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LA FURA DELS BAUS "METAMORFOSIS" / "BORIS GODUNOV" ORIGINAL MUSIC BY JOSEP SANOU THE SHARED SPECTACLE From day one, La Fura dels Baus has been, and remains, a project of global creation. The technical and artistic disciplines which we have developed, either by accident or design, have been the key to the production of our work. The most habitual, most familiar, for their obvious symbiotic characteristics, are the stage direction, scenery and the physical interpretation, the plastic arts - painting, sculpture, photography and film - and , of course, the music. This creative philosophy, which is the leitmotif of the group, has enabled us to enjoy - over the span of thirty years - a professional working relationship with a wide variety of artists who have understood and translated into their own language, the fundamental axiom of La Fura: shared spectacle, total spectacle. In the fullest sense of the musical composition, the collaboration with other artists from outside of La Fura has been principally determined by on the spot need for documentation pertinent to the subject matter of each play and at the same time for the added enrichment represented by this new blood, new ideas and the great artistic level of the creators As an example, when the work was finding it's way between technology and the deepest beats, between specific music and flamenco, the contributions from singer Ginesa Ortega or the guitarist Juan Manuel Cañizares assured that the level of the composition was really top notch. It is precisely this rich vein that we mined to find particularly fruitful methods and relationships. This is also the case in the latest plays directed by Àlex Ollé, Metamorfosis and Boris Gudonov, different a priori in terms of their central themes - in Metamorfosis: isolation, and in Boris Gudonov: the extreme pressure of violence - but, on a closer reading linked by a common goal: to translate symbolism from the physical to the intellectual - from the street to the theatre floor - without losing the capacity of ritual catharsis where the spectator forgets about the conscience of the work in order to integrate himself in the spontaneous act, or into that which Antonin Artaud defined as an action similar to hunger. Josep Sanou has understood this and has grasped the concept that generates these impulses; he has turned the soundtrack into a red hot poker which cauterizes each part of the story, as if it were a thread that sews together every scene, finishing by giving the whole work it's own entity and cohesion. This music fits the idealogy of La Fura like a glove and makes a step forward, a new matrix in the difficult interface between word and act, the explosion and the most intimate moment, between the physical and the spiritual, the ideal sound in beginning to understand the contradictory struggle between reason and emotion. MIKI ESPUMA JOSEP SANOU - BIOGRAPHY Born Barcelona, 1962, composer. Studied at the Aula de Música Moderna y Jazz de Barcelona. Began his professional career in the 80's as a pianist and arranger with Gato Perez and La Trinca, amongst others. He is the founder of the group Gringos (1986-1996) a pioneering outfit in inquisitive audio-visual innovation which fused very diverse musical styles with a characteristic selection of video-art projections. With this group he recorded three albums, took part in various compilations of electronic and experimental music, and won prestigious awards with the following heading the list: the Premio Ciutat de Barcelona, Biennal de Barcelona, Premi del Mercat de Música Viva of Vic for best show, Premi Altaveu for audio-visual innovation, First Prize at the Festival de Vídeo Musical de Vitoria Gasteiz, International Visual Music Awards... Josep Sanou creates soundtracks for film, dance and theatre, usually working with La Fura dels Baus, Javier Daulte, Felipe Vega, Danat Danza and Sabine Dahrendorf amongst others. He has composed music for more than twenty documentaries and s
