tom johnson at bandcamp

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digital version of Tom Johnson ‘Orgelpark Color Chart’ available at bandcamp

Tom Johnson Orgelpark Color Chart

tom johnson at musiquemachine…

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Yannis Kyriakides…écoute

March 22nd, 2012 § Comments Off § permalink

from essmaa

Manuel Zurria at bandcamp…

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digital version of Manuel Zurria ‘Loops4Ever’ available at bandcamp

Maranha & Ferrandini at bandcamp…

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digital version of David Maranha / Gabriel Ferrandini ‘A Fonte de Aretusa’ available at bandcamp

De:bug Kyriakides review…

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yannis kyriakides, airfields – by musikFabrik

November 24th, 2011 § Comments Off § permalink

yannis kyriakides “airfields”
composition in twelve parts for ensemble and electronics, performed by musikFabrik

(CD-digipack || 16pp booklet)

Airfields is a large scale work in 12 moverments for ensemble and electronics.
“I use satellite images from various sources and rendered them into electronic soundscapes, fascinated by the idea that one could translate an aerial image into sound, as a way of mapping space onto time and then back again. I have often thought of my compositions as a musical environment where one can wander through in a relatively open time scale, so the idea of using a map of a physical space as a direct analogy to a musical score became the starting point for the work. The instrumentalists are put into a metaphorical orbit. The idea was to trace some kind of movement with varying speeds through the sonic landscape, as if they were floating across it. The result being that the material which is played by the musicians, is characterized by differing velocities and rates of change, as if each instrument is orbiting around the material. Harmonies dissolve into one another and the musicians trace the contours of the sonic landscapes as if scanning the world below.
Airfields, uses brass placed on the balconies of the concert hall to echo and feedback from the ensemble of 11 remaining musicians on stage. The structure of this work oscillates between movements for the whole ensemble and movements for particular soloists; violin, bass clarinet, piano, cello, flute, in which the off-stage brass contribute at various times. This version of the piece was premiered at the Muziekgebouw aan ‘t IJ in Amsterdam, with Köln based ensemble musikFabrik in February 2011, and the recording presented here is of that performance.” Y.K.

mz005 – Yannis Kyriakides Airfields (musikFabrik) #1 by mazagran

mz005 – Yannis Kyriakides Airfields (musikFabrik) #2 by mazagran

mz005 – Yannis Kyriakides Airfields (musikFabrik) #3 by mazagran

the wire magazine, december 2011, #334

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mz003 – Tom Johnson – Orgelpark Color Chart (excerpt) by mazagran

manuel mota + jason kahn

October 16th, 2011 § Comments Off § permalink

manuel mota + jason kahn “espírito santo”

Manuel Mota || electric guitar
Jason Kahn || percussion, analog synthesizer
Recorded October 23, 2009
(250 copies limited edition, digipack)

Espírito Santo” was recorded one October day in Lisbon in the cellar of the “Espírito Santo” building. Formerly a bank, this building had been empty many years and was recently opened again for artists to use as studio and exhibition space. The room we recorded in, resembling at first glance more a cave than a cellar, is remarkable for its acoustics. With eight-meter high ceilings, brick walls and concrete floor we found ourselves dealing with a very responsive space. In addition to this, the local subway line ran adjacent to the building and its vibrations could be felt (and heard) during the recording.

Manuel suggested we record in this space. In the end, as much our musical interaction as our relationship to the acoustical qualities of the space shaped how we played and how these recordings ultimately sounded. It would be an exaggeration and perhaps a cliché to once again invoke the name of Fernando Pessoa with reference to Lisbon, but for me there is definitely something to the pace and feeling of these recordings which reminds me of Pessoa’s endless lifetime opus  “The Book of Disquiet”. The music progresses slowly and at times verging on a dreamlike momentum. While recording these pieces I soon lost my sense of time, floating in the catacomb of sound we were creating.
–Notes Jason Kahn

Manuel Mota + Jason Kahn “Espírito Santo” – excerpt 1 by mazagran

Manuel Mota + Jason Kahn “Espírito Santo” – excerpt 2 by mazagran

the wire magazine, november 2011, #333

October 16th, 2011 § Comments Off § permalink

mz002′s review