This Norient Special is an article series of the musician and scholar Guy Baron aka Semi-Precious. In four parts, he reflects upon the particularities of making his album «Post-Euphoria» as a practice-based research in music involving both ideas and sound technologies.

  • Portrait of Guy Baron (Photo: Robert Bartholot, Berlin 2021).
    Post-Euphoria – A Moment Frozen in Time: Part 4
    Short Essay by Guy Baron
    In the final part of his «Post-Euphoria» series, Guy Baron discusses using stripped-down electronic dance music motifs to suggest ambivalent euphoric experiences and capture fleeting moments.
  • Portrait of Guy Baron (photo: Robert Bartholot, Berlin 2021).
    Post-Euphoria – The Ambivalence of Remembering: Part 3
    Short Essay by Guy Baron
    In the third part of the series «Post-Euphoria», Guy Baron reflects on his use of audio effects to suggest the faded recollection of lost euphoric experiences.
  • Portrait of Guy Baron (photo: Robert Bartholot, Berlin 2021).
    Post-Euphoria – A Reincarnated Ruin: Part 2
    Short Essay by Guy Baron
    In part 2 of Guy Baron’s Norient series on his practice-based music research project «Post-Euphoria», he thinks about compositional strategies to interpret themes of recollection and reimagination.
  • Portrait of Guy Baron (Photo: Robert Bartholot, Berlin 2021).
    Post-Euphoria – A Practice-Based Music Research: Part 1
    Short Essay by Guy Baron
    In a 4-part series, Guy Baron reflects upon the making of his album «Post-Euphoria». Utilizing practice-based research, he examines notions of nostalgia in relation to lost experiences and club music.