Arturas Bumsteinas - Retorta ver.1 ...
/1 charging 577 seconds
/2 opsound 602 seconds
/3 moc art* 653 seconds
/4 uonsed 698 seconds
*with Liudas Mockunas on saxophones

"Charging" was made from small sounds deriving from random techno tracks those were found lurking in the hardisc of my computer. Also additional layers of sine waves and close-up microphone sounds were included. "Charging" was recorded in one-day recording session (2003/08/?).
"Opsound" was premiered in Launch Option Berlin fetival in BuroFriedrich Gallery (2003/07/24). This composition was part of audiovisual performance "Low" by G-Lab.
"Moc Art" is a composition concisting from field recordings, sounds generated on computer and saxophone part performed by Liudas Mockunas. Mockunas is a prominent improvized musician living in Lithuania and Denmark. Final overdub of "Moc Art" was done in the studio of Lithuanian National Drama Theater (2003/09/01).
"Uonsed" uses wide spectrum of sounds from: old Russian synthesizer Polyvox, tape noises, sine waves, turntable sounds by Dj Pitt, voices from Antiradical Opera collective. Composition done in summer of 2003.
© 2003 Arturas Bumsteinas
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