KlangSpektrum – Klangexperimenten Unser Zeitgenossen (1916–2013)
https://laurentfairon.bandcamp.com/album/klangspektrum-klangexperimenten-unser-zeitgenossenThis is a collection of little known musics from various epochs of the 20th century, all featuring sound experiments of one kind or another. Stylistically varied, their common denominator is a will to experiment with whatever technology was available at the time, forming a wonderful tapestry of noises representative of a noisy century. They've been gathered in this collection as examples of a particular spirit of discovery and some of these recordings are quite rough, being documents and explorations rather than fully polished pieces of music. Admittedly, the flavor of analog overcomes the sheen of computer music. Most of the tracks compiled here are hard to come by. Some come from library archives (Carl Stumpf, Francis Mazière), some come from specialist blogs or YouTube videos, some from artists' websites. Some have never been available on the web before and were culled from the compiler's own record collection (Wilhelm Keller, Halim El Dabh, Manolo Diaz, Otto Bernstein, John Herbert Leach). The choice is entrirely personal and doesn't reflect main musical trends of the 20th century like jazz, electronic-, tape- and computer music, etc, which have been documented elsewhere. Rather, this compilation examines the quiet revolutions taking place during the 20th century, while individuals started thinking out of the box, when sound experiments flourished in places where innovation was least expected: children's musical education, anthroposophic circles, tropical jungles, stage music, film soundtrack, commercial ads, etc. Similarly, musical notes started emanating from unusual objects or apparatus like phonograph cylinders or flexi discs ; architecture was sonified ; numbers eventually became sound carriers. In the past centuries, music innovators have always been curious and adventurous, but their number was limited. During the 20th century, however, statistics exploded and the sheer number of sound innovators rocketed, leading to a myriad of experiments inside or outside traditional music circles. KlangSpektrum seeks to reflect this multiplicity. credits Duration: 73mn Researched, produced and designed by L. Fairon Paris, France, April–May 2018
https://laurentfairon.bandcamp.com/album/klangspektrum-klangexperimenten-unser-zeitgenossenThis is a collection of little known musics from various epochs of the 20th century, all featuring sound experiments of one kind or another. Stylistically varied, their common denominator is a will to experiment with whatever technology was available at the time, forming a wonderful tapestry of noises representative of a noisy century. They've been gathered in this collection as examples of a particular spirit of discovery and some of these recordings are quite rough, being documents and explorations rather than fully polished pieces of music. Admittedly, the flavor of analog overcomes the sheen of computer music.
Most of the tracks compiled here are hard to come by. Some come from library archives (Carl Stumpf, Francis Mazière), some come from specialist blogs or YouTube videos, some from artists' websites. Some have never been available on the web before and were culled from the compiler's own record collection (Wilhelm Keller, Halim El Dabh, Manolo Diaz, Otto Bernstein, John Herbert Leach).
The choice is entrirely personal and doesn't reflect main musical trends of the 20th century like jazz, electronic-, tape- and computer music, etc, which have been documented elsewhere. Rather, this compilation examines the quiet revolutions taking place during the 20th century, while individuals started thinking out of the box, when sound experiments flourished in places where innovation was least expected: children's musical education, anthroposophic circles, tropical jungles, stage music, film soundtrack, commercial ads, etc. Similarly, musical notes started emanating from unusual objects or apparatus like phonograph cylinders or flexi discs ; architecture was sonified ; numbers eventually became sound carriers.
In the past centuries, music innovators have always been curious and adventurous, but their number was limited. During the 20th century, however, statistics exploded and the sheer number of sound innovators rocketed, leading to a myriad of experiments inside or outside traditional music circles. KlangSpektrum seeks to reflect this multiplicity.
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Duration: 73mn
Researched, produced and designed by L. Fairon
Paris, France, April–May 2018
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Carl Stumpf<br />
Ernst Toch<br />
Rudolf Steiner<br />
Lucie Bigelow Rosen<br />
Francis Mazière<br />
José Val del Omar<br />
Jocy de Oliveira<br />
Halim El Dabh<br />
Jean Françaix<br />
Wilhelm Keller<br />
John Herbert Leach<br />
Lodewijk de Boer<br />
Kelly Gates<br />
Manolo Diaz<br />
Roger Luther<br />
Otto Bernstein<br />
Ingrid Wiener<br />
Aton Kaapeli<br />
Klaus Ager<br />
The Beetham Tower<br />
This is a collection of little known musics<br />
from various epochs of the 20th century, all<br />
featuring sound experiments of one kind or<br />
another. Stylistically varied, their common<br />
denominator is a will to experiment with<br />
whatever technology was available at the time,<br />
forming a wonderful tapestry of noises<br />
representative of a noisy century. They've been<br />
gathered in this collection as examples of a<br />
particular spirit of discovery and some of these<br />
recordings are quite rough, being documents<br />
and explorations rather than fully polished<br />
pieces of music. Admittedly, the flavor of<br />
analog overcomes the sheen of computer<br />
music.<br />
Most of the tracks compiled here are<br />
hard to come by. Some come from library<br />
archives (Carl Stumpf, Francis Mazière), some<br />
come from specialist blogs or YouTube videos,<br />
some from artists' websites. Some have<br />
never been available on the web before and<br />
were culled from the compiler's own record<br />
collection (Wilhelm Keller, Halim El Dabh,<br />
Manolo Diaz, Otto Bernstein, John Herbert<br />
Leach).<br />
The choice is entrirely personal and<br />
doesn't reflect main musical trends of the<br />
20th century like jazz, electronic-, tape- and<br />
computer music, etc, which have been<br />
documented elsewhere. Rather, this<br />
compilation examines the quiet revolutions<br />
taking place during the 20th century, while<br />
individuals started thinking out of the box,<br />
when sound experiments flourished in<br />
places where innovation was least expected:<br />
children's musical education, anthroposophic<br />
circles, tropical jungles, stage music,<br />
film soundtrack, commercial ads, etc.<br />
Similarly, musical notes started emanating<br />
from unusual objects or apparatus like<br />
phonograph cylinders or flexi discs ;<br />
architecture was sonified ; numbers<br />
eventually became sound carriers.<br />
In the past centuries, music innovators<br />
have always been curious and adventurous,<br />
but their number was limited. During the<br />
20th century, however, statistics exploded<br />
and the sheer number of sound innovators<br />
rocketed, leading to a myriad of experiments<br />
inside or outside traditional music circles.<br />
<strong>KlangSpektrum</strong> seeks to reflect this<br />
multiplicity.<br />
Duration: 73mn<br />
Researched, produced and designed by L. Fairon<br />
Paris, France, April<strong>–</strong>May 2018<br />
Marc Matter<br />
Niko Mihaljević
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