Playlist of a Klanghorizonte Hour on March 27 in Motion

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Sam Amidon with Sam Gendel
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Feliciá Atkinson: Space As An Instrument
OTON (1) & (2) – Tommy Perman / Andrew Wasylyk
Wasylyk / Perman: Ash Grey And The Gull Glides On
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Rainer Brüninghaus: Freigeweht

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Joni Mitchell: Hejira Demos
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OTON (3) – Jon Balke
Jon Balke: Skritum*
Even the Forest Hums Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996
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Terry Riley‘s Shri Camel

„Backgrounds“:

*from the very first note, norway’s jon balke proposes a new sonic dimension with ’skrifum‘, continuing a line of inquiry begun with ‚warp‘ (2016) and ‚discourses‘ (2020), solo piano albums which also processed the acoustic environment in which the music was heard.

’skrifum‘ (the icelandic word for “write”) takes things a step further. with the aid of electronic audio tool the spektrafon, which he helped develop, balke is now able to directly manipulate ambient audio sound from the piano while playing – pulling out frequencies and sustaining them as chords of harmonics. this activated reverberation becomes new material for improvised dialogue, often with quite beautiful results. jon balke: “the spektrafon’s sound feeds back in ways that demand space. i take that opportunity to play mostly monophonically and to focus on every single note and its position in the soundscape.”

P.S. Arriving in March, this new Brahem album is absolutely stunning. But three Ecm‘s in one hour would be too much for a free wheeling radio format that is known for floating through very different worlds from album to album, yet telling cohesive „stories“ from start to end. Let‘s meet in Hamburg, friends, on May 1.