Six years after his last CD ©RUDE, Karlheinz Essl has released a new album with electronic music, entitled SNDT®X.
As the name already suggests, the music on this release is related
to other arts, serving as a comment or a sonic subtext to paintings,
movies and performances of artists from other fields. Furthermore,
several pieces are dealing with music from various origins, namely
psychedelic rock music (a tribute to CAN), advanced classical music
(remixing Mozart's Dissonanzenquartett), chants from various religious
contexts, or the ringing of a church bell.
Besides exploring the
possibilities of free improvisation in his live performances, Karlheinz
Essl uses his idiosyncratic electronic instrument m@ze°2 for his
compositional work as well. All tracks on this release have been
modeled with his algorithmic sound environment and were performed by
himself at various occasions through the last years.
tracklist
01 - Father Earth 08:31
Computer music live performance in reference to CAN
Recorded live at the Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
Festival CHAIN_REACT_CHAIN_ (27 Apr 2005)
02 - action rituelle 13:21
Computer music live performance on religious chants
Recorded live at Studio kHz (16 Jan 2006)
03 - Carl Mayer Scenar(t)ist - Berlin 06:26
Soundtrack for a short movie dedicated to Carl Mayer
Produced at Studio kHz (2003)
04 - Balkonszene 17:11
Live soundtrack accompanying an art performance
by Josef Trattner Recorded live at Studio kHz (23 Sep 2005)
05 - PENDENTE 09:54
Electronic music for a light installation by Martin Kaar
Recorded live at Studio kHz (5 Aug 2002)
06 - Sonnez la cloche! 10:31
Computer music live performance on the sound of a church bell
Recorded live at Studio kHz (16 Jan 2006)
07 - Deconstructing Mozart 15:13
Electronic de/re-construction of Mozart's Dissonanzen-Quartett
Recorded live at the Austrian National Library, Vienna
Portrait Concert Karlheinz Essl (29 Nov 2006)
08 - Nach viermal geht die Sonne auf 14:16
Live-electronic sound track for a multimedia performance
Recorded live during the GLOBArt Academy 2004 at the
Minster of Pernegg (26 Aug 2004)
09 - and thank you... 17:29
Live soundtrack for a performance by Jack Hauser and
Sabina Holzer Recorded live at Studio kHz (1 May 2005)
10 - Rouge de Rouge 15:43
Live soundtrack accompanying an exhibition by Josef Trattner
Recorded live at Studio kHz (9 Dec 2005)
11 - GRIDS 10:31
Soundtrack for an image supplied by the web-label tu'm
Recorded live at Studio kHz (16 Jan 2001)
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