I’ve resumed my art practice of the “annual oil painting”
These oil studies are a parallel to my music journey. Amid diverse material and color trials, oil on canvas remains my preferred mode. Unlike music and design, my paintings never really came to the fore.
Presenting “Radius 1,” my 2023 piece. More variations on this motif can be expected, as circular forms recur in my work anyway. I embrace simplicity in shapes and compositions, even in canvas shape; so, most of them have a square shape, which still seems unusual for some.
“Music always has this quality of like pointing out to something I always knew ever since, there’s a certain wholeness, I don’t have to worry about and music seems to point out to that and then meditation is something in the same way, and it also gives me this sense of coming home, being home. I can now be at any place and if I meditate I remember that I’m home”.
This conversation with Anita Soukizy took place in Berlin following a recording session with David Rothenberg and Ali Sayah and a group meditation session led by me. We talked about the hook that led me into the music world, my first album, and some of my remarkable productions. We also delved into the meaning of dreams and meditation and their impact on music.
Like a merry-go-round, the sound pieces repeat on a rotating principle. Everything spins and twists like a bunch of amusement rides. Together they form a sonic backdrop to a fairground of curiosities. The undulating movement of the chain carousel can be seen from afar. Above this scenery, pilots experiment with self-crafted flying vehicles. Acrobats, ventriloquists and bear tamers are in ecstasy as the sound of engines, sonic booms and rides mix. Balloonists rise for the first time. The dance begins.
Like a merry-go-round, the sound pieces repeat on a rotating principle. Everything spins and twists like a bunch of amusement rides. Together they form a sonic backdrop to a fairground of curiosities. The undulating movement of the chain carousel can be seen from afar. Above this scenery, pilots experiment with self-crafted flying vehicles. Acrobats, ventriloquists and bear tamers are in ecstasy as the sound of engines, sonic booms and rides mix. Balloonists rise for the first time. The dance begins.
credits
The tracks “Wolkenschieber”, “Drehfunkfeuer” and “Machscher Kegel” were recorded live at Site XXXIX, Berlin-Kreuzberg on May 13th, 2023.
Bernhard Wöstheinrich: Sequencer, Keyboards & Synthesizer Lukas Radiomodul: Loopmachine Mathieu Sylvestre (SONUS EORUM): Looper and Electronics, Real-time Sound Transformations Volker Lankow: Samples and Drones
David Rothenberg: Bass Clarinet, on “Euler Kreisel” and “Propane & Champagne” Jay Nicholas: bass, on “Euler Kreisel”
Edited & produced by Mathieu Sylvestre and Lukas Radiomodul Mastering by Markus Reuter
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As a variation of my occasional collaborative sessions with my friends Volker Lankow and Andreas von Garnier in Andreas’ studio, the Wilhelmshagen Sessions, this album presents a unique twist. Rather than a collective effort, it features an isolated track, taken out of context, that I recorded in the studio, meticulously edited and processed to create an immersive and expansive ambient experience.
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