Herbert Eimert - Epitaph fur Aikichi Kuboyama, Sechs Studien
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Label: Wergo
Cat No: WER67732
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Release Date: 8th April 2013
Contents
Artists
Richard Munch (speaker)Studio fur elektronische Musik im Westdeutschen Rundfunk Koln
Works
Epitaph fur Aikichi KuboyamaSechs Studien
Artists
Richard Munch (speaker)Studio fur elektronische Musik im Westdeutschen Rundfunk Koln
About
The fisherman Aikichi Kuboyama died of radiation poisoning after five months and became the first long-distance fatality of the nuclear age. The poetic epitaph for Kuboyama, or more precisely the sound material drawn from the inscription spoken in German, forms the basis of the present tape composition: “Of all the sound spectra known to us, that of the spoken word is not only the richest and most complex, but also the one most similar to electronically produced sounds.” (Eimert)
By using electronic equipment such as loudspeakers, tape recorders, amplifiers and filters, the stream of spoken words is always present under the surface as though the inscription on the gravestone constantly flows past the listener’s ears in ever-shifting transformations of sound.
Eimert’s 'Sechs Studien' [Six Studies], composed immediately after 'Epitaph', was created from the same source material. In contrast to 'Epitaph' 'Sechs Studien' uses only abstract musical sounds: that is, sounds in whose spectrum the spoken word can no longer be recognised.
The recordings were originally published on LP in 1966.
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