Recorded by Anton Lukoszevieze (cello) and Karlheinz Essl (live-electronics) at the University of East Anglia (Norwich, UK)on 18 Sep 2008.

The Sequitur cycle consists of 14 different compositions for various solo instruments and live-electronics. It can be seen as a reference to Berio’s famous “Sequenze” cycle of solo pieces which focus on specific playing techniques of the respective instrument.

All Sequitur composition use a software written in MaxMSP which creates an electronic accompaniment from the instrument’s live input; the player is confronted with his own playing, and this creates a situation like moving in a house of mirrors where the identities becomes blurred.

The software generates a complex canon on the fly, the temporal structure and density of which being controlled by random operations. This yields different results every time the piece is performed. Although following a precisely notated score, there is always a good portion of surprise for the musician which emphasizes his awareness and attentiveness.

Info: http://www.essl.at/works/sequitur/sequitur-4.html

Info

Sequitur IV (2008) - for cello and live-electronics

“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Dorothy Parker

"My art is about just paying attention." - Robert Rauschenberg

Amptext, the solo project of Gary Rouzer, seeks to investigate the boundary between music/noise, sound/silence, and instrumental technique/gesture using cello, prepared bass, clarinet, cardboard, cassette tapes, amplified objects, record player, and field recordings.

Born 1960 in Vienna. Austrian composer, improviser and performer. He studied composition with Friedrich Cerha and musicology in Vienna. Besides writing experimental instrumental music, he performs on his own electronic instrument m@ze°2, develops software environments for computer-aided composition and creates generative sound and video environments. Since 2007 professor of composition for electro-acoustic and experimental music at the University of Music in Vienna.

Karlheinz Essl performs on a laptop computer that he has transformed into a live electronic musical instrument. The result is exciting and musical. You just won't hear these sounds anywhere else. He performs solo and in duets and trios, responding with sensitivity to fellow musicians, producing fascinating sound transformations, creating spontaneous surprises, and moving quickly from loops to cacophony to tiny clips of vocal sounds to all kinds of textures and ideas. He does all this with his m@ze°2(Modular Algorithmic Zound Environment) performance software. (Joel Chadabe, CDeMusic, Januar 2002)


Critiqued as “a cellist of power and grace” (The Guardian) and possessing “mature artistry and willingness to go to the brink,” Seth Parker Woods has established a reputation as a versatile artist straddling several genres. Outside of solo performances, he has performed with the Chineke! Orchestra (UK), Ictus Ensemble (Brussels, BE), Ensemble L’Arsenal (IT), zone Experimental (CH) Basel Sinfonietta (CH), New York City Ballet, Ensemble LPR and Orchestra of St. Luke's (US). A fierce advocate for contemporary arts, he has collaborated and worked with a wide range of artists ranging from the likes of Louis Andreessen, Elliott Carter, Heinz Holliger, Helmut Lachenmann,
and Liza Lim to Peter Gabriel, Sting, Lou Reed, Dame Shirley Bassey, Rachael Yamagata, as well as visual artists Vanessa Beecroft, Aldo Tambellini, Jack Early and Adam Pendleton.

Holding a Ph.D. from the University of Huddersfield, his principal teachers were Thomas Demenga, Lucas Fels, Frederik Zlotkin, and Daniel Morganstern. In recent years he has given talks, workshops and performances at Royal Albert Hall (BBC Proms), Musée d’art Moderne et Contemporain (FR), Le Poisson Rouge and the Bohemian National Hall (USA), Cafe OTO (London, UK), Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (UK), Klang Festival (Durham, UK),
INTER/ actions Symposium (Wales), ICMC-SMS Conference (Athens, GR), NIME Conference (London), Sound and Body Festival (Lille, Brussels), Instalakcje Festival (PL), Virginia Tech, La Salle College (Singapore), and FINDARS (Malaysia) amongst others. Recent awards and acknowledgements include Artist of the Month for Musical America, an Earle Brown/ Morton
Feldman Foundation Grant (USA), McGill University- CIRMMT/IDMIL Visiting Researcher Residency (CA), Centre Intermondes Artist Residency (FR), Francis Chagrin Award (UK), Concours [Re]connaissance- Premiere Prix (FR) and the Paul Sacher Stiftung Research Scholarship(CH).

