LUIGI TURRA (IT)
SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU (FR)
DIASTIMA
59’20”
FORMAT: BOOK + CD + DIGITAL
CAT. N.: 9ED032
EDITION: 200
RELEASE DATE: 13 APRIL, 2026
901 Editions presents “Diastima” by Luigi Turra, a work that explores the relationship between notation, sound, and perception through a reduced electroacoustic language, in which each element is brought to the threshold of its own possibility.
At the core of the project is a collection of essential, open, often enigmatic graphic scores by French composer Sylvain Chauveau. These are subtle marks that do not describe, but suggest; that do not determine, but orient. In them, notation moves away from a descriptive function to approach a more fragile and poetic dimension, in which the musical gesture is only evoked.
Turra’s interpretations are inscribed within this space of indeterminacy. Each score becomes a field of possibilities, a device that activates listening and response. The sound does not “realise” the score, but traverses it: it grasps its internal tensions, amplifies its margins, and inhabits its intervals.
With “Diastima”, Luigi Turra continues a path grounded in precision, subtraction, and elegance, defining a space in which music and listening coincide in their most essential and unstable form. The title itself — “Diastima” — evokes the idea of an interval: a distance, a suspension, a space of tension between two presences. It is within this intermediate space that the work takes shape, not as an accumulation, but as an articulation of voids, of waiting, and of minimal signs.
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Performed by Luigi Turra 2023-2024
Scores by Sylvain Chauveau
Cover artwork from Sylvain Chauveau’s “2” score
Piano sample on “9” by Sylvain Chauveau (from Touching Down Lightly)
Electronics on “2” by Vittorio Guindani
Bass Clarinet on “117” by Pierre Gerard
Graphic design by Fabio Perletta
Luigi Turra (b. 1975) is a reductionist/electroacoustic composer. His main interest is in the aural balance between silence, tactile perception of sound and reseach about the aleatoric music. Through the manipulation of human voices, digital, concrete and acoustic sources, he develops acoustic paths in which listeners experience continuous pauses and abrasive sound tensions, touching the areas of experimental sound poetry. Starting from the capture of small sounds and noises, Luigi Turra creates pieces of music, that are references to beauty of the imperfection. Its poetic aim is to reduce the signs to a minimum to reduce them to their archetypes. His work is published from labels such as Die Schachtel (IT), mAtter (JP), Non Visual Objects (AT), and/OAR (US), LINE (US), Dragon’s Eye Recordings (US), Trente Oiseaux (DE) and 901 Editions (IT).
Sylvain Chauveau (he / him) has released numerous records on labels such as FatCat, Sub Rosa, Sonic Pieces, Flau and his catalogue has collected over 100 million streams in all platforms: minimal, quiet compositions for acoustic instruments, electronics, silences, and sometimes voice. Since 2019, he is committed to reducing the ecological impact of his professional practice: he is the co-creator of Zero Carbon Records (alongside Manu Louis, since 2021).
He has toured in Europe, North America, Asia, including: New York City (Knitting Factory, Le Poisson rouge), Tokyo (O-Nest), London (Café Oto), Paris (Grand Rex, Café de la Danse), Seattle (Decibel festival), The Hague (Rewire festival), Taipei (Formoz festival, P Festival), Madrid (La Casa Encendida, Museo Thyssen), Chicago (MCA, The Wire festival), Istanbul (Zorlu), Montréal (Sala Rossa), Genève (La Batie), Singapore (Fringe festival), Brussels (Bozar), Moscow (Piano fields festival) and many other places.
His music has been performed by pianists such as Vanessa Wagner, Melaine Dalibert or François Mardirossian.
One of his compositions is on the compilation XVI Reflections on Classical Music (Decca / Universal) alongside with Philip Glass, Max Richter, Gavin Bryars, Ryuichi Sakamoto & Alva Noto, and Hauschka. He also had two tracks featured on the Kompakt compilation Pop Ambient.
He has composed a 7 year long piece entitled You Will Leave No Mark On The Winter Snow, full of silence and featuring only seventeen moments of hearable sounds, that was played online from 2012 to 2019.
He is a founding member of ensemble 0 (co-directed with Stéphane Garin). He was born in Bayonne (France) in 1971 and currently lives in Bayonne and Barcelone.
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Photo by Virginia Arribas