going round in serpentines

kai fagaschinski & bernhard gal
charhizma 034

kai fagaschinski | clarinet
bernhard gal | computer

1. going (31:44)
2. round (8:44)
3. in serpentines (19:30)

done in berlin-friedenau, january-february 2004
cover photos by b. gal, design by k. fagaschinski with conrad noack
supported by ske/austro mechana


in going round in serpentines bernhard gal's re-contexturalized field recordings merge with the sonic characteristics of kai fagaschinski's idiosyncratic clarinet playing. gal opens up new acoustic spaces, while fagaschinski sculpts air with his clarinet in various ways. based on clarinet samples, they also build up microtonal clusters with drone-like qualities. in their music they create an ambivalent musical situation between concrete and abstract listening.
during a focused rehearsal period in winter 03/04, fagaschinski and gal developed open compositions where preconceived musical structures are combined with the specific energy of improvisation.

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auf going round in serpentines werden die modifizierten "konkreten" klanglandschaften bernhard gals mit den geräuschqualitäten von kai fagaschinskis eigenwilligem klarinettenspiel verbunden. klarinettenklänge und field recordings musikalisieren sich gegenseitig; es entstehen neue musikalische räume zwischen abstraktem und konkretem hören.
in einer intensiven probenphase im winter 2003/04 sind kompositionen entstanden, in denen die spezielle energie der improvisation mit erprobten materialien und verläufen verknüpft wird.


for further information see: / weitere informationen unter:
http://www.bernhardgal.com/fagal.html