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Bells ringing air moving

Slamming the hangar door

Woof!

Distorted sbirofono (waterphone)

Listening to too much Morricone here in Palermo

Khomus

Miele Honeycomb Care washer-dryer delay

Urban melody

Horse bell struck with a wooden prayer bowl beater

This is a recording of turning my ventilator, a Technolux, off, so there is first a two-second ventilator sound (level 3 out of 3, so it sounds like a quick rotation, the microphone wears a windshield, but still one hears the wind distortion of the mic lightly), than a click of me turning it off, a rather quick decay of the click and a longer one of the ventilator getting slower. If I am not wrong, one hears the reflections of Brussels-centre on a sunny afternoon in September 2016, entering through my open window, once the ventilator is still. I recorded my ventilator for an audio guide that I am doing these days for a city in the German-speaking part of Belgium, Eupen. They run a fantastic music festival called Meakusma. I will send people away from the beats into the wild, where they are invited to listen to recordings and perform some little choreographies. The ventilator will be the background noise for them touching the grass like a good old hippy or a baby.

Two suspended finger cymbals struck together

Every low note on piano with muted string

Gentle cymbal crash on my son's drum kit

Strings struck and rising from below

Burst of electronic noise followed by distant footsteps and a gently closing door

Sliding a nail polish bottle on surface

Loud silence. Metallic tone grows, crashes, fades.

Muffled cymbal

Farfisa

Discordant string chord

TOBIA POLTRONIERI

Tobia Poltronieri is a Verona-based singer, songwriter and guitarist who will take part in Miles Cooper Seaton’s residency in the Oto Project Space from 26-30 September 2016, as well as the UK premiere of Seaton’s work Transient Music #2 on 4 October 2016.

SERGE VUILLE

Serge Vuille leads the Swiss percussion ensemble We Spoke, which creates and performs new works on “Living Instruments” made of microorganisms, on 4 April 2017.

CASSANDRA MILLER

Two new pieces by the Canadian composer Cassandra Miller will receive their world premiere on 7 February 2017: one performed by Plus-Minus Ensemble; the other by the soprano Juliet Fraser.

ALESSANDRO CAU

Alessandro Cau is a Sardinian drummer and percussionist who will take part in Miles Cooper Seaton’s residency in the Oto Project Space from 26-30 September 2016, as well as the UK premiere of Seaton’s work Transient Music #2 on 4 October 2016.

MILES COOPER SEATON

Miles Cooper Seaton presents a week-long residency in the Oto Project Space from 26-30 September 2016, as well as the UK premiere of his work Transient Music #2 on 4 October 2016.

AYAN-OOL SAM

Ayan-ool Sam performs Tuvan throat singing on 1 November 2016.

JULIET FRASER

Juliet Fraser performs two world premieres by Cassandra Miller – one for solo voice, one as part of Plus-Minus Ensemble – on 7 February 2017.

ANNA BERIT ASP CHRISTENSEN

Anna Berit Asp Christensen is the artistic director of the Danish ensemble Scenatet, which performs new work by Matt Rogers and Sally O’Reilly – a Kammer Klang commission – on 2 May 2017.

LINDA JANKOWSKA

Linda Jankowska is a founding member of Distractfold, which performs on 4 October 2016.

DAVID HELBICH

David Helbich performs on 2 May 2017.

EMMANUELLE FLEUROT

Emmanuelle Fleurot is a member of Explore Ensemble, which performs on 4 April 2017.

ALEX HILLS

Alex Hills’ new piece for 12 Ensemble, OutsideIn, will receive its world premiere on 1 November 2016.

ENNO SENFT

Enno Senft is a member of the London Sinfonietta and performs Hanne Darboven’s Opus 17a on 13 December 2016.

PHILLIP GRANELL

Phillip Granell is the artistic director of Phaedra Ensemble, which performs Leo Chadburn’s The Indistinguishables on 7 March 2017.

MATTHEW ROGERS

Matthew Rogers and Sally O’Reilly will compose new works for the Danish ensemble Scenatet, a Kammer Klang commission, to be performed on 2 May 2017.

CHRISTINE SUN KIM

Christine Sun Kim performs on 7 February 2017.

KLARA LEWIS

Klara Lewis performs on 7 March 2017.

LUCY RAILTON

Lucy Railton, the cellist who founded and now co-curates Kammer Klang, will perform Henning Christiansen's Requiem of Art (NYC) – Fluxorum Organum (1967-68) with Apartment House on 6 June 2017.

ROBERT TORCHE

Robert Torche is the sound designer for the “Living Instruments” project, in which the Swiss percussion ensemble We Spoke performs new works on instruments made of microorganisms, on 4 April 2017.

ELOISA-FLEUR THOM

Eloisa-Fleur Thom is the artistic director of the London-based string orchestra 12 Ensemble, which performs a new work by Alex Hills on 1 November 2016.

CHAMBER SOUND

A new piece created for Kammer Klang by Claudia Molitor, offering a sonic glimpse inside each of our artists’ studios.
Thanks to Christine Sun Kim for advice on accessibility.