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Title:  Oberflaechenspannung Artist:  Sabine Ercklentz, Andrea Neumann -Various Artists Label:  Charhizma Format:  CD Price:  € 13.00   Mp3 samples:   1   2

Title Description:
sabine ercklentz: trumpet / electronics
andrea neumann: inside piano / mixing desk

recorded at
steim amsterdam, september 2002

mixed by hanno leichtmann at staticlab berlin, january 2003

the compositions are drawn from the possibilities presented by the instruments used by both composers/interpreters. a prepared piano frame, using pick-ups, equalizers and mixing desk to manipulate the signal and tone from the strings and metal frame, on one hand, and the sound of the trumpet played and manipulated through various effect devices, multi-layered through sampling and delays, on the other. through the extreme amplification of both instruments, sounds that are hardly audible under normal circumstances, can be worked with. sometimes the original character of such material can also be changed considerably, the pure and fine original sound becoming something massive or even physical. the pieces often focus on the transitions from noise and textual sound to specific pitch and harmonic material and from metric and rhythmic time to clock/conceptual time, as well as on the connection between strictly specified and written material and freer passages. the compositions, while bringing to mind electronic music, through the use of machine-like repetition, nevertheless retain a raw quality due to familiar instruments, sounds and performance techniques. they do, however, demand a level of consistency with a minimum of variation or deviation from the written material between each performance.

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