Constellations, by Michael Kiedaisch / Open_Music Ensemble

Constellations

by Michael Kiedaisch / Open_Music Ensemble

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1.	Jupiter habite dans la neuvième maison 04:11	info	buy track
2.	Les dauphins de Neptune 02:17	info	buy track
3.	Le destin d’Urano 02:36	info	buy track
4.	Saturn mange ses enfants 03:07	info	buy track
5.	La marche de Huitzilopochtli (Mars) 05:44	info	buy track
6.	La terre souffre de ses enfants 06:17	info	buy track
7.	Mercure et son entourage 02:38	info	buy track
8.	Face à Venus 06:48	info	buy track

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Prospects 3: CONSTELLATIONS – Conjunctions/Oppositions

This third issue of the Open_Music series AUSSICHTEN (Prospects) is produced by the composer/percussionist Michael Kiedaisch, who writes:

"With my guidelines for PROSPECTS 3 – CONSTELLATIONS, I tried to give the players concrete instructions for their contributions. This went from the creation of scores with precisely specified sequences and actions for some pieces to purely atmospheric descriptions for others. On the one hand, I wanted to articulate my concept of the individual pieces precisely, and on the other hand, I wanted to leave as much "leeway" as possible. It would have been a pity to neglect the creative potential of the players, not to allow them to offer other ideas than those articulated by me. Thus, in the course of the recording process, the pieces have taken on a life of their own, a wonderful mixture of my specifications and the contributions that go beyond them. I am very excited and grateful about this process of development and change.

In addition to the members of the Open Music Ensemble, "Constellations" features Élise Dabrowski (Paris) as a guest, whom I knew from other projects as a wonderful singer and double bassist. Her contributions significantly shaped some of the pieces, such as "Face à Venus," in which she added Paul Eluard's poem "L'extase" as a textual basis. This is also the reason why I chose French titles for all the pieces. The reference to the 8 planets arose spontaneously during the search for titles and is purely playful, associative."

English titles:

1. Jupiter Lives in the Ninth House
2. Neptune's Dolphins
3. The Fate of Uranus
4. Saturn Eats his Children
5. The March of Huitzilopochtli (Mars)
6. The Earth Suffers at the Hands of its Children
7. Mercury and his Entourage
8. Regarding Venus

AUSSICHTEN (PROSPECTS) 2021 is a monthly series of audio productions by the public service non-profit cultural organisation Open_Music e.V. in Stuttgart, Germany. This is the third digital album in the series, which began in April and will continue through October 2021. It is made possible by generous grants from the City of Stuttgart and the Wüstenrot Foundation.

Website (German): openmusic.de
Facebook (English/German): www.facebook.com/OM.Stuttgart
Contakt: scott@open-music.eu

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released June 21, 2021

Open_Music Ensemble:
Michael Kiedaisch – Composer, producer, vibraphone & percussion | Felix Borel – violin, viola | Felix Behringer – clarinet, bass clarinet | Jürgen Kruse – piano | Scott Roller – cello | Roderik Vanderstraeten – Moog Matriarch, mixing and mastering | and special guest Élise Dabrowski (Paris) – contrabass and voice.

AUSSICHTEN (PROSPECTS) 2021 is a monthly series of audio productions by the public service non-profit cultural organisation Open_Music e.V. in Stuttgart, Germany. This is the third digital album in the series, which began in April and will continue through October 2021. It is made possible by generous grants from the City of Stuttgart and the Wüstenrot Foundation.

Website (German): openmusic.de
Facebook (English/German): www.facebook.com/OM.Stuttgart
Contakt: scott@open-music.eu

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Open_Music e.V. is a non-profit organization in Stuttgart, Germany, founded in 2005. It is a platform for musical improvisation, creative collaborations between all art forms and education. Open_Music has been awarded a wide range of prizes/distinctions and has been institutionally supported by the City of Stuttgart since 2012 ... more

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