Published on Monday, December 24th, 2018
DeadComposers.net
DeadComposers.net is a web application announcing the last death anniversaries of composers before their works enter the public domain.
On the website you can browse composers’ death anniversaries.
There is a twitter-bot (@dead_composers) announcing the dates as they occur.
And you can subscribe to an ics-formatted calendar to include a comprehensive collection of composers’ death dates right into your digital calendar application.
deadcomposers.net was built in the hope that artists and composers who – like me – work with material by others, will appreciate a way of exploring who’s work can be used freely and when.
Merry Christmas!
Published on Thursday, December 20th, 2018
Ampro8 back online
The recording of Amproprification #8: EROICA about the first movement of Beethoven’s third symphony is now back online, too
Published on Wednesday, December 12th, 2018
Amproprification Recordings
The Amproprification recordings will come back online soon. A new mix of #6.1 & #6.2 (Palestrina) has recently been published on soundcloud and recordings of a few other pieces will follow very soon.
Published on Saturday, October 27th, 2018
New Instagram Acount
Since a few days there is a new Instagram account on which I will collect everything around the Amproprifications. It is only just starting but there is going to be content added step by step:
Published on Thursday, October 25th, 2018
Amproprification Recordings Offline
After some experiments and long consideration I have decided to take offline most audio recordings of the Amproprifications. I understand now that the difference between the live experience and the recordings is so huge that some major aspects of the pieces are lost.
The setting in which musicians perform an acoustic piece of music that is simultaneously being fragmented and modulated into an electroacoustic one has crucial implications that go far beyond spatialisation. It touches the very core of the series, its purpose and concept. Hence, it feels inappropriate to publish versions of the pieces that are purely electronic and fail to simulate the actual scenario. By taking this decision, I may on one hand lose a part of my audience. On the other, I hope that by limiting those pieces to be experienced in concert settings, I might encourage people to come to those events. Although there are going to be exceptions, most of the Amproprifications seem to be a kind of electroacoustic music that only works in its originally intended format: the concert.
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Published on Thursday, October 18th, 2018
New Piece Announced:
A H C K
an amproprification-performance for two electric guitars and live-electronics
Published on Tuesday, October 2nd, 2018
MA/IN 2018
Amproprification #6 (parts one and two) was awarded a Honorary Mention from the Jury of the MA/IN (Matera Intermedia) Festival 2018 in Matera, Italy.
Amproprification #6 on soundcloud
Published on Monday, October 1st, 2018
Amproprifications @ CDMX
The first solo show featuring my Amproprifications is currently running in the Goethe Institut in Mexico City. It will be open until January 9, 2019.