Bimanual Complexity from Construction Sounds by Schneider TM

Schneider TM - Construction Sounds

1. Construction Sounds 13:36
2. Container 06:15
3. Pneumanisch 01:40
4. Grinder In The Sky 08:24
5. Container Redux 01:25
6. Bimanual Complexity 10:42

This is an album based on field recordings of construction sites that i made between 2001 and 2009 whilst living and working in one of the most vibrant renovation areas of Berlin. The idea for this project came along when i realised that my own, mostly improvised electronic music started to imitate the sounds and structures of the construction sites that i was surrounded by for so many years, up to 15 hours a day, 6 days a week and which drove me to the brink of mental meltdown every once in a while. To keep sane, i started recording and kind of enjoying the sounds and patterns which the construction workers were creating and realised that they consciously or unconciously also used their tools as sound devices and even reacted to each other in ways which could be perceived as improvised music.
On this album i combined some of these moments with my own electronic recordings from that time. I didn‘t edit, process and arrange the music too much, because i wanted these original moments, which were played by the unknown working men and which sometimes reach something that i would call cosmic music, to be heard.
D.D. 2012

Tracklist

6.	Bimanual Complexity	10:42

Credits

from Construction Sounds, track released September 28, 2012
music by Dirk Dresselhaus
published by Bureau B Songs

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