Programs for 'shatterings' and for 'accumulations', written by Jean-François Allouis on SYTER; and those by Benedict Maillard at INA-GRM's Studio 123 in Paris have enabled me to obtain a very extensive spectro-morphological sound structure palette out of just a few original sounds. The piece 'E space/Escape' presented here is dominated by examination of the form: the game of the divergence and convergence of sounds, like using the space and establishing a relationship to it, with reference to the title 'Espace/Escape'. So for instance I used shattering and a space-sound program to bring about micro-fragmentation. Some structures and shapes were created on the Synclavier and have been modified in the analog as well as the digital domain.

Francis Dhomont (F), born 1926, is Associate Composer at the Canadian Music Centre and a founding and honorary member of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (CEC). One of the pioneers of the gerne, he has been involved in electroacoustic music since its beginnings. Author of theoretical works on the subject and editor of “L’espace du Son Five-time winner of the Bourges International Electroacoustic Music Competition. He has won a distinction at the Prix Ars Electronica 92.