Nature Denatured and Found Again

by Michael Pisaro-Liu

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The Wandelweiser collective composer delivers a stunning five-part electroacoustic work heavily reliant on field recordings captured in natural environments. The album meticulously interweaves the sounds of rushing water, bird calls, and rustling leaves with exceptionally subtle, sustained instrumental tones, challenging the listener to distinguish between organic environments and composed soundscapes.

Genres

  • Musique concrète
  • Reductionism
  • Nature Recordings

Tracklist

  1. Disc 1: Fissures in Green (2011) 1.1 Rain at the Station
  2. Disc 1: Fissures in Green (2011) 1.2 Still Life with Cicadas, Waterfall and Radu
  3. Disc 1: Fissures in Green (2011) 1.3 Silent Prayer
  4. Disc 1: Fissures in Green (2011) 1.4 Langhalsen
  5. Disc 2: Pathsplitter (Yellow-Red) (2012) 2.1 Canon a2
  6. Disc 2: Pathsplitter (Yellow-Red) (2012) 2.2 Canon a3
  7. Disc 2: Pathsplitter (Yellow-Red) (2012) 2.3 Canon a4
  8. Disc 2: Pathsplitter (Yellow-Red) (2012) 2.4 Canon a5
  9. Disc 3: Landscape in Black and Grey (2013) 3.1 The Chords of the Grosse Mühl
  10. Disc 3: Landscape in Black and Grey (2013) 3.2 Six-Part Panorama
  11. Disc 3: Landscape in Black and Grey (2013) 3.3 Building A World
  12. Disc 3: Landscape in Black and Grey (2013) 3.4 The Disappearance of a World
  13. Disc 4: White Light Under the Door (2014) 4.1 Electricity
  14. Disc 4: White Light Under the Door (2014) 4.2 Heat
  15. Disc 4: White Light Under the Door (2014) 4.3 Light
  16. Disc 4: White Light Under the Door (2014) 4.4 Gas
  17. Disc 5: Hellgrün (Small New World) (2015) 5.1 Malachite
  18. Disc 5: Hellgrün (Small New World) (2015) 5.2 Bird Warnings
  19. Disc 5: Hellgrün (Small New World) (2015) 5.3 The River is a Green Brown God
  20. Disc 5: Hellgrün (Small New World) (2015) 5.4 Emerald Twilight