Radiance

Radiance I Alap for Steel Needle, Record and Theorbe A dedication to early music pioneer and instrument maker [a1140079], taking inspiration from his 1929 recording of [a880947]' "Fantasy for a Chest of Six Viols" and the music of [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/3338164-Ustad-Zia-Mohiuddin-Dagar]Zia Mohiuddin Dagar[/url] Radiance II Music for The Answer Original score by France Jobin and Stephan Mathieu for [a1647435]’s film "The Answer" Radiance III Black Square for [a2445622] For mechanical-acoustic gramophones, 78 rpm records and equalizer Radiance IV A Rainbow of Moonlight Dedicated to the work of [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2237222-Hieronymus-Bosch-3]Hieronymus Bosch[/url] Radiance V For Franz Wright Recorded at Fønix Kristiansand, Officine Grandi Riparazioni Turin and Sala Santa Cecilia Rome in 2013, edited at Studio Schwebung during Summer 2016 and Spring 2018 The titles are a line from "Kindertotenwald" by [a1664902], used with kind permission from Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Penguin Random House LLC Radiance VI [url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/2699251-Johannes-Kepler]Kepler[/url] An entropic system for piano and loudspeakers imitating the planets orbiting the Sun Recorded at Galerie Martin Wikström, Bad Godesberg Radiance VII Process A consort of viols transferred to four double sided 78rpm acetates for playback with four mechanical-acoustic gramophones Process is dedicated to [a2294842] who commissioned the piece in 2008 for the 25th Zagreb Music Biennale Radiance VIII To Have Elements Exist in Space An interpretation of [a208633]’s seminal graphic score "December 1952", commissioned by the Earle Brown Music Foundation, New York in celebration of the composer's 90th Birthday Radiance IX Feldman An entropic system for percussion, strings and loudspeakers, commissioned by the Earle Brown Music Foundation, New York in celebration of [a202094]'s 90th Birthday Radiance X Her Dark Gaze Drowns in Light A re-narration of [a1369761]’s 1932 film "Vampyr" Radiance XI Music with Magnetic Strings Version II recorded at CosmoCaixa, New Sience Museum, Barcelona on June 16, 2010 Version I recorded at Studio Entschleunigung, Schafbrücke on August 5, 2007 "Music with Magnetic Strings" is dedicated to [a9297] Radiance XII Pacific Radiance XII was performed on the Farfisa Professional piano recorded through a contact-miked 16" gong. While most of the Radiance pieces were shaped by the spaces in which they were recorded, the coda to the series reflects the basic mechanism of hearing: sound waves hitting the ear drum being converted to structure-borne vibrations, transmitted through bones in the middle ear. On wallets and insert: Design by Caro Mikalef for Cabina Schwebung 2018 | www.schwebung.com From the liner notes, June 2018: Radiance was recorded between 2004–2017, I think of each part as one piece in a long album. Incidental information: Radiance is a subscription series available as 12CD box and 12 digital editions, released from June, 2016–October, 2017 in various formats via the label's Bandcamp page. The 12CD box is issued in a signed and numbered, limited edition of 150 copies (THIS) and in an unsigned, unnumbered edition of 130 including 30 artist copies. 12 CDs, PANTONE printed Gatefold CD wallets, PANTONE printed custom made slipcase, PANTONE printed a 42*50 cm fold-out print an 8.5*5.5 cm card, 150 individual copies with printed numbering, signed