La Malédiction des flammes is part of Denis Dufour's cycle of Acousmalides, which takes Thomas Brando's poems and sets them to music in a short format inspired by the 19th century lied or French melodies. In this piece, the text is sometimes highlighted, sometimes masked in a whirlwind, a vertiginous and erotic waltz, a lyrical hymn to the lust of the present moment. With orchestral and percussive loops, Dufour finds a rhythm, multiplies the voice, mixes, infuses and overturns this exalted text in a dazzling work, exploding with life.

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BRÛLURES DES LANGUES I-X  2009                                                                 67'05