raumforderung
by EMERGE
In 2024, one of Augsburg's most impressive industrial monuments will be 70 years old. Since 1954, the large disk-type gas holder of the gasworks in the Oberhausen district has dominated the Augsburg skyline. Even today, when the gasworks has been transformed into a cultural quarter, it is probably the most fascinating building on the site - thanks to its dimensions and unique acoustics. To mark its anniversary, we would like to bring its very special atmosphere to life. The medium for this is sound - understood as sound as well as music. There are three reasons for this: Like the gas that once filled the enormous tank, sound spreads in all directions. Through the echo they produce, the vibrations make the unique spatial quality inside the disk gas tank audible.
On September 8th there will be an electroacoustic live-installation and a foto exhibition at the gas holder: reflexionsac.wordpress.com/2024/06/18/schalltrichter-scheibentank/
ACU 1077
factory-produced CDr in Digisleeve
Released in 2024
limited to 50 copies
price: 8.00 EUR (excl. postage)
this album was composed for the live event "Schalltrichter & Scheibentank"
@ Gaswerk, Augsburg, 08.09.24
(also performing: elektrojudas, Tom Simonetti, Gerald Fiebig)
www.facebook.com/events/1200294834305820
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field recordings, sound recycling and design by EMERGE
photography by Wilfried Hanrath
thanks to Susanne Thoma (crafftwerk.de)
EMERGE is also & always der Bund des dritten Auges
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VITAL WEEKLY
In Vital Weekly 1442, I reviewed the previous release by Emerge, a.k.a. Sascha Stadlmeier, which was a rerelease from 2018 and actually recorded in 2014. For ‘Raumforderung’. we’re talking really really fresh work because it was specially composed for the live event ‘Schalltrichter & Scheibentank’ at Gaswerk in Augsburg. And this took place at September 8th of this year, only two weeks ago. One of the things the Augsburg skyline is known for is the large disk-type gasholder, which now has a cultural function and is better known as Gaswerk. And Augsburg being the hometown of Sascha means something had to be done. A concert, a special release, manipulation of field recordings, exhibition…
In two tracks, Emerge draws an audio painting of the gasholder. My guess is that the field recordings that formed the basics of this were recorded inside, outside and around the gasholder and that there is a lot of granular and other sample manipulation. Where the first part is quite droney/noisy, the second part emphasizes the spatial aspects through the massive use of reverb on down-pitched sounds. But the beauty here is in the resonant structures revealed by this method. Playing in a room with an echo/reverb like this (just Google Augsburg Gaswerk to see what it looks like) you simply have to work with the resonance of it. And even if you didn’t attend the concert, the second track indicates the resonance.
Literally translated, ‘raumforderung’ means claiming space, and this release makes the space the 80-meter cylinder takes audible. The creepiness and darkness of the tracks coincide with the fact that the use of fossil fuels is bad for the environment, the climate, people’s health and many other things. So the fact that use of the gasholder contributed to that makes it a very contemplative release. Nice work!
Additionally, there is the digital-only release ‘Raumforderungen’, where over 40 artists used the original field recordings by Emerge to create a track of their own. For a mere four euros, you get over 4 hours of music, enabling you to investigate the spaciousness of the gasholder and the inspirational aspects of European industrial heritage.
https://www.vitalweekly.net/number-1453/
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