ruderals
free improvisation
Karlheinz Essl – computer
Martin Mallaun – zither
Dumps, waysides, industrial waste lands — lush vegetation issues
forth everywhere in the wake of human retreat. Plants come in with
the wind, with the birds, creep out of the earth itself. The
emerging landscape is haphazard, rich in species, in constant flux.
Spontaneous structures come and go. Planning is not necessary for
this unfolding of events, the protagonists themselves determine the
outcome.
ruderals [wild vegetation] is a product of the musical encounter
between two singular musicians — Karlheinz Essl, prominent spokesman
of the European improvisational scene, with his self-developed
computer instrument
m@ze°2
, and Martin Mallaun, eminent sound researcher and innovator on the
zither, a traditional instrument of the Alps. Far from the
well-trodden paths of computer and zither “music” they break new
ground, gaining unaccustomed musical perspectives, yielding a
surprisingly rich world of sounds.