(excuse this little side-conversation) No, that's not it - but that also sounds worth checking out!
This thing was definitely *not* jazzy and I don't think it was broken down into tracks. The piece I heard was about 30 minutes long. Or maybe it was actually one minute long and the rest was echoes choes hoes oes es s..? N > Very interesting thread this! > > Nik, that composition... It wouldn't be "Vor der Flut - Hommage an > einen Wasserspeicher" would it? It's this fab recording made in an > old water 'silo' in Cologne/Germany in 1984, just before the > flooding. I've been trying to find info online but it's all (or > mostly anyway) in German. Here's a site with a clip http:// > www.magicmusic.de/shop/de/act/cd/arg/6740/ and here it is on Discogs > http://www.discogs.com/release/1123083 > If this is what you were thinking of I could be persuaded to scan the > album liner notes, which are in both German and English. > I totally love this album and played the A side almost in its > entirety it at our last party in September. : ) > > Anya > > On 1 Nov 2007, at 11:34, Nik Stoltzman wrote: > >>> Not unprecedented. There are pieces that are centuries old that call >>> for brass players positioned all over the auditorium/cathedral/ >>> whatever. >> >> Sorry to hijack the thread (which, incidentally, is very >> interesting) temporarily, but this >> reminds me of a composition I heard once and have been trying to >> track down ever since. >> >> It was written and arranged to be played in an underground grain >> silo. I can't remember the >> composer. Basically, the concept was a number of horn players >> arranged in a circle around the >> perimeter of the circular silo, with the conductor in the centre. >> Each musician would perform >> short stabs such that the echo within the chamber (which could be >> timed quite accurately) would >> allow them to build layers of sound. >> >> I'd love to know what it was. Any clues or leads? >> >> Peace, >> >> N >> >> P.S: OT: Any Londoners going to The Cinematic Orchestra gig tomorrow? >> > >
