Library Music No. 2: Shanty Chunks for Choppy Seas

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flute Maria Zwerschke
violin Aline S. Müller
trombone Philipp Hayduk
piano Adele Thoma
keyboard Lis Marti
double bass Carlota Ramos
percussion Enyalios Papadopoulos
conductor Carlos Lopes

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Library Music No. 2: Shanty Chunks for Choppy Seas dives into sonic worlds of the Northern German coast and the harbour of Hamburg – or at least into what these are supposed to sound like according to some correspondingly themed library music records.

The Library Music series comprises reimaginations of pieces from old library music records. These consist of music for use in movies or on the radio. The habitat of such music has long shifted to the Internet, leaving the old vinyl records in an unclear intermediate state: Not really dead, as they still physically exist and some vinyl collectors are interested in them, but not really alive either, as they are no longer used for their actual purpose. The series is an attempt to upcycle different kinds of old library music, with the aim of turning it into something new – not limited to the past, but in touch with it.

Performances

  • HfMT Köln, Germany
    master's recital
    performed by P. Hayduk, C. Lopes, L. Marti, A. S. Müller, E. Papadopoulos, C. Ramos, A. Thoma, M. Zwerschke

Simon Bahr

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The Mock-up Pop-up Medley

two keyboards, percussion, drumset

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4tet Laboratoire
keyboard Lis Marti
keyboard Audrey Mützenberg
percussion Romane Bouffioux
drumset Corentin Barro

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The Mock-up Pop-up Medley is composed of five songs that – to a large extent – don’t exist: I’ve recorded only a tiny section of each, leaving the rest up to our imaginations. These little mock-ups are played back, listened to, reproduced, interrupted, reduced, extended, taken apart, layered, continued, accompanied, re-imagined, re-mixed, went along with, questioned, left unnoticed, outdone and overcome by 4tet Laboratoire. Exciiiting!

Performances

  • Lichtenbergschule (Turnhalle), Darmstadt, Germany
    Darmstadt Summer Course
    performed by 4tet Laboratoire

  • forum neue musik, Lucerne, Switzerland
    performed by 4tet Laboratoire

  • SMC, Lausanne, Switzerland
    performed by 4tet Laboratoire

  • Fonderie Kugler, Geneve, Switzerland
    performed by 4tet Laboratoire

  • Gare du Nord, Basel, Switzerland
    performed by 4tet Laboratoire

  • PROGR, Bern, Switzerland
    performed by 4tet Laboratoire

Counterfeits, Cover-Ups & Karaoke

piano & playback

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piano Adele Thoma

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Counterfeits, Cover-Ups & Karaoke is composed of various tiny elements of sound or notation stolen from other peoples music. To cover up this massive theft, Adele and I try to distract your attention by offering counterfeits of familiar musical brands and making the piano sing karaoke… Will we get away with it?

After having worked with stolen sounds in Well-Planned Theft, where all sound sources and processing steps are documented in meticulous detail in the score, I decided to apply this approach to instrumental notation as well in this piece. All material played on the piano is taken from other piano pieces, which are referenced in a bibliography. The only transformations used are tempo changes, dynamic changes, transpositions, reversing the order of notes and filtering notes out.

Performances

  • KulturForum Saal, Kiel, Germany
    Frequenz Festival
    performed by Petek Atalay

  • ZKM (Kubus), Karlsruhe, Germany
    next_generation X
    performed by Adele Thoma

  • HfMT Köln, Germany
    performed by Adele Thoma