artist: FRANCE JOBIN
title: Valence
label: LINE
country: USA
format: CD
title: Valence
label: LINE
country: USA
format: CD
Under her moniker i8u (i8u has a track featured on and/36), Valence is her first release
under her own name. Created entirely from transformed field recordings, this collection of
three compositions has an elegant flowing simplicity. Slow harmonic modulations of a
similar essence to the works of Eliane Radigue and Celer.
"Valence is inspired by both the valence bond (VB) and molecular orbital (MO) theories.
An atomic orbital is a mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of either
one electron or a pair of electrons in an atom. This function can be used to calculate the
probability of finding any electron of an atom in any specific region around the atom’s
nucleus. The term may also refer to the physical region defined by the function where the
electron is likely to be.
Often, my compositions start with a feeling or emotional state. There is a likelihood of
finding a certain emotion in a piece, but it is not guaranteed, nor do I know exactly when or
where I will find it. The act of looking for that emotion in of itself will distort it. Although one
would think experimental music grants complete freedom, when composing, I feel
constrained by both my mental state and the way in which I build the piece.
I find an unlikely parallel in quantum theory and composing. The electron that can exist on
a different orbital plain can never have it’s velocity measured or even its exact location
known, due to the intimate connection between particles and waves in the wacky world of
subatomic dimensions." (France Jobim)
All sounds recorded at various locations in North America and Europe.
under her own name. Created entirely from transformed field recordings, this collection of
three compositions has an elegant flowing simplicity. Slow harmonic modulations of a
similar essence to the works of Eliane Radigue and Celer.
"Valence is inspired by both the valence bond (VB) and molecular orbital (MO) theories.
An atomic orbital is a mathematical function that describes the wave-like behavior of either
one electron or a pair of electrons in an atom. This function can be used to calculate the
probability of finding any electron of an atom in any specific region around the atom’s
nucleus. The term may also refer to the physical region defined by the function where the
electron is likely to be.
Often, my compositions start with a feeling or emotional state. There is a likelihood of
finding a certain emotion in a piece, but it is not guaranteed, nor do I know exactly when or
where I will find it. The act of looking for that emotion in of itself will distort it. Although one
would think experimental music grants complete freedom, when composing, I feel
constrained by both my mental state and the way in which I build the piece.
I find an unlikely parallel in quantum theory and composing. The electron that can exist on
a different orbital plain can never have it’s velocity measured or even its exact location
known, due to the intimate connection between particles and waves in the wacky world of
subatomic dimensions." (France Jobim)
All sounds recorded at various locations in North America and Europe.