Western side
The "millefeuille" (in French this word implies both a geographical and a superpositional concept analogous to the pastry of the same name): In the bartizan, each number (34 in all), arranged along a 13-level vertical axis (in so far as there are 13 recording sites) is randomly selected in order to obtain a square of 13 X 13. Each sound is then cut into one-minute fragments, i.e. 13 one-minute sounds at the same time. This operation is repeated 13 times (according to the preset diagram) resulting in 13 one-minute sounds, like 13 different materials (only the volume balance remains a compositional parameter between the layers of the millefeuille). Between each sound, there is a minute of silence.The total structure then is a 26-minute long composition whose sections are played in random shuffle mode by the CD player.


W E S T
19374 to 19378 the Chéran at Pré rouge 19377
29902 t0 29915 Lanche brook at Notre-Dâme de Bellevaux
(church in the mountains)
24389 to 24413 Waterfall and source of the Pissieux
5010 to 5016 Le Fier stream at the Bois des Îles dam
7388 The Fier stream, at Chavaroche power station
15875 The Fier, at Vallières power station
13047 and 13048 the Chéran stream in Rumilly at les Grangettes
22368 to 22375 the Chéran at Villaret Rouge
15182 the Chéran at Cusy-les-Crêts
14305 the Chéran at the Janin mill, Molnaz
2703 the Chéran in Meythet (islands)
1751 to 1794 the Thiou brook at Cran-Gevrier-les Quatre-Chemins
429 to 452 the Thiou, in the old town of Anneccy