janek schaefer - phoenix & phaedra holding patterns (cd)

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Album of the week! The return of Spekk after a year long hiatus. And what a way to kick it back off!

The return of Spekk after a year long hiatus. And what a way to kick it back off!

SPEKK is proud to announce the release of British composer and installation artist Janek Schaefer, The British Composer of the Year (Sonic Art 2008), Prix Ars Electronica winner (2004) etc.

“Close your eyes, we are engulfed by an ethereal tapestry of invisible radio and sound pressure waves. Phoenix and Phaedra is a live concert composition, performed by using an immersive sound system in combination with a short range radio transmitter, which broadcasts to a collection of small hand held radios given out to the audience. Performed out of sight at the back of the concert hall, the spectacle of the performer is removed, leaving a pure sonic-cinema experience. The composition weaves together foundsound textures, spatial sonorities, and the Shruti Box, an Indian drone instrument, which plays a central role with it's lulling and engulfing energies. I wrote the work to celebrate the arrival of my new born son Phoenix, and is dedicated to him". (text by Janek Schaefer)