Oystercatchers on the beach of Hvalstöðin, the location of two wrecks of whaling ships that were sunk by the Sea Shepherds in 1986. For more information see: https://www.seashepherd.org.uk/campaigns/operation-mjolnir/campaign-to-end-fin-whaling-in-iceland.html

Recorded with Sennheiser Ambeo and Sound Devices MixPre 10 II.

Oystercatchers at Shipwreck in Hvalstöðin,  Hvalfjörður, Iceland, 01 August 2021

Staircase is the bonus track from my most recent album "Time Sketches" released this year Neue Meister label. 
It is only available over iTunes.
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Staircase

An ornamental piano music is playing on 8 speakers. It is generated by a computer program written by Benjamin Heidersberger and performed live on four midi synthesizer in a church. Pentatonic scales of  prime number lenght are constantly phase shifting, fragments of melodies appear and disappear. Given the chosen number of scales the composition lasts 450 times the age of the universe (1.9E20 sec). The first two hours are being played.

The pentatonic notes generate a certain order, harmony and ornamental character. There is no compositional intention, the permutation will eventually play all possibilities. Therefore the accustic event has no intended meaning and the listener can find his own interpretation, order and association.

The chosen format of a sound installation goes beyond the reception patterns of a concert. The listener can move freely around, single or in groups and explore the different sound events as well as the space of the church. The listener can come and go and come back, according to the individual taste.

Live triaxial (Kunstkopf) recording (41:36) by Don Hill at Sankt Johannes Evangelist-Kirche, Berlin Mitte, Germany, December 16, 2012. Listen with headphones.

Pentatonic Permutations 20121216

The isolated crackle and surface noise from track '1/1' of a copy of the original vinyl release of Brian Eno's 'Ambient 1 – Music for Airports'

Photo: Newcastle International Airport, 2 December 2010 (© Ben Ponton)

2020-07-18/29 Vestigial Ambient 1

Vestigial Ambient 1

Benjamin Heidersberger, born 1957, background in physics, biology, computer science (dropout). Cofounder of the artist group Head Resonance Company in Wolfsburg in 1978, of Ponton-Lab in Hamburg in 1989 and since then its director in Hannover, Germany, from 1994 on. Founder of Kulturserver in 2000 and of the Institut Heidersberger in 2002. Various large scale media projects (Van Gogh TV, Ars Electronica, documenta) in Europe, USA and Japan. Publications on computers, media and society as well as lectures on interactive media.

Pentatonic Permutations 20121216

Benjamin Heidersberger

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