SPACE: MUSIC FOR BELLS, CYMBALS AND GONG
Fritz Hauser & Michael Askill
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Release Date: 16-08-2006
Label: Celestial Harmonies
Catalog Number: 13262-2
Barcode: 13711326222
Musical Style: Percussion / Contemporary Classical
Track Listing:
| Disc 1 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 [03:05] | 7 | 7 [07:05] |
| 2 | 2 [01:40] | 8 | 8 [01:34] |
| 3 | 3 [05:16] | 9 | 9 [03:50] |
| 4 | 4 [02:44] | 10 | 10 [04:14] |
| 5 | 5 [05:44] | 11 | 11 [03:35] |
| 6 | 6 [02:45] | 12 | 12 [08:42] |
Description:
Recorded at Therme Vals, in Switzerland, over the course of two predawn mornings in June, 2005, there was a kind of sound alchemy that took place as Fritz Hauser and Michael Askill played the simple bells normally worn by cows, sheep and goats in the beautifully reverberant space of the thermal spas.
Write the performers The music on this CD has been created through improvisation. Based on the instrumental material - about 40 cow, sheep and goatbells, various cymbals and a small gong from China - we developed playing concepts, and in dialogue with the room and the unusual sound environment we recorded the takes. In the studio some of the pieces have been used for multi-track arrangements, but most of them have been left untouched. We have put them in an order that now carries the title Space: Music for Bells, Cymbals and Gong.
Biography:
Born in 1953 in Basel, Switzerland, Fritz Hauser develops solo programs for drums and percussion which he performs worldwide; cross-media works with dancer/choreographer Anna Huber and architect Boa Baumann and director Barbara Frey; compositions for percussion ensembles and soloists, sound installations, radio plays and music for films and readings. In the field of improvised music he has worked with numerous musicians and since the Stockholm International Percussion Event in 1998 he has collaborated with many percussion groups and soloists around the world.
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