ARBEIT FÜR EISLER /
1998
UA 23.10.1998 / Künstlerhaus Mousonturm / Frankfurt / D
Oliver Augst (voice/electronics/stage design)
Rüdiger Carl (accordion/clarinet/vocals)
Marcel Daemgen (synthesizer/sampler/electronics)
Michaela Ehinger (voice/play)
Christoph Korn (guitar/electronics)
"The five move in the realm of symbols; they create their universe of sound
under a glass bell in which each tone split up many times echoes back to
the place of its conception, erases it and makes it unrecognisable. Their
sounds, which are sometimes reminiscent of concrete music with horn-sounding
and traffic noise, otherwise play more with memories and resonances than
recognisable quotations. Hanns Eisler, his music and his time are constant
throughout the evening without being concretely identifiable" (FAZ)
"The result is a music far-removed from well-worn new -music sound, it is
a free-associative journey on an uncensored plain of sound. This experimental
style is perhaps closer to Eisler than the material itself. He manifests
himself in a musical curiosity that creates a new vision … a constant
fusion of contrasting pieces, which form amazingly consistent structures
and a higher sensuousness…” (BR)
"The work on Eisler does not aim to be an objective picture of the composer
as a historical figure, but a fully-formed entity, and the contributions
are not meant to make up a collection of separate pieces, but rather a single
piece of gold. The wonderful thing is that it works. Anyone who identifies
with Eisler and brings some knowledge about him to the evening will sense
his presence: it sparkles" (FR)
musicfilm compilation "Winterspruch" (trailer.mp3)
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