography by botanical agency.
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
KRAFTWERK – Kristallo
PIERRE MARIÉTAN – Trains Et Jardin
KUNIYUKI TAKAHASHI – Night At The Seaside
HEERLENS PERCUSSIE ENSEMBLE – Biologic Music
SERGE BULOT – Euryale
BERNARD PARMEGIANI – Ondes
I.A.O. – Topless And Shaved
GERARD STOKKINK – Yellow Turtles
COLORED MUSIC – Ei Sei Raku
HITOSASHI – Yubi No Etude (Oriental Mix 2)
PADDY MCALOON – I Trawl The Megahertz (Excerpt)
KNUD VIKTOR – Jeu 1
TANGERINE DREAM – Geburt (Excerpt)
TANGERINE DREAM – Reise Durch Ein Brennendes (Excerpt)
DEUTER – Night Rain
featuring an introduction by mana haraguchi.
listen here.
a soundtrack for études’ ss2021 video presentation, directed by grégoire dyer and styled by georgia pendlebury.
a soundscape for author théo casciani's website, theocasciani.page, in collaboration with mana haraguchi, harry hunt and masayuki makino.
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
PATRICIA ESCUDERO – Gnossienne I
AMOSPHÈRE – Par Temps Clair
TAKASHI KOKUBO – 回廊の音楽
WATER FEATURE – Green River II
SAM MALLET – Skateboard Terrains
CARL STONE – Dong II Jang
MICHAEL O SHEA – Anfa Dàsachtach
MEYERS – Ambient Role Play
JEAN HOYOUX – Ballade A Venus
JOHN ROBERTS – Mental Model No. 1
HIROSHI YOSHIMURA – Creek
SECOND WOMAN – 100407JD7
SHABASON / GUNNING – Caraquette
THE BEACON SOUND CHOIR – Drone 3
featuring an introduction by mana haraguchi.
listen here.
'Paris' is featured in a special playlist by Wolfgang Tillmans for I-D Magazine.
Listen on Spotify
an extended alteration of ‘the way you made me feel’, from ‘musique sans paroles’, featuring a choral vocal by david numwami.
mastered by adrien pallot
artwork by will work for good
listen here.
all profits from the sale of this single are donated to the nyc covid-19 relief fund.
a mix and an interview for tim sweeney’s beats in space show on wnyu, in support of the release of ‘musique sans paroles’.
tracklist :
Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien N4, La Remontée Du Village
Oneohtrix Point Never - Russian Mind
Adrien Pallot - Dix-Neuf
Charles Clapaud - Ruptures
The Exaltics - Day By Day
X-102 - Dione
Keyboard - Small Island
Conforce - Carrier Signal
Steve Moore - Frigia
Ryuichi Sakamoto - Reunion
Brian Eno - 2/1
Format - Solid Session
Drexciya - Digital Tsunami
Ligovskoï - Mana
Cyrus - Enforcement
Losange - Atone
X-102 - Phoebe
Leandro Fresco - Nada Es Para Siempre
Choice - Acid Eiffel
Jaap Vink - En Dehors
Carl Matthews - As Above, So Below
Vitess - Choses Etranges
Matthew Jonson - Learning To Fly (Dub)
Dimitris Petsetakis - Dawn
William Eggleston - Untitled Improvisation DAT 3.1 - 2.79
Pierre Rousseau - The Way You Made Me Feel
Kraftwerk - Atem
Takashi Toyoda - Snow
Luc Ferrari - Presque Rien N4, La Remontée Du Village
interview :
Pierre Rousseau - Anonyme
Pierre Rousseau - Musique Sans Paroles
Pierre Rousseau - Souvenir
Pierre Rousseau - Pastorale
listen here.
