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Shimmering heat, gentle wind. A car drives along a highway and disappears into the horizon. The opening of the solo double bass piece things happening refers to the impression of a film scene by David Lynch set in the Mexican desert. Borboudakis constructs spaces. Sound spaces, associative spaces. Situations and relationships, moods and images, texts, words, and myths inspire the composer. This creation of sounds is closely linked to different processes of transformation, in particular electronic processes, which can be heard in the five solo works on this recording. Noises, sounds, phrases, motifs, chords, and gestures become sound aggregates which shift from one state to the next, oppose each other, and can be precisely pinpointed. Borboudakis’ long-term friendships with musicians of der/gelbe/klang, their close collaboration, and experimenting with the possibilities of each instrument allowed him to write pieces tailor-made for the ensemble. Each piece also tells its own story. They are atmospheric pictures that confront the performer with his or her own limits – physically and mentally – and take the listeners on a journey. Synthetic processes of defamiliarization remove corporeality from the sound, fracturing it. This important stylistic device generates intensity and internal tension. 

In co-production with BR KLASSIK, er/gelbe/klang has recorded solo works by Minas Borboudakis. A very personal project, as all the works were written especially for the members of the ensemble. A wonderful testimony to the artistic friendship between Minas and der/gelbe/klang.

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