Audio by Amalgam (live cut)
Artwork by Otto Müller (edited)

Suche und Triebe

Audio by Formen (Album Version)
Artwork by Ines Emertasol and Formen

Impulse

Trees, Birds and Sinoi

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Hertz

Audio by ibi (https://soundcloud.com/ibiberlin)
Remixed by Kaspar Kudelski
Artwork by Carl Gustav Carus (edited)

Patoo

Audio by Harz (Album Version)
Artwork by Harz and Formen

Harz

Halftone

Pulse

Audio by Formen (Album Version)
Artwork by Formen

Noise Around Our Homes

Phase

Audio by "Silverfist" Lemaire (Album Version)
Artwork by Ines Emertasol

Mad City

Getup

Audio by https://soundcloud.com/comtesound (Album Version)
Artwork by J. Cowhie

Petra's Stone

Autumn Blaze

Audio by Formen (live cut)
Artwork by Kiki Kogelnik (edited)

Medusa

Ava's Dub

Audio by Pascal Lopinat (Album Version)
Artwork by Ines Emertasol

Didactics of the Prepared and Amplified Drumset

KSTCH PT MST RST LST RC DC BH DH BA GA CSH CSC

KSTCH BK FK PK DK LST RC DC BH BA GA CSH CSC

Audio by Formen (live cut)
Artwork by Paul Madeline (edited)

Inversion

Audio by Formen (Album Version)
Artwork by Iliph Arthoss

Intermodulation

Blackheath

Total Harmonic Distortion

Audio by Maraboo
Artwork by René Magritte (edited)

Long Time No See

Audio by Schall/Formen (Album Version)
Artwork by Formen

In Echtzeit

Performance at the intense listening session "Liegen im Vakuum" at the Anstadt Bern

Formen - Ratio

Formen - Radius

Rauschbstand

Audio by Schall/Formen
Artwork by Daido Moriyama (edited)

Late Night Ambience for Theatre Halls

Audio by Formen (live cut)
Artwork by Roy Lichtenstein (edited)

Nachklang

Formenlehre 01b

Formenlehre 02a

Audio by HARZ (Album Version)
Artwork by YOMA and HARZ

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15-4020

18-1750

"A Pattern Language of Phasing Turntables" is Formen’s current live project. Rooted in his interest in dubplate cutting, experimental music, and performance art, the project centres on an analogue setup: three turntables, a mixing console, and a tape machine.

The musical material for each performance consists of self-made lathe cuts that Formen prepares in his studio. He develops minimalist musical fragments or works with stems from collaborators, cutting these ideas onto dubplates. During performance, the dubplates are recombined live; minute differences in timing, pitch and frequency generate new, improvised compositions that Formen explores ad hoc through subtle manipulations within the setup.

Conceptually, the project draws on the human tendency to find patterns in randomness: the dubplates are neither locked nor synced but combined at arbitrary points, moving freely and producing emergent patterns that each listener perceives differently.

All tracks written by Formen. Exceptions are the recordings of "Der Tod ist gross" from Werner Herzog’s "Nosferatu", and the vocals and harmony at 16:30–22:30, which were written and produced by @beatrice-beispiel — merci tuusig!

A Pattern Language of Phasing Turntables - Live at Multi Soft Konstanz

Audio by Kaspar Kudelski (live cut)
Artwork by Yashima Gakutei (edited)

Three Things to Consider

Audio by Kaspar Kudelski (Album Version)
Artwork by Ines Emertasol

Spinnwebwald

Empty Space is an artistic platform based in Biel/Bienne, Switzerland. We explore the interactions of physical media, their characteristic formal languages, and their modes of functionality. To achieve this, we focus on projects that experiment with various art forms, aesthetics, and crafts. Our goal is to create works of art that challenge conventional modes of production and reception.

To bring each project to life, we collaborate with different artists, blending their distinctive approaches and methods into something new. Depending on the medium, many of our productions are conceived as one-of-a-kind pieces or one-time performances.

Empty Space operates as a non-profit association, with all revenue either supporting the artists or being reinvested in future projects.

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