Umbra is performed by Marija Balubdžić. 
Umbra is a songstress colliding tenebrous sounds and poetic temptation with electronics, unbinding chants saturated in noise, chords, and pulses.
Umbra performances
 Dim (May 2022), Belgrade
 jedním tahem (April 2022), Zlín, “I Poo poo on Your Juju” Antimother tour
 Karnola (April 2022), Hranice, “I Poo poo on Your Juju” Antimother tour
 15 minute (April 2022), Olomouc, “I Poo poo on Your Juju” Antimother tour
 "Unfold in Unknown Waters", Lili Agg & Veronika Romhány’s exhibition opening at U10 (February 2022), Belgrade
 Punctum Krasovka (November 2021), Prague
 Kino Šiška (July 2021), Ljubljana
 SAJETA Festival (July 2021), Tolmin
 United We Stream Balkan / Drugstore (February 2021) STREAM, recorded at Dim, Belgrade
 SaAJETA Festival (December 2020) STREAM, recorded at the Jewish municipality in Belgrade
 CH25 (December 2019), Warsaw
 BAZAR (December 2019), Katowice
 Rhiz (December 2019), Vienna
 Noise n’ Roses (November 2019), Budapest
 Port/Starboard at Klub 20/44 (September 2019), Belgrade
 KUBE (September 2019), Ålesund
 Dim, with Milana Zarić and Luka Ivanović (August 2019), Belgrade
 Kvaka 22 (July 2019), Belgrade
 Pohoda festival (July 2019), Trencin
 Live Soundtrack at CZKD (April 2019), Belgrade
 Belgrade Fashion Week – Vesna Kračanović (April 2019)
 Kišobran at Drugstore (April 2019), Belgrade
 Bioskop Balkan (March 2019), Belgrade
 Grillx (March 2019), Vienna
 Dim (February 2019), Belgrade
 Kvaka 22 (January 2019), Belgrade
 Dorćol platz (January 2019), Belgrade
 MeetFactory (November 2018), Prague
 Kulturfabrik (November 2018), Hildesheim
 Insomnia festival (October 2018), Tromso
 Rhiz (October 2018), Vienna
 Rokolektiv festival (September 2018), Bucharest
 AU (June 2018), Vienna
 Revolution festival (May 2018), Timisoara
 Klub 20/44 (April 2018), Belgrade
 Ljubimac (March 2018), Belgrade
 Fabrika (March 2018), Novi Sad
 Fidbek (March 2018), Niš
 Celeste (January 2018), Vienna
 Klub Lúč (November 2017), Trencin
 SÄGEZAHN at SCHAUSPIELHAUS (November 2017), Vienna
 Les Belles de Nuit (October 2017), Zurich
 Velak Gala – Garnisongasse 7 (October 2017), Vienna
 Sausaler Kunstbiennale (September 2017), Steiermark
 Seanaps festival – Westwerk (September 2017), Leipzig
 Wrong – Punctum Krasova (September 2017), Prague
 Escape festival (August 2017), Hvar island
 Klub Vikend (August 2017), Kovačica
 Popfest – Club Roxy (July 2017), Vienna
 Baustellenbeschallung 8 – (June 2017), Vienna
 AU (April 2017), Vienna
 Brut (February 2017), Vienna
 Studio 11 (December 2016), Subotica
 Galerie Hraničář (November 2016), Ústí nad Labem
 Novo Doba Festival, Imago CUK (September 2016), Belgrade
 Air (August 2016), Antwerp
 Kvaka 22 (May 2016), Belgrade
 Metelkova (May 2016), Ljubljana
 Rhiz (May 2016), Vienna
 Tunnel (January 2016), Novi Sad
 Drugstore (January 2016), Belgrade
 DKSG (Culture Home Students’ City) (January 2016), Belgrade
 Matrijaršija (January 2016), Belgrade
 Last Christmas (December 2015), Vienna
 Drugstore (November 2015), Belgrade
 Quarter (November 2015), Novi Sad
 CK13 (November 2015), Novi Sad
 Bioskop Zvezda, Kino Pleme (November 2015), Belgrade
 AU (October 2015), Vienna
 MDW, admission exam (October 2015), Vienna
 Plus Plus Plus (+++) Festival (July 2015) Jelica, Serbia
 Zweitbester (March 2015), Vienna