MusicFor1Singer+LiveElectronics+Playback_4 by Alex Nowitz

Music for a Singer with Live-Electronics (stimmflieger [voice kite]) and 10-Speaker Playback (2008)
Part 4 (05:15)

Track 04 from the CD HOMO LUDENS by ALEX NOWITZ
Music: Alex Nowitz
Text: Fragments from William Shakespeare’s Sonnet 66 as well as from the composer-performer’s sound poetry.

Interpreter: Alex Nowitz
Live at the Schaubühne, recorded during a May 2008 performance at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz as part of the theatre performance of DIE STADT by Martin Crimp and DER SCHNITT by Mark Ravenhill, both directed by Thomas Ostermeier.
Recording and sound engineer: Sven Poser.

The musicians on the playback are: Peter Rainer (violins), Nikolaus Schlierf (violas), Claudius von Wrochem (cellos), Matthias Bauer (contrabasses), Theo Nabicht (bass clarinets), Hjörleifur Jónsson (percussion).

The music for the playback was recorded at AudioCue Tonlabor Berlin (Rainer Robben) and at the Schaubühne Berlin; sound engineer, recording and mastering: Sven Poser.

Further Information:
The live electronics as applied is called ‘stimmflieger’ [voice kite] using two Wii-Remotes, a computer, interface and a wireless network. The sampling software was developed from 2007 to 08 together with the great support and help by Daniel Schorno, Frank Baldé and Robert van Heumen at STEIM (STudio for Electro-Instrumental Music) in Amsterdam.

The video recording of Musik für einen Sänger mit Live-Elektronik und Zuspiel für zehn Lautsprecher as well as the article “Voice and Live Electronics using Remotes as Gestural Controllers” were published in eContact!, an electronic journal of the Canadian Electroacoustic Community (Oct. 2008):
https://econtact.ca/10_4/nowitz_voicelive.html