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BJ NILSEN / JUDITH HAMANN / SIGTRYGGUR BERG SIGMARSSON - Heiligenstadt

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Fragment Factory [FRAG53] Release Year: 2021 Note: first collab of B.J.NILSEN + SIGMARSSON with Australian cellist and soundartist JUDITH HAMANN, who provided Cello-sounds and field recordings... "These drones are intercepted with untreated field recordings (side A) and quite a bit of cello (side B), where it is all melts into a gentle but massive drone.. there is an influence of early HAFLER TRIO music (well, anything up to 'Kill The King', I'd say), and their work can easily meet with the best of the Trio." [Vital Weekly] - lim. 300 copies Price (incl. 19% VAT): €20.00 More Info BJ Nilsen is a Swedish composer and sound artist based in Amsterdam. His work primarily focuses on the sounds of nature and how they affect humans. Recent work has explored the urban acoustic realm and industrial geography and mining in the Arctic region of Norway and Russia. His original scores and soundtracks have featured in theatre, dance performances and film. Judith Hamann is a cellist and performer/composer from Melbourne, Australia, now based in Berlin. Her performance practice stretches across various genres encompassing elements of improvised, contemporary classical, experimental, and popular music. She has studied contemporary classical repertoire with renowned cellists including Charles Curtis and Séverine Ballon, and developed a strong practice in improvisation and sonic arts through collaborative projects both in Australia and internationally. Sigtryggur Berg Sigmarsson is an Icelandic musician, painter, sound- and performance artist and founding member of Stilluppsteypa. He studied sound art in Hannover, Germany from 1998 to 2003, where he is currently living. His musical output has been variously described as collage, quiet drone manipulations, and calm and minimal, which offers a range of still, contemplative moments, contrasted with more discordant (though not necessarily noisy) ones. Heiligenstadt is the documentation of an encounter of the three artists in 2018. https://fragmentfactory.bandcamp.com/album/heiligenstadt "On the other new release, the modus operandi was a bit different. Here it was Judith Hamann who send in sound material to use by Nilsen and Sigmarsson. These included her playing the cello, field recordings and voice, all of which were processed by the other two, who also both worked on the final mix. While you could say that this release is also an example of modern musique concrète, I would think it works a bit differently here. First, there are no individual pieces here, but each side is a single piece, but within the piece, the music moves around to various settings. This processing might be a combination of both digital and analogue means; I believe I heard some reel-to-reel manipulation in the music. This record is what Nilsen and Sigmarsson do best and that is to create long-form sound collages, in which drone elements prevail, but it is not exclusively that. These drones are intercepted with untreated field recordings (side A) and quite a bit of cello (side B), where it is all melts into a gentle but massive drone; a multitude of cello voices, but with a clear definition, which is great (of course). The B-side is the one that has the least variation, with these drones continuously running around and is the mixing work of Sigmarsson . The A-side (mixed by Nilsen) is the collage approach of this trio, a variety of drones, field recordings and slowed down piano sounds. I am sure I said it before, but in much of the work of Nilsen and Sigmarsson there is an influence of early Hafler Trio music (well, anything up to 'Kill The King', I'd say), and their work can easily meet with the best of the Trio. This new work is no different; this is another manifestation of what they do, and they do a great job, once again. They have an impressive body of work, going from strength to strength." [FdW/Vital Weekly]