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
LUC FERRARI- Presque Rien N2, Ainsi Continue La Nuit Dans Ma Tete Multiple
DANIEL ARFIB – Le Souffle Du Doux
CRAIG LEON – Departure
FRED MILLER – Scented Wind
GIGI MASIN & JONNY NASH – Astro
ASMUS TIERCHENS – Sonde Im Herzen
RYUICHI SAKAMOTO – Propho (Live)
SUZANNE CIANI – Fish Music
ROBERT FRIPP – Affirmation IMAC (Live)
BERNARD PARMEGIANI – La Roue Ferris
FRANCOIS BAYLE – Toupie Dans Le Ciel
MINAO SHIBATA - Improvisation
POWEL & WOLFGANG TILLMANS – Speak Out (Version)
LUC MARIANI – Airport Frequency
TANGERINE DREAM – Sequent C (Remastered 1995)
TOSHIBA MAYUZUMI – Mandara
ZBIGNIEW PREISNER – Closing Credits
featuring an introduction by aurélien’s son.
listen here.
an interview with test pressing, surrounding the release of ‘musique sans paroles’.
an interview with tsugi, in french, surrounding the release of ‘musique sans paroles’.
a chronological mix of records for tsugi, detailing the influences of ‘musique sans paroles’.
tracklist :
Erik Satie - Gymnopédie No. 1 (France Clidat) (1888)
Isao Tomita - Clair De Lune (Suite Bergamasque, No. 3) (1974)
Suzanne Ciani - Concert At WBAI Free Music Store (Extract) (1975)
Michael Garrison - To The Other Side Of The Sky (1979)
Manuel Gottsching - E2-E4 (Ruhige Nervösität / Quiet Nervousness) (1980)
Moderne - Eldorado (1981)
Bernard Parmegiani - Départ Serge (1982)
Spectral Display - Axolotl I-II (1982)
Astral Sounds - Mixed Sells (Extract) (1982)
New Musik - Green And Red (Respectively) (1982)
Interior - Hot Beach (1985)
The Art Of Noise - Moments In Love (Beaten) (1985)
Michael Brook - Distant Village (Featuring Brian Eno + Daniel Lanois) (1985)
Mr. Fingers - Can You Feel It (1986)
Gigi Masin - Clouds (1989)
Michele Mercure - Mother (1990)
Tech Trax Inc. - State Of The Art (Unautomated Mix) (1990)
M500 & 3MB - The Cosmic Courier (1993)
Drexciya - Andreaen Sand Dunes (1999)
XOR Gate - Ellipse (2018)
Pierre Rousseau - Anonyme (2019)
listen here.
also available as a playlist on spotify.
factmag.com with a story on the process behind joseph bird's 'photographs with a pulse' for 'musique sans paroles'.
'musique sans paroles' is my first release with beats in space and my debut solo record. it is the first of a series of three.
listen here.
mastered by adrien pallot
artwork by will work for good
videos by joseph bird
powered by rvng intl.
complete credits.
tracklist :
- musique sans paroles
- the way you made me feel
- ivresse
- paris
- souvenir
- pastorale
'paris' is the first single from my upcoming ep, 'musique sans paroles'.
mastered by adrien pallot
artwork by will work for good
a remix of ‘the border’ by nicolas godin, featuring the voice of caroline corbasson.
listen here.
my piece for the études 17 aw2021 runway show is now part of centre.ch/fr’s ‘5th floor’ program, curated by guillaume sorge.
a photograph of mine is featured on a tee-shirt entitled 'building' from editions mr’s latest collection.
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
TRENT REZNOR – Just Like You
STEVE WARRING & LE MARVELOUS BAND – Mé Uno Mé Douno
PIERRE HENRY – Danse Du Jeune Homme
LARD FREE – Taktooz à Roulette
KARAMIKA – Ton 2.5
GODS CHORUS – Gods Chorus
BERNARD BASCHET & MICHEL DENEUVE – Resurgence
ELEKTRIKTUS – First Wave
RAUL LOVISONI & FRANCESCO MESSINA – Prati Bagnati Del Monte Analogo
UN DEPARTEMENT – Lys Zunmia
THROBBING GRISTLE – Recorded At Southampton
THROBBING GRISTLE – Recorded At Brighton
DIDIER BOCQUET – Cosmorythme (Sped Up)
PITCH – What Am I Doing For Fun
MARCEL DUCHAMP – Musical Sculpture
LORI GOLDSTON – Main
featuring an introduction by mana haraguchi.
listen here.
i have produced the second solo album by nicolas godin (from the group ‘air’), entitled ‘concrete and glass’.
a one-hour mix on lyl radio alongside aurélien arbet, as ‘wave form’.
