Von: Annesley Black
Datum: Wed, 10 Aug 2016
Betreff: DARMSTADT – 11.,12.AUGUST – TOLERANCE STACKS
Dear friends, esteemed colleagues
I am delighted to invite you to the premiere of my new piece „tolerance
stacks“.
Premiere: 11.08.2016 19:30 – CENTRALSTATION DARMSTADT
second performance: 12.08.2016 22:00 CENTRALSTATION DARMSTADT
commissioned by the Internationale Musikinstitut Darmstadt for the 70th
Interenationale Ferienkurse für Neue Musik, Darmstadt, 2016
TOLERANCE STACKS – 2016
multimedia piece for five musicians – Alt/Tenor Sax, Sopranino Sax,
Soprano, Percussion/Drumset, Piano
with analogue electronic instruments:
Ideogrammophone, No-Input-Mixer, Morse Oscillator Key, Cracklebox,
Turntables, Moog Synthesizer, 2 Reel-To-Reel Tape Machines.
dur.: ca. 50 Min.
MUSICIANS:
Nikola Lutz (Saxophones, ideogrammophone, drumset)
Mark Lorenz Kysela (Saxophone, No-Input-Mixer
Julia Mihàly (Soprano, Cracklebox, Morse-oscillator key, reel-to-reel)
Martin Lorenz (Percussion, Drumset, Morse-oscillator key, turntables)
Sebastian Berweck (Piano, Moog, Reel-to-reel)
Annesley Black (speaker)
Ajtony Csaba (conductor/ musical direction)
Lutz Garmsen- Media installation, light-installation, robots
David Runge – Programming
Annesley Black, Lukas Becker, little bit cologne – Sound Direction,
technical direction
www.internationales-musikinstitut.de/programm2016/327-11-08-2016/1876-tolerance-stacks.html
ABOUT THE PIECE:
“TOLERANCE STACKS” is a piece in which I explore my relationship to the
history of electroacoustic music. With text from Thomas Edison, Charles
Cros, Samuel Morse, Hermann Heiss, Karlheinz Stockhausen, Hartmut
Bruckner (ZKM) and myself, protagonists from the history of electricity,
communication and electronic music are represented with themes such as
establishments of standards and gradual or sudden repudiation of
technology that no longer complies to these standards. In “TOLERANCE
STACKS” I have sifted through a reservoir of concepts, inventions and
mechanical/electrical objects to find life in what has deemed by the
greater society to be waste.
The initial impulse to write the piece came from an idea from the IMD to
write a piece for the instruments from the Electronic Studio for
Composition Hermann Heiss (Darmstadt), some of which were designed by
the composer Hermann Heiss himself (1897-1966). After much
investigation, these historical instruments were deemed beyond repair. I
had already sought out five musicians who were well acquainted with
analogue electronic audio, and I decided to re-focus the piece on these
musicians, and their pioneer approach to their own analog
electroacoustic instruments as well as acoustic „concert“ instruments of
the Western Classical music tradition.
Although I eventually deviated from the theme of Heiss, the initial
research I did about him is still present in the piece. What especially
affected me were the ramifications of the time and place, in which Heiss
lived, upon his person and artistic development. This seemed for me a
reflection of the overall impact of political and social climates upon
technology and communication technology – including the electronic
instruments Heiss was utilising, and the musicians are using on the
stage in the piece.
The musicians inspired me to explore the tension between man and
machine, which demanded on my part a style of notation that allowed for
unknown, or „X-Factors“. Throughout „TOLERANCE STACKS“ the musicians
switch between their acoustic and electroacoustic instruments, as well
as between composed/ notated and improvised music.
The media installation from Lutz Garmsen allows the audience to view the
live manipulations of the instruments, which are interspersed by
scurrile animations of aged machines and a miniature live robot theatre.
The visual events are triggered by sound through a programme especially
designed for the piece by David Runge.
Best wishes to you and yours.
Annesley Black
Annesley Black Hügelstr. 198, 60431 Frankfurt a.M Mobile:
011-49-176-22798714
www.editionjulianeklein.de/black
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myspace.com/annesleyblack
U p c o m i n g e v e n t s:
11.08.2016(Premiere), 12.08.2016 Centralstation Darmstadt, Darmstädter
Ferienkurse für Neue Musik • “tolerance stacks” (Arbeitstitel)– for five
musicians (Julia Mihály: Soprano, cracklebox, reel-to-reel tape
recorders, Mark Lorenz Kysela: Saxophones, No-Input-Mixer, Nikola Lutz:
Saxophones, ideogrammophone, Martin Lorenz: percussion, turntables,
Sebastian Berweck: Piano, moog, reel-to-reel tape recorders), Ajtony
Csaba: conductor. Media-installation (light, robots, video): Lutz
Garmsen. www.oscilux.de/garmsen.html Programming: David Runge.
sleepmap.de/ Darmstädter Ferienkurse –
www.internationales-musikinstitut.de/
12.11.2016 (Premiere), Theaterhaus T1, Stuttgart, Festival Attacca,
Stuttgart • “shadow music” (Arbeitstitel) – for ensemble and shadow
players – ensemble suono mobile (Stuttgart). Light installation: Lutz
Garmsen www.suonomobile.de/
R e c e n t h i g h l i g h t s: 18.05.2015 (Premiere) SCHNAWWL,
Nationaltheater Mannheim • “Solopoly” – Musiktheater für 5 Schlagzeuger
– Regie: Andrea Gronemeyer
www.schnawwl.de/de/junge_oper/stueck_details.php?SID=1956
11.07.2015 Radialsystem V, Berlin • „4238 de Bullion“ – for Piano and
live digitally processed video and sound projection, Ernst Surberg,
Klavier – www.surberg.net/ – Ensemble Mosaik
www.ensemble-mosaik.de/ – Heroines of Sound Festival –
www.heroines-of-sound.com/ 23.07.2015 Open Space, Victoria, B.C
Canada • „ROOMS“ – saxophones, guitar, piano, viola, live-electronics
(WP) – Tsilumos Ensemble, SALT Festival www.tsilumos.org
Commissioned by the Canada Council for the
Arts. 10.11.2015 BKA, Berlin • „AORKO“ – Max Savikangas, Viola (Uusinta
Ensemble) -http://uusintaensemble.fi/ensemble/ Unerhörte Musik –
www.unerhoerte-musik.de/