Kurzwellen

by Karlheinz Stockhausen

Kurzwellen cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 1969
  • Label: Deutsche Grammophon
  • Country: Germany
  • Community rating: 3.92/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The titan of the avant-garde commands a small ensemble to react improvisationally to random signals pulled live from shortwave radio receivers. The resulting electroacoustic collisions highlight a deeply process-oriented compositional philosophy, completely destroying the barrier between spontaneous performance and structured serialism.

Genres

Descriptors: avant-garde, electronic, experimental, lo-fi, radio, improvisational

Tracklist

  1. Aufnahme Durch Radio Bremen, Fassung Vom 4. Mai 1968
  2. Aufnahme Durch Radio Bremen, Fassung Vom 4. Mai 1968 (Fortsetzung)
  3. Aufnahme Durch WDR K枚ln, Fassung Vom 8./9. April 1969
  4. Aufnahme Durch WDR K枚ln, Fassung Vom 8./9. April 1969 (Fortsetzung)

Credits

  • Mary Bauermeister - illustration [r眉ckseite: silent waves]
  • Harald Boj茅 - keyboards [electronium]
  • Alfred Alings - percussion [tamtam]
  • Rolf Gehlhaar - percussion [tamtam], sleeve notes [english translation]
  • Aloys Kontarsky - piano
  • Henri Pousseur - sleeve notes [french translation]
  • Thea Pousseur - sleeve notes [french translation]
  • Johannes G. Fritsch - viola [electric viola]

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