Track list
01. a thousand | transition 1 | 01'23 | |
02. xuán zhuan | electroacoustic composition | 15'00 | |
03. uh-jeh-gal | for guzheng, sheng and sound projection | 20'08 | |
04. times | transition 2 | 00'43 | |
05. e-musik | for acoustic guitar | 06'02 | |
06. and again | transition 3 | 00'50 | |
07. vür fier | for guitar, guzheng, sheng/xun and trumpet | 04'17 | |
08. and never | transition 4 | 00'51 | |
09. Of Sound and Time | for chinese instruments and three listeners | 09'50 | |
10. the same | transition 5 | 01'54 | |
11. UTOO | for chamber ensemble and sound projection | 10'31 | |
12. in fusion | electroacoustic composition | 06'55 | |
total time: 78.24 | |||
Credits
Involved musicians and ensembles:
Chai Found Music Workshop (Taiwan) #9
Ensemble Noamnesia (Chicago) - #11
Bernhard Gal (crotales, guitar, koudi, water, wine glasses, sound projection) - #2, 3, 5, 11, 12
Franz Hautzinger (quartertone-trumpet) - #7
Burkhard Stangl (guitar) - #7
Wu Wei (sheng, xun) - #3, 7
Xu Fengxia (guzheng) - #7
Yeh Jiuan-Reng (guzheng) - #3
Voice recordings: CY - #4, 6, Vivian - #1
Concert recordings used with permission by MaerzMusik – Festival für aktuelle Musik Berlin (#9); Wiener Konzerthaus, Vienna (#3); Porgy & Bess, Vienna (#7); Sound Field Festival, Chicago (#11). Track #12 (in fusion) first appeared on the audio CD 'Intransitive Twenty-Three', published by Intransitive Recordings (USA) in 2004.
Art work by B. Gal | CD cover and further imagery based on the painting ‘The Journey’ by Boulin Hu | Calligraphy advice: Xenia Xien-Yue Groh-Hu | Art consultant: Belma Beslic-Gál | Editorial assistance: Patrick McGinley
Many thanks to AsianCultureLink, Chaoming Tung, Christian Utz, and all involved musicians, ensembles and concert organizers | Dedicated to Xenia Xien-Yue Groh-Hu and the entire Hu family, who introduced me to Chinese culture | Supported by SKE-Fonds, Austria SKE-Fonds | Produced by Gromoga Records | © 2010 Bernhard Gal (AKM)