Stefan Goldmann
Call and Response
Stefan Goldmann's 'Call and Response' has been crafted entirely from artificial reverb and nothing else: historic and contemporary units, responding only to brief electronic impulses (clicks).
Sfera
Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988) was an Italian composer and rather unusual pioneer of electronic music. His works are neither based on traditional techniques nor do they resemble concepts of the 'new music' avant-garde. Since the 1950s he recorded improvisations on the ondiola (an early electronic instrument) to magnetic tape, often in multiple layers. These recordings were then transcribed into scores by his assistants – probably constituting the first attempt at making electronic music heard throu…
Strictures, Livres I & II (Tape)
The works on this cassette are based on a historic recording of "Structures I" by Pierre Boulez. Tom Schneider cut it into shreds – samples which he then mapped onto a MIDI keyboard, ready to be played freely while pulverising any overarching structure. In addition to improvisational reshuffles, acts of sock-puppetry join the resulting collection: The thinking behind other seminal works for piano such as John Cage's "4'33" and Helmut Lachenmann's "Guero" are linked to the audio or parametric co…
Presets - Digital Shortcuts to Sound
For his first book, Presets - Digital Shortcuts to Sound, Stefan Goldmann has talked to industry leaders, programmers, producers, musicians, and fine artists to collect a comprehensive description of the world of preset audio. From synthesis to sample libraries, from instrument emulations and gear cloning to automated composition and performance, Goldmann explores short cuts in electronic music, classical and traditional musics, guitar rock, and fine arts. Disruptive gear and iconic preset…