August 2011

A record contract

After such a long time I signed a record contract again today. No, not for a solo CD, but for a remix of my piece "Crime" from the early 80s. The French group "Spaceships Are Cool" has taken the title and processed it in a contemporary way. The result is a song worth listening to on a more listenable CD called " SERIOUSLY, ERIC? Vol. 3" It will be released in September. The old version of Crime can still be heard on last.fm More will come as soon as I know something more precise.  ...

(2011) Strange Attractor2

Originally intended as a supplement to Strange Attractor 1, this piece developed in a completely different way. The painter and counter-reformer Wolfgang Petrick approached me and asked if I would like to do the soundtrack for the video of his exhibition at Falckenberg Collection (Hamburg-Harburg). Since his paintings, drawings and sculptures are heavily layered and often are often carry symbolic dynamic swirls, I decided to use the layer concept of Strange Atractor 1 without the sensor technology here. (…but kept the methodology with chance and track shifts, as well an alienation through audio mulch) The result is a twelve-minute sound experience that supports...