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)

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