Improvisation // live-recording June 2011 // Q-O2 workspace Brussels

onE (Matthias Koole, e-gtr; Stefan Prins, live-electronics)

tWo (Matthias Koole, e-gtr; Stefan Prins, live-electronics)

For ten. sax, perc, e-gtr, pno and soundtrack (Nikel Ensemble: Yaron Deutsch, e-gtr; Brian Archinal, perc; Reto Staub, pno; Patrick Stadler, ten-sax + Alfred Reiter & S.P., sound. Live-recording of premiere at Wien Modern Festival, 8th November 2013, Casino Baumgarten, Wien. (Photo (c) Markus Sepperer) -  Check here to see a video of "Flesh+Prosthesis #0-2": https://vimeo.com/stefanprins/fleshprosthesis0-2-darmstadt

Flesh+Prosthesis #1 (Stefan Prins, 2013) - Nikel Ensemble

Extract from the premiere of "inhabit_inhibit" (2019-2021) for 4 spatialized quartets, 6 soloists and live-electronics, by ASKO|Schoenberg & Ensemblekollektiv Berlin, conducted by Baldur Brönnimann, with sound engineer Florian Bogner.
@Muziekgebouw aan 't Ij, Amsterdam, 24.2.2022.
Composition commissioned by Ammodo/Muziekgebouw aan 't Ij & Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung
Edit: Stefan Prins

inhabit_inhibit (2019-2021) - extract

Extract from (the middle of) "Inhibition Space #2" (2022) for bass clarinet and live-electronics, as performed by Dries Tack. The full composition (18') will be released this spring on Dries' solo album "Adjacent Spaces" on Orlando Records. 
Editing: Stefan Prins
Recording: Stijn Cools
Mastering: Gert Van Hoof
Realization live-electronics: Dries Tack

Inhibition Space #2 - EXTRACT (for bass clarinet and live-electronics, 2021)

"inhabit_inhibit", for 4 spatialized quartets, 6 feedback soloists & live-electronics (2019-2021). World premiere at Muziekgebouw aan 't IJ (24.2.2022) by ASKO|Schönberg & soloists of Ensemblekollektiv Berlin, conductor: Baldur Brönnimann, sound: Florian Bogner. 
For a video recording of this performance, go to https://youtu.be/PkVCB_kq1Lc
Commissioned by Ammodo/Muziekgbouw aan 't IJ & Ernst von Siemens Musikstiftung.
Editing&Mastering: Stefan Prins

inhabit_inhibit (2019-2021)

For French Horn. 
Commissioned by and dedicated to Samuel Stoll.
Home studio recording of the beginning of the composition by Samuel Stoll.

This Body Functions Effectively (2019)- EXTRACT

"I'm your body", for 14 musicians and 4-channel soundtrack. Live recording by WDR of the premiere at Wittener Tage für Neue Kammermusik, 8th of May 2014, Teatersaal, Witten, Germany. Klangforum Wien, cond. Emilio Pomarico, sound-engineer. Florian Bogner, Peter Böhm.

I'm your body (Stefan Prins, 2013-14) - Klangforum Wien, E.Pomarico

Live performance of "Ensuite" (2008, rev. 2011-13) for cello solo by Séverine Ballon at Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et Danse Lyon, 4th of October 2014. 

Ensuite (Stefan Prins, 2008, rev. 2011-13) - Séverine Ballon (cello)

"Study for a Mirror Box" (2 channels fixed medium). Study for "Mirror Box (Flesh+Prosthesis #3)", for Saxophone, Percussion, Piano/Midi-keyboard & live-electronics (to be premiered by Trio Accanto at Eclat 2015) 

Study for a Mirror Box (Stefan Prins, 2014)

"Mirror Box (Flesh+Prosthesis #3)" performed by Trio Accanto (Christian Dierstein, perc; Nicolas Hodges, pno; Marcus Weiss, ten. & sop. sax), live at Eclat Festival, 6th of February 2015, Theaterhaus, Stuttgart, Germany (Recording editing: Stefan Prins)
NOW: NEW STUDIO RECORDING by Trio Accanto released on WERGO: https://de.schott-music.com/shop/funambules.html

Mirror Box (Flesh+Prosthesis #3) (Stefan Prins, 2014)

Written for, dedicated to and performed by Agartha (Bram Bossier, viola & An Raskin, bayan).  Recorded in 2010. Recording engineer: Wannes Gonnissen.

Erosie (Memory Space #1) (Stefan Prins, 2005) - Agartha

Composed for and performed by Youth Concert Band "SJOW", conducted by Erwin Robbens. Live-electronics: Stefan Prins. Live-recording from deSingel, Antwerp, 2010.

Plug 'n Play (Stefan Prins, 2010) -  Youth Ensemble and live-electronics

Live recording of Bl!ndman String Quartet (Diamanda La Berge-Dramm, Mariana Hutchinson, vn; Hélène Koerver, va; Suzanne Vermeyen, vc)+ Kris Delacourt & Johannes Westendorp, FX-pedals + Stefan Prins, live-electronics, performing "Infiltrationen 3.0" at deSingel, Antwerp, 17th of March 2016.


