Thirty-minute concert: Human-space-factory and Rojo

Abstract

Human space-factory: The sound sources for this composition are derived from sung and spoken human sounds and from recordings in factories. Piano sounds serve as a pitched connection between the two sound worlds. The eight-channel space is used not only to place and to move the sounds, but to form a link between the sound families; by changing their position in space, the sound qualities transfer from one source to another. The three parts of the composition describe different densities: human sounds in an energetic space. The eight-channel electroacoustic composition is presented in a 5.1 mix; production: studio Musiques et Recherches Ohain; duration: 11.49 min; year: 1999; dedicated to Annette vande Gorne. Rojo plays with the imagination of simultaneous musical activities throughout the world. Recorded memories from several trips combine and exchange their qualities. Sometimes they change into huge sound masses, and occasionally their original environment is preserved. The composition creates an imaginary ritual, sourrounding the listeners, in which many sources meet and play together. The eight-channel electroacoustic composition is presented in a 5.1 mix; production: KlangProjekteWeimar (2004); commissioned by Radio Berlin Brandenburg; duration: 15.06 min; year: 2004; dedicated to Jonty Harrison.