SCHAEFER, JANEK — Migration
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Die fünf schönen Abbildungen dieses 6-panel-Digipacks zeigen feinste Mikrodetail-Naturfotos in tänzelnder Bewegung oder deren unnachahmlichen komplexen Strukturen – das passt zu dieser 4-teiligen „Migration“ und Soundreise, die field recordings von verschiedensten Orten der Welt mit elektronischen Klangobjekten (Drones, Sirren) zu ausgeruht-dynamischen Stücken verbindet, wo am Ende alles in hell schimmernden Licht-Vibrationen-Drones versinkt.
Das ganze wurde für eine Tanz-Choreographie von NOEMIE LAFRANCE benutzt, bei der die Tänzer an einem Bungee-Seil hängend über dem Publikum „tanzten“... für uns die bisher überzeugendste Veröffentlichung des Londoner Klangkünstlers, unsere wärmste Empfehlung!
“live : music on a nighttrain :: 12.11.05 - vk/brussel ** 'migration' is the new studio album by one of the most individual composers working in the field of sound art.the first half of the journey unwinds slowly and calmly, drifting through night trees and ethereal spaces until radio waves bounce off the stratosphere at first light in the heart of the amazon. during the second half, sparkling sequences glitter in the sunshine and sounds circle overhead. dense organ drones from lourdes cathedral land as embers fly into the sky revealing hovering melodies. the tension unfolds into a progressively intense climax as we depart into the blinding white light of day.” [label info]
“Originally conceived as a soundtrack for a site-specific dance by Noémie Lafrance, "Migration" is also a fine specimen of Schaefer's audio documentary, music that crosses the boundaries between a sheer description of a trip - being it real or just imaginary - and the uncomfortable sensation of standing in front of a giant door introducing to an oneiric world where acoustic phenomena have the same importance of magnetic attraction in opposite poles. Through his well known ability to squeeze evocative images of sonic biology from the manipulation of locked vinyl grooves and competent sampling, Schaefer creates textural experiences that can be sublime - throbbing underground pulses accompany our heartbeat; organ loops depict the movement to a superior sphere - or, in some case, a tad more predictable, with natural/environmental sounds and city noises (which, thanks to Janek compositional dexterity, are nevertheless equally pleasing). Everything seems to spring from an extraordinary dimension, alimented by many unknown forces in conjunction with a strong interiority.” [Massimo Richi / Touching Extremes]
Dancers were attached by bungee cord so they could lean forward into open air and defy gravity - hovering above the audience. Much like the dancers above the audience, the music is inspired by birds, which migrate above us and culled from Schaefer's library of field recordings comes the sounds of Nairobi, Madrid, Perth, New York and Madrid - to mention a few. The piece, divided in four parts, starts out softly in the first two parts, with carefully processed field recordings, but with lots of small events happening. In the next two piece things start to work into a mighty crescendo of organ like sounds (thanks to Lourdes) and orchestral sounds in the final 'To New York to Eugenie to Perth'. Here is where things take off and starts flying around (including sounds of a helicopter). Quite a captivating piece of work here. Even without a dance it sounds great.” [FdW / Vital Weekly]
Das ganze wurde für eine Tanz-Choreographie von NOEMIE LAFRANCE benutzt, bei der die Tänzer an einem Bungee-Seil hängend über dem Publikum „tanzten“... für uns die bisher überzeugendste Veröffentlichung des Londoner Klangkünstlers, unsere wärmste Empfehlung!
“live : music on a nighttrain :: 12.11.05 - vk/brussel ** 'migration' is the new studio album by one of the most individual composers working in the field of sound art.the first half of the journey unwinds slowly and calmly, drifting through night trees and ethereal spaces until radio waves bounce off the stratosphere at first light in the heart of the amazon. during the second half, sparkling sequences glitter in the sunshine and sounds circle overhead. dense organ drones from lourdes cathedral land as embers fly into the sky revealing hovering melodies. the tension unfolds into a progressively intense climax as we depart into the blinding white light of day.” [label info]
“Originally conceived as a soundtrack for a site-specific dance by Noémie Lafrance, "Migration" is also a fine specimen of Schaefer's audio documentary, music that crosses the boundaries between a sheer description of a trip - being it real or just imaginary - and the uncomfortable sensation of standing in front of a giant door introducing to an oneiric world where acoustic phenomena have the same importance of magnetic attraction in opposite poles. Through his well known ability to squeeze evocative images of sonic biology from the manipulation of locked vinyl grooves and competent sampling, Schaefer creates textural experiences that can be sublime - throbbing underground pulses accompany our heartbeat; organ loops depict the movement to a superior sphere - or, in some case, a tad more predictable, with natural/environmental sounds and city noises (which, thanks to Janek compositional dexterity, are nevertheless equally pleasing). Everything seems to spring from an extraordinary dimension, alimented by many unknown forces in conjunction with a strong interiority.” [Massimo Richi / Touching Extremes]
Dancers were attached by bungee cord so they could lean forward into open air and defy gravity - hovering above the audience. Much like the dancers above the audience, the music is inspired by birds, which migrate above us and culled from Schaefer's library of field recordings comes the sounds of Nairobi, Madrid, Perth, New York and Madrid - to mention a few. The piece, divided in four parts, starts out softly in the first two parts, with carefully processed field recordings, but with lots of small events happening. In the next two piece things start to work into a mighty crescendo of organ like sounds (thanks to Lourdes) and orchestral sounds in the final 'To New York to Eugenie to Perth'. Here is where things take off and starts flying around (including sounds of a helicopter). Quite a captivating piece of work here. Even without a dance it sounds great.” [FdW / Vital Weekly]