Ircam

French music research institute founded in 1977 by Pierre Boulez in Paris.

The Institut de recherche et de coordination acoustique musique (IRCAM) welcomes and encourages a rich interaction between musical creation and research. Mutually enriching for both researchers and composers, research is structured around concerted projects, harmonising the most recent technology with the demands and logic of the field of music. It uses the best in scientific know-how and benefits from numerous external partnerships, as well as from effective applications of its results.

Ircam main records series are:
Collection Compositeurs d'aujourd'hui
Collection Ircam
Collection Sirènes