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BERNHARD LANG: Voice and Ensemble (3 CDs)

Catalogue No.: 
0022300KAI
EAN Code: 
9120010283000
Artist(s): 
Sarah Maria Sun, ensemble proton bern, soyuz21 – contemporary music ensemble zurich
Composer(s): 
Bernhard Lang
Recording Date: 
18-19 Dec 2022, 29 Jan - 1 Feb 2023
Recording Venue: 
Tonstudio Karel Valter, Waldenburg/Switzerland; Studio 2, Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich/Germany
Release: 
January 2024

Bernhard Lang’s album "Voice and Ensemble" offers a sonic journey through three distinct compositions. In Das Hirn he juxtaposes a solo voice with a chamber ensemble, capturing the end-time force of Dürrenmatt’s text through intense recitation and dynamic structures. The Travel Agency is on Fire explores William S. Burroughs’ cut-up experiments, referencing his innovative techniques in an electro-acoustic piece enriched with synthesizers, samplers, and a processed electric guitar. In DW 16.4 ‘Songbook I.4,’ Lang transforms pop songs into a shattered past using the cut-up/scrambler program Abulafia. Lyrics undergo fragmented reconstruction, accompanied by damaged beats and scratch loops, creating a distinctive sonic landscape.

CD 1
Bernhard Lang
Das Hirn (2021) for voice, eight instruments and video
1.
I. Teil
22:12
2.
II. Teil: Game 9-4.9
05:48
3.
II. Teil
16:00
4.
IV. Teil: Aria
05:10
CD 2
The Travel Agency is on Fire (2020) for voice, five instruments, playback, video and live-loops
1.
Section 1 - Ouverture
03:21
2.
Section 2–3 – Round 1–6
06:33
3.
Dream Machine 1
02:02
4.
Round 7–10
05:50
5.
Dream Machine 2
06:56
6.
Round 11-12
05:39
7.
Dream Machine 3
07:23
8.
Section 4 – Round 13–15 – Section 5 – Round 16
13:40
9.
Dream Machine 4
07:11
CD 3
DW 16.4 ‘Songbook I.4’ (2021) for voice, saxophone, electric guitar, piano and drums/percussion
1.
The Watchtower
05:23
2.
Ophelia
14:56
3.
Count 2.4
03:15
4.
Burning Sister
04:37
5.
Another Door for Jenny
04:44
Total Time: 
02:20:57