Philippe Festou (1970-)
"Omikuji", pour voix parlées, violon, flûte (dont flûte basse), clarinette (dont clarinette basse), piano, percussions et sons fixés

Ensemble Yin

Chikako Hosoda, violon
Mayu Sato, flûte, flûte basse
Benoît Philippe, clarinette, clarinette basse
Hélène Pereira, piano
Damien Louis, percussions
Philippe Festou, séquences sonores, électronique

A live recording of a performance presenting a 22-part version of an unusual piece, inspired by Omikuji, that is an old Japanese method of fortune telling. In terms of sound, the composition resembles ‘field recordings’ – we can find here intimate, instrumental, electronic, archetypal sounds – with a laconic text layer. The Ensemble Yin, specialising in contemporary music performance, offers listeners an opportunity to participate in a mysterious ritual at the crossroads of Western and Asian spiritualities.