Christina Kubisch - Schall und Klang
Artist: Christina Kubisch
Rating: DECENT
Genres: Electroacoustic,  Spoken Word Field Recording,  Musique concrète,  Sound Collage
Released: 2019
Type: Album
Label: Fragment Factory
Link: Bandcamp
"Schall und Klang" is the result of Christina Kubisch's extensive fieldwork on the trail of Hermann Scherchen (1891-1966), conductor and key figure in 20th century new music. After moving to the village of Gravesano (Ticino/Northern Italy) in 1954, Scherchen established an electroacoustic experimental studio on his premises and created a meeting place for scientists, composers, musicians and sound engineers from all over the world. Among his guests were Iannis Xenakis, Luc Ferrari, Edgar Varèse and Luigi Nono, just to name a few. Originally commissioned and broadcasted by Deutschlandfunk Kultur, "Schall und Klang" is a personal portrait of Scherchen and his time in Gravesano. Kubisch brings together archival footage from the Scherchen estate and the Scherchen archive at Akademie der Künste in Berlin, tape recordings, recited texts from Scherchen's own quarterly "Gravesaner Blätter" as well as her own compositions and field recordings referring to her research made on site in 2016....

"I have built this studio for myself [...] as a direct activity for my existence. I live Gravesano" (Hermann Scherchen)

released January 1, 2019
Editions:
2019 Original Release
Fragment Factory | FRAG46 | CD/Digital
  01. Schall und Klang (48:31)