Ralph Lichtensteiger
"sonorité sans mémoire I":

[1] I commencer · démarrage · 5:02
[2] II retour · attardé · 11:34
[3] III ordre · désordre · 4:12
[4] IV voyage acoustique · 20:11
[5] V danse · chanson enfantine · 7:35
[6] VI paysage musicaux [extérieur] · 29:19
Total time: 77:55

Ralph Lichtensteiger : piano, double bass/Track [4], percussion, gong, timpani, vibraphone, xylophone, glockenspiel, congas, cymbals, gurgle shells/Track [5], whistle, mod. violin/Track [4]

Track [1] Inscribed material : Study No. 9 (Studies 2000, Klang/Fragment disc 4)
Track [4] Inscribed material : Study No. 5/2nd (Studies 2000, Klang/Fragment disc 3)
Track [6] Software instrument : FontanaMixer 1.0 by Dr. Karlheinz Essl, generative sound environment based on "Fontana Mix" (1958) by John Cage

Digital environment recording : Jan. 12, 13 and Feb. 9, 2005 via Sony DAT-Recorder (ZA5ES)
Digital piano recording : Feb. 2005 (Roland RD-150)
Percussion recording : Nov./Dec. 2004

Realization/Software : Digidesign ProTools HD 7, Spark LE Plus 2.8.1, Spongefork [4], FontanaMixer [6]

In this set of compositions 'spatial sensation' (in terms of landscape, paysage musicaux) becomes important as in my prior work 'Two Places' (2005). Also the following terms have been guidelines in the process of composition: order/disorder, airy/heavy, voyage, female voice, transitions.

In "paysage musicaux [extérieur]" (Track 6) Dr. Karlheinz Essl's software tool FontanaMixer 1.0 (generative sound environment) was utilized. The tool was fed with short female voice samples, digital drum snippets, and animal voice samples. The 2nd and 3rd part of "paysage musicaux" is in the works.