Album Notes

Loosenings - a strict daily routine of loosening.
Inevitably lacking discipline, the routine gets neglected; sleep is nurtured.
Still, once in a while a nice achievement.

Five instruments, one mathematical model of the human vocal tract.
Effortless control over muscles, breathing never an issue.
'Cricothyroid slowly from 0,1 to 0,17!' - Levator Palatini under highly virtual tension.
Yet the sphincter is ever loose.

Many thanks to Herrn Dr. Serner for the title; on loan to be returned shortly.

Commissioned by Aufstieg Schallquelle (SQ) and Daghdha Dance Company, published by Aufstieg AV, aav0601.

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Volkmar Klien works in various areas of the sonic arts; from electronica to interactive installations, from sonic interventions to instrumental compositions. Presentations of his work have included concerts and installations at festivals and institutions such as Ballett Frankfurt, Volksoper Wien, the Institute for Contemporary Art London, Wien Modern, the ZKM Karlsruhe and the Huddersfield Festival of Contemporary Music.

Born 1971 near Vienna he studied composition at the city's University of Music and Performing Arts and philosophy at the University of Vienna. 1997 - 2002 he spent in London working as a freelance artist, a researcher at the Royal College of Arts and external lecturer at the London Institute. He gained a PhD in electroacoustic composition from City University London and currently works as a researcher at the Austrian institute for artificial intelligence (OFAI) and teaches at Vienna's university for music and performing arts.

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Aufstieg SQ:

Gottfried Rabl conductor
Weiping Lin violin
Elaine Koene viola
Sabine Zwick clarinet
Alexander Krenn trumpet
Balazs Sebestyen trombone
Volkmar Klien electronics