posts on the norient space 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.

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.

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.

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.

Can music production portray nuanced, complex subjectivities relating to reminiscence and retrospection? In a detailed examination of his track «22 – 122», Guy Baron shows how a musical interpretation of an «afterglow» can be made with audio processing and sampling techniques. By offering a radically prolonged and re-imagined impression of a past, he asks how such interpretation challenges conceptions of temporality.