Artist : Heribert Friedl
Title : Trac(k)_t
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2007
Date : 07/10/2007
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 11
Label : Line
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 44:35 min
Size : 50,1 MB
Tracklist:
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01.0.1 03:43
02.0.1.2 04:00
03.0.2 05:16
04.0.2.1 05:40
05.0.3 02:26
06.0.3.1 04:33
07.0.4 07:34
08.0.1.3 04:54
09.0.1.4 00:48
10.0.1.5 01:46
11.0.5 03:55
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44:35 min
PRESS RELEASE
This is the final work in the series of works-encompassing ataraxia, bradycard, trans~, and back_forward
-using the cymbalon as source material. The process of working with this hammered stringed instrument
for this series has been a "discussion" between the instrument and myself, an exploration of traditional
playing, digital processing, and mixtures of both.
I feel that trac[k]_t should convey the scope of using an instrument without losing both its intrinsic nature of
engagement as well as the sound of how it is played. Being a conceptual work, rather than a kind of │tract,▓
the process of this recording has become a kind of instruction for myself to understand not only my work
with this instrument in of itself but also its communion with digital processes.
The work is to be continuation in sound from my previous works. While not a repetition of ideas and
sounds, rather it has become more of a search for the essence of this instrument. The way of working with
it to come to a satisfiable conclusion and summation.
Heribert Friedl lives in Vienna where he studied sculpture at the University of Applied Arts. In his exhibitions
he has been working with scents and its non visual phenomenons - sometimes in combination with
sounds. He has had exhibitions, sound performances and projects in Hungary, Germany, England, Italy,
USA, Cuba and Austria.
Since 1998 he has worked solo and in collaboration with artists such as Bernhard Gunter, John Norman
(Radian) and Dale Lloyd. In addition to the utilization of digital sounds and field recordings, Friedl been
using sounds of cymbalon and zither in his most recent series of works.
Friedl follows the kind of minimalist aesthetics that composes with few sounds, small events, and nearly
imperceptible movements. Despite its seeming simplicity, Friedl's is a very delicate kind of music: each
and every sound bears enormous significance and have to bear the responsibility for the whole work.
After numerous mp3-releases and albums on such labels trente oiseaux (Germany) and and/OAR he
founded his label nonvisualobjects with Raphael Moser in 2005. Nonvisualobjects releases works by such
reknowned minimalist artists and composers as: Steve Roden, Richard Chartier, Roel Meelkop, Bernhard
Gunter, among others.
www.nonvisualobjects.com