tracklist :
Didier Bocquet – Le Chemin Du Silence (Part 2)
Steve Reich – Come Out
Barry Christian – Minidodo
Mica Levi – Guerreros
Giampero Boneschi – Engine And Tools
The National Commitee For A Sane Nuclear Policy – Public Service Announcements – Steve Allen
Gerardo Iacouci – La Caverna
Jonathan Fitoussi – Rayons De Saurus
Les Conférences Planète – Vision Cosmique, Vision Humaine (1)
Parish Council – Museum Weather
Roland Hollinger – Aurora
Adrien Pallot – Dix-Neuf
Kema – Diu
Stomu Yamash’ta – Drizzly Step
Pas De Deux – Squeezing
Conrad Schnitzler – Ballet Statique
Les Conférences Planète – Vision Cosmique, Vision Humaine (2)
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Reunion
Mai 1968 – Documents Originaux Enregistrés Sur Place Pendant Les Évènements De Mai 1968
Suzanne Cianni – Livixation (Ronald Mallory Art Film Collaboration)
Einsturzende Neubaten – Ragout Küche Rezpt Von Einsturzende Neubaten
featuring an introduction by mana haraguchi.
listen here.
a short composition for an animated film by pierre-marie for hermès. screenplay by ahmed terbaoui. animation by matthieu maillefer.
an improvised performance alongside rory mccarthy as 'over-draft' for xavier veilhan’s ‘plus que pierre’ show in angers, france.
a short soundtrack for a film by colin snapp for études.
a contribution to 'musique ambiante française vol. 2', a compilation by tigersushi records.
video by joseph bird.
the audio featured on the record was mastered by krikor kouchian. the audio featured in the video was mastered by adrien pallot.
'Silent Energy', my soundtrack for issey miyake, is featured as part of 'Ritual Rhythms [of the Obscure Mediterranean Souls]', a compilation by Modern Obscure Music.
'Silent Energy' was mixed by Nicolas Chaix aka I:Cube.
sound supervision and composition for pierre marie’s 'olu nelum' show at his gallery in paris, france.
excerpt here.
video by valentin herfray.
a soundtrack for Caroline Corbasson’s film, 'à ta recherche / looking for you'
a soundtrack for ‘cultes’, a film by la horde.
a soundtrack for 'dance therapy', a video installation by artist lotte andersen. the installation is currently presented as part of a group show entitled 'energy flash' in seoul, south korea, running from april 18th to august 25th, 2019.
a mix for études surrounding the release of their collaboration with the new york times.
tracklist :
Steve Reich - Violin Phase
Hiroshi Yoshimura - Water Copy
William Basinski - The Deluge (The Denouement)
Gas - 838
Nini Raviolette & Hugo Weris - Slow
Iasos - Lueena Coast
Neu ! - Isi
Laurie Anderson - New York Social Life
Antonio Carlos Jobim - Tears
Beverly Glenn-Copeland - Color Of Anyhow
Roedelius - Regenwurm
7 Hertz - LVL
Closer Musik - One Two Three No Gravity (Dettinger Mix)
Junior Boys - Last Exit (Fennesz Remix)
Ryoji Ikeda - Data Matrix
The Traveller - Ber
photograph by tom de peyret.
Listen here
a one-hour mix for kiosk radio in brussels.
tracklist :
environments 1 - psychologically ultimate seashore (throughout)
guy bonnet & roland romanelli - amour, émoi … et vous
yves tumor - limerence
squarepusher - tommib help buss
ryuichi sakamoto - ワタスゲの原
philippe sarde - la chanson d’hélène (version instrumentale)
serge gainsbourg - je t’aime moi non plus au lac vert
masaaki ohmura - a touch of temptation
eric serra - fancy face
pet shop boys - to face the truth
miharu koshi - keep on dancing
mikado - par hasard
william eggleston - untitled improvisation dat 3.1 - 2.79
première classe - la fille qui rit
miyako koda - a sea of love
harold budd & brian eno - late october (sped up)
telex - tell me it’s a dream
taeko ohnuki - 愛の行方
georges delerue - la nuit américaine
listen here
a soundtrack for issey miyake’s aw18 runway show.
alongside my friend david numwami, i have taken part in french artist xavier veilhan’s installation for the 2017 venice art biennale, ‘studio venezia’.
alongside simon mény, we form the duo 'paradis’.
we have put out one album entitled 'recto verso' (2016), and a few eps : 'couleurs primaires' (2015), 'hémisphère' (2012), and 'parfait tirage' (2011), as well as several remixes.
'recto verso' cover photograph by andrea montano