From the Hanging Gardens:
I. Bebe, 2002. For tape.
II. Gar, 2002. For tape.
Originally 4 short pieces using granulation on recordings and arrangements of Debussy's Aprés un Réve made by me in the course of my professional work as a composer of music for media back in Caracas, Venezuela. The Hanging Gardens are inspired in a collection of beautiful electronic music curated by Eloy Anzola for his 'On Sunday Mornings' series on the internet.

Cintas
Electroacoustic music for Tape by Julio d'Escriván
Salto Mortal, 1989. Remastered 2007. For tape. Salto Mortal was my first piece of purely acousmatic music; it means 'somersault' in Span-ish. It is a favourite of mine because it seems to ring true for me even today. I find all my music was contained there already eighteen years ago. Salto is a sonic investigation into possible compositional logics. Call and response. Developing ornamental gestures into main themes and celebrating resonance. I synthesised all the FM sounds on a Yamaha TX802 and my acoustic samples were sampled into an S950 with only 1.5MB of memory.

Supermoderno, 2000.
I always wanted to try out some stream-like drumming patterns in the style of Rochard D. James; But I never stray too much from my Venezuelan folk recordings. For this one I took samples of Cheo Hurtado playing the Cuatro (four string guitar) and made all the synthetic sounds derive from transformations of his cuatro playing. Even the mad sample and hold reps are made from the cuatro... I just had lots of time on my hands and needed a break from writing jingles! The cuatro chord samples come from a Pajarillo introduction, a cre-ole dance form in which the players first perform virtuoso improvisations to establish tonal-ity and then attack the music at full speed. For me this piece is 'very modern' because it introduces IDM to Venezuelan folk. A lot of people are doing this in Caracas now, but I think was the first

Biography:
Julio d'Escriván (b.1960) is a composer who uses music technology, both for concert music, and in its applications to film, video and new media. Escriván's recent work includes co-editing The Cambridge Companion to Electronic Music (CUP) awaiting publication in 2007 and international performances of his works for marimba and electronics in the US and France as well as the UK. His electronic and acousmatic music has been performed and broadcast in Europe, the Americas and the USA.
julio@bitbongo.com

-Vientos Alisios , Airo (con LJToro), AIRCD-00293
-Duo Cantabile, Hojas Al Viento, Lyric CD 93052
-Chant du Monde LDC 278044-45, dist. Harmonia Mundi
-Chant du Monde LDC 278049-50, dist. Harmonia Mundi
-The Event Horizon, Incierto Insecto, with Miguel Noya, Luis Paniagua Y Nen? Quintero (City of Tribes COTCD-018)
-Cantos Y Tonadas, con Luis Julio Toro (venezuelan music arranged and played with instruments from other ethnic backgrounds), BME001
-VOX, electroacoustic processing of the female voice, incorporating pre-columbian dialects found in Venezuela and with the usage of pop idioms, BME002
-Inventos Bárbaros, BME003
-Flight: Exploring flute sonorities, Eleanor Dawson, Flute, Rossignol Records. 2003.