Bohm, Volker
Endless Undo
Instrumentation: Fender Rhodes, sampling, Metaz electro -acoustic performance toolbox. Sounds/recordings played with pen on a graphic tablet and generative processes, with no traditional playing of instruments or sounds. All software for playback as well as sound transformation is self-developed in Max or C). "My first encounter with Bernard Parmegianis music, when I listened to "tude lastique" (from De Natura Sonorum I) many years ago, turned out to be a big revelation and ear-opener concerning what electronic music could be. From then on I had this idealistic conception in mind of being able to hold a sound in the hands and to treat and manipulate it as if it would be a real object in space. Another constant source of inspiration for me has always been pulse- or beat-based music, be it in the diverse sub-genres of techno music starting from the mid 90ties or in contemporary jazz. It has been an ongoing search to find ways of combining these seemingly contradicting aspects of music making in live performances. The ideal of the tangible sound object has not yet come true, but it has guided me in the development of a live-electronic instrument and language of playing that focuses on gestural and intuitive performance of electro-acoustic sounds that enables spontaneous musical interactions with or without other musicians. Taking these ideas, experiences, tools and instruments from the live performance context to the production studio, with its endless overdub und undo possibilities, adds a whole new spin to the mix."