Kontakte f眉r elektronische Kl盲nge, Klavier und Schlagzeug

by Karlheinz Stockhausen

Kontakte f眉r elektronische Kl盲nge, Klavier und Schlagzeug cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1966
  • Label: WERGO
  • Country: Germany
  • Community rating: 4.03/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Stockhausen manipulates spatial dynamics by distributing electronic tape sounds across four discrete channels, interacting live with piano and percussion. The piece explores the acoustic boundaries between pitch, duration, and volume, presenting a highly structural, atonal approach to electroacoustic music.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, atonal, electronic, experimental, lo-fi, piano, percussive

Tracklist

  1. Kontakte, Teil 1
  2. Kontakte, Teil 2

Credits

  • Karlheinz Stockhausen - primary artist, composed by, electronics [elektronischer teil]
  • G眉nther Stiller - design
  • Christoph Caskel - drums [schlagzeug], soloist [schlagzeug]
  • Gottfried Michael Koenig - electronics [elektronischer teil]
  • David Tudor - piano, piano [klavier], drums [schlagzeug], soloist [klavier]

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