Nice main sequence, with a very soft sound, so that the rest can follow comfortably :)

Fantasy for Machines and Strings

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Ich habe Klanglandschaft/Soundscape Maa im April 2025 speziell für den SONIC PLANET-Wettbewerb der DEGEM (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Elektroakustische Musik) und dessen vorgegebenes Thema "Sonic Planet" geschaffen.

Die Komposition verbindet Alltagsgeräusche wie Schritte auf verschiedenem Untergrund, das Zerreissen von Papier, Streichholz anzünden, Tennisspielen, Händeklatschen, Pferdegetrappel, Maschinengeräusche und ähnliches mit Stimmsamples aus meinem Archiv, die mir vor einiger Zeit die niederländische Mezzo-Sopranistin Jannie Pranger zur Verfügung gestellt hat, und von denen einige wenige elektronisch verfremdet sind. 

Diese beiden Komponenten sind dicht verwoben und bilden eine spannungsvolle, vielschichtige und facettenreiche Musique concrète. 

Die Alltagsgeräusche werden genauso behandelt wie die vokalen Klänge; so wie man beispielsweise mit Klängen von Perkussionsinstrumenten umgeht, die ja auch grösstenteils geräuschhaft sind. Ein Trommelwirbel, Beckenzischen, Ratsche... oder eben eine elektrische Säge, eine knarrende Tür, zersplitterndes Glas, der Abschlag eines Golfballs, ein Bienenschwarm u.s.w. Die einbezogene Mezzo-Sopran-Stimme ist äußest vielfältig. Schnalz- oder Zischlaute, Flüstern, Sprechen, Singen, Pfeifen, Atmen und alle erdenklichen Töne, die stimmlich möglich sind, kommen vor.

Die Erde ist der bisher einzige bekannte Planet, der klingt; wo man ununterbrochen von Lauten und Geräuschen umgeben ist, die Menschen und Tiere, Wind, Wasser etc. erzeugen. Einen winzigen Ausschnitt dieser einzigartigen klanglichen Vielfalt des Planeten Erde wollte ich in meiner Komposition darstellen und feiern. Das Wort Maa im Titel ist das finnische Wort für Erde/Land.

Die Komposition Klanglandschaft/Soundscape Maa wurde von der internationalen Jury des SONIC PLANET-Wettbewerbs ausgewählt und wird auf der DEGEM-CD 25 veröffentlicht.
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I created Klanglandschaft/Soundscape Maa in April 2025 especially for the SONIC PLANET competition of DEGEM (German Society for Electroacoustic Music) and its given theme “Sonic Planet”. 

The composition combines everyday sounds such as footsteps on different surfaces, the tearing of paper, lighting a match, playing tennis, clapping hands, horses clattering, machine noises and the like with voice samples from my archive, which the Dutch mezzo-soprano singer Jannie Pranger made available to me some time ago and of which a few have been electronically manipulated. These two components are tightly interwoven and form an exciting, multi-layered and multi-faceted musique concrète.

The everyday sounds are treated in the same way as the vocal sounds; for example, in the way one deals with the sounds of percussion instruments, which are also largely noisy. A drum roll, a cymbal crash, a rattle ... or an electric saw, a creaking door, shattering glass, the impact of a golf ball, a swarm of bees, etc. The mezzo-soprano voice involved is extremely varied. Snapping or hissing sounds, whispering, speaking, singing, whistling, blowing and every conceivable sound that can be produced with the voice are included. 

Earth is the only planet known to date that sounds; where we are constantly surrounded by sounds and noises produced by humans and animals, wind, water, etc. I wanted to represent and celebrate a tiny section of this unique sonic diversity of planet Earth in my composition. The word “maa” in the title is the Finnish word for earth/land. 

The composition Klanglandschaft/Soundscape Maa was selected by the international jury of the SONIC PLANET competition and will be published on the DEGEM CD 25.

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Klanglandschaft/Soundscape Maa

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More on the 705th weekly Disquiet Junto project, Book Start — The Assignment: Let the beginning of a book help you begin a new piece of music — at https://disquiet.com/0705/. This week’s project was proposed by Neil Stringfellow.

disquiet0705 - Lubadh

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Beware_Of_The_Mops

On a planet resembling Earth, in a Galaxy far, far away 
There were creatures resembling humans of two pigmentations: one red and one blue 
And the red ones instructed the blue ones that there is one word that THEY must never say. 
And they will be ostracized, subject to violence or otherwise harmed if they do. 

You see, one or two centuries prior, the blue ones held red ones enslaved 
And there was a word that the Blue ones would use to refer to the red ones possessed
And though they had long since been freed, in lieu of the justice they craved 
They insisted the blue ones should never again breathe that word, not even in jest

And the blues ones at first were quite gladly compliant, at first they completely concurred
But the red ones adopted this word as a term of endearment, not a hideous curse!  
And now and again some poor Blue would get loose with its tongue and then out popped that word! 
And red ones who heard it were given free license to beat the blue or something worse! 

Even the most rich and powerful Blue ones if ever that word did they say
Were forced to make public apologies, tearfully beg for forgiveness, repentant 
that’s just the trouble with pendulums swinging too wide can the pendulums sway 
What started as simply a politic gesture was simmering now as resentment 

Words are just noises you make to express an idea you may have at the time
Our primitive ancestors, warning of predators, made noises just to alert you 
Always remember the words that are used in that world famous nursery rhyme:
Sticks and Stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you 

Most Blues were fine with not saying the word, its insulting so why not refrain 
And all of that’s true but it’s rather short sighted and frankly it misses the point  
The point is that blue ones were forced to comply or else suffer the punishment’s pain 
And when rules don’t apply to both red and blue equally, blue noses get out of joint 

So small bands of blues started saying the word in their home and amongst other blues 
And the building resentment would over time lead to a war pitting race against race 
Only slaves are subjected to punishment over expressing unpopular views 
Free people use any words that they want to:  a warning from deep outer space!

The Word You Dare Not Say

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