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On 23 June 2017, Richard Chartier was a guest on Post-Geography. Richard Chartier has been played on NTS shows including SKYAPNEA, with Divertissement (Part 1) first played on 6 March 2016.

Richard Chartier (USA, 1971), also known as Pinkcourtesyphone, is an ultra-minimalist composer who, starting with "Direct, Incidental, Consequental" (Intransitive Recordings, 1998 - 3particles, 2003), focused on "silence music" a la Bernhard Günter and "deep listening" a la Oliveros.

His microscopic exploration of the space between sounds and silence, is best exemplified by his fourth solo album "Series" (Line, 2000) and by "Decisive Forms" (Trente Oiseaux, 2001). They are made of barely audible events in a…

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William Basinski, Richard Chartier
Spekk2004
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William Basinski, Richard ChartierSpekk2004
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William Basinski, Richard Chartier
Boomkat2009
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William Basinski, Richard ChartierBoomkat2009
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Bleak Is My Favourite Cliché
Richard Chartier, CoH
Fractured Recordings2008
Bleak Is My Favourite Cliché
Richard Chartier, CoHFractured Recordings2008
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Compakt Lo
R. Chartier
Intransitive Recordings1998
Compakt Lo
R. ChartierIntransitive Recordings1998
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Divertissement (Part 1)
William Basinski, Richard Chartier
Important Records2015
Divertissement (Part 1)
William Basinski, Richard ChartierImportant Records2015
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Feedback
Richard Chartier, AGF
Line2014
Feedback
Richard Chartier, AGFLine2014
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DUO.2
France Jobin, Richard Chartier
mAtter2018
DUO.2
France Jobin, Richard ChartiermAtter2018
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Continue 1
Richard Chartier
Moving Furniture Records2020
Continue 1
Richard ChartierMoving Furniture Records2020
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Interreference 5
Richard Chartier
Room402021
Interreference 5
Richard ChartierRoom402021
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