The Danish ensemble Contemporánea, co-founded by Ