Creation : 24/07/1985 – Strasbourg, France
Command of French Ministry of Culture (Direction de la Musique)
Dedicated to : les Percussions de Strasbourg
Musicians : 6 percussionists + vocal choir
Duration : 10′
Editeur : Salabert
“We have (=Idmen) told lies like truths” The Muses: verse 27
“…. we also know how to tell truths similar to lies” Iannis Xenakis
“IDMEN” consists of three sequences.
The percussion uses a range of drums from several pairs of bongos to bass drums, timpani, toms of different sizes, tumbas and 6 sets of wood blocks.
Iannis Xenakis