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An dieser stelle wollen wir ab und zu ein_e Komponist_in oder Gruppe vorstellen. Den anfang macht Carl Maria von Hausswolff aus Schweden, dessen nicht weniger berühmte töchter musikerinnen sind, mit seine elektronischen, elektro-akustischen minimalsounds, die oft in einen politischen kontext gestellt werden. Discogs schreibt: "Swedish composer, visual artist and curator, born 13 October 1956 in Linköping, Sweden. Father of Maria Von Hausswolff and Anna von Hausswolff. He lives and works in Stockholm, and had since the end of the 70s worked as a composer using the tape recorder as his main instrument.
He has often collaborated with other artists (such as Erik Pauser, Leif Elggren, Andrew McKenzie, Johan Söderberg, Zbigniew Karkowski, Graham Lewis, David Jackman, Jean-Louis Huhta and Kim Cascone). He devised the concept and is the curator of the Freq_Out sound collective. Hausswolff's audiovisual works have also found outlets in pictorial art.
On the 27th of May 1992 at 12 Noon GMT, alongside Leif Elggren, he proclaimed the Kingdom of Elgaland-Vargaland, a new country established as a work of art.
Kontakt: thomas [at] fsk-hh [dot] org

Ragnar Grippes album "Sand" ist vor kurzer zeit in den USA wieder neu aufgelegt worden und für viele ist diese in den 70er jahren entstande komposition ein klassiker der minimal musik. Aber da gibt es noch ein paar tonträger mehr von Grippe, wie diese vorliegenden eher elektro-akustIsche arbeiten, aber mit einen starken fokus auf das elektronische. Wer ist Ragnar Grippe? Hier eine kurze info: Ragnar Grippe electronic music since 40 years with films and modern dance in his repertoire, la musique concrète and lectures as his trademark.

Ragnar Grippe has worked in film, modern dance, composed instrumental music and collaborated with many artists in exhibitions at places like Musée d'Art Moderne, Paris, Malmö Konsthall. Films range from Jönssonligan to TV sitcom Svensson Svensson, roadmovie Remdriven and several feature movies such as Kejsaren with its electronic score. The virtual acoustics in recent Grippe compositions such as the 8th Abstraction, Napoli Down, Crushing Silence, the Cellist, 1952, Ligne de Faille, Spider's Web and Tomorrow, add a new dimension to the stereo listening - Grippe refers to this phenomenon as double exposure virtual acoustics. The blend of harmonic material with the roots of musique concrète together with rhythmical elements makes Grippe's music differ from much of the electronic music scene(zitiert von seiner website). Die titel der platte: Situation I
(Voice, Guitar, Recorder, Organ [Electronic], Congas, Electronics [Tone Generators] – Ragnar Grippe), Chamber Music (Sounds [Street Noise, Orchestral Sounds], Guitar, Piano, Voice, Edited By, Mixed By – Ragnar Grippe),Ur Undrens Tid (Organ [Electronic], Recorder, Sounds [Orchestral Sounds, Short Wave Noise], Voice, Congas – Ragnar Grippe,Vocals [Narrator] – Magareta Stevenson),Capriccio
(Piano, Electronics [Radio, Tone Generator], Mixed By – Ragnar Grippe).
Kontakt: thomas [at] fsk-hh [dot] org