Infiltrationen 3.0 (Stefan Prins, 2009/2016)- string quartet, 2 FX pedal players & live-electronics

For piano and live-electronics. 
Piano: Stephane Ginsburgh; Live-electronics: Florian Bogner (ICST) & Stefan Prins. 
Live-recording 31/7/2016, CentralStation, Darmstadt, during the Darmstädter Ferienkurse 2016.
In coproduction with Ultima Festival Oslo, deBijloke Gent, ICST Zürich and Internationales Musikinstitut Darmstadt.

Piano Hero #3 (Stefan Prins, 2016)

From the double-cd "Cloud Chamber": improvisations by Peter Jacquemyn (double bass & voice) and Stefan Prins (electronics).
Released by ChampdAction on December 14th 2016. 
http://www.champdaction.be/nl/audio/
(Artwork: Peter Jacquemyn)

Cloud Chamber - Altostratus Translucidis Undulatus (P.Jacquemyn, dbss&voice; S.Prins, electr)

Composed for the vinyl released for the 10th Birthday of the Nadar Ensemble.
http://www.nadarensemble.be/2016/07/vinyl-release-10th-anniversary-nadar-ensemble/

Peel (for fixed media) (Stefan Prins, 2016)

Montage of two improvisations with Peter Jacquemyn (double bass & voice) and me (live-electronics) from the recording session on 7th of June 2016. Although the two constituent improvisations of this montage were recorded on the same day as the improvisations that are released on the first CD of "Cloud Chamber",  this track is not to be found on the double cd.  

Mix, Edit, montage: Stefan Prins

The Cloud Chamber double cd is released by ChampdAction: http://www.champdaction.be/en/audio/

Cloud Chamber - Double (extra track) (Peter Jacquemyn, d.bass & voice; Stefan Prins, live-electr)

Extract from workshop/recording session with Olivier Vivares (prepared bass clarinet) in preparation for "Third Space" - premiere at Münchener Biennale (June 2018) with Klangforum Wien, dance company "Hiatus"/Daniel Linehan and ICST Zürich.

Towards a Third Space (1)

For clarinet+bass clar, percussion, piano, cello and soundtrack.
Premiere performance by Decoder Ensemble, Hamburg, 2nd of September 2017.

Hände ohne Orte (Stefan Prins, 2016-17)

Stereo downmix of 8-channel electronic composition "Hybridae" (2012)

HYBRIDAE (2012) (stereo downmix of 8-channel version)

First 7 (of 42) minutes.  Klangforum Wien, cond. Bas Wiegers. Full recording released by KAIROS (https://www.kairos-music.com/cds/0015044kai), 27/3/2019

Third Space (2016-2018) - FRAGMENT

Live-recording of the premiere of "Mirror Box Reflections" for dynamically amplified ensemble & live-electronics, by Ensemble Mosaik, cond. Enno Poppe. Kesselhaus, Kulturbrauerei, Berlin, 23/5/2019.
"Mirror Box Reflections" is an augmentation for 9 musicians with dynamic amplifications & live-electronics, of "Mirror Box", for saxophone, piano, percussion and live-electronics (2014-2015).

Mirror Box Reflections (Stefan Prins, 2015/2019)

Electronic study for "Fremdkörper #3 (mit Michael Jackson)", a composition for ensemble and live-electronics to be premiered by Klangforum Wien on 5th of February during the Impuls Festival 2010 in Graz.
More info: www.stefanprins.be

This is it! (study for Fremdkörper #3) - 2010

For bass flute, bass clarinet, bass oboe and live-electronics, performed by Ensemble Mosaik (Bettina Junge, bass fl; Simon Strasser, bass oboe; Christian Vogel, bass clar)

!!---please listen on good speakers/headphones, there's a lot happening in the <100Hz and >10kHz freq bands---!!

Commissioned by and dedicated to Ensemble Mosaik.
Premiered on 1.8.2020 at AckerStadt Palast, Berlin. 
Recording on 28.7.2020 at Vivaldi Saal, Berlin.
Recording engineer: Arne Vierck, editing and mastering: Stefan Prins

Inhibition Space #1 (2020)- for bass flute, bass clarinet, bass oboe & live-electronics

Fragment of a laptop duo improvisation of Richard Barrett & Stefan Prins, recorded during a residency at Happy New Ears Festival 2008 (Kortrijk).

Barrett-Prins laptop-duo improv (2008)

Nadar Ensemble, cond. D.Janssens, live-el. S.Prins. (from SUB ROSA RECORDS SR352 "Fremdkörper" - www.subrosa.net)

Fremdkörper #1 (Stefan Prins, 2008)

Klangforum Wien, cond. Enno Poppe (from SUB ROSA RECORDS SR352 "Fremdkörper" - www.subrosa.net)

Fremdkörper #3 (mit Michael Jackson) (Stefan Prins, 2010)

Champ d'Action & collectief reFLEXible (Joachim Devillé, Thomas Olbrechts, Stefan Prins), cond. J.Bossier (from SUB ROSA RECORDS SR352 "Fremdkörper" - www.subrosa.net) 

Ventriloquium (Stefan Prins, 2007)

For e-gtr and live-electronics; Matthias Koole, e-gtr; S.Prins, live-el. (from SUB ROSA CD "Fremdkörper", www.subrosa.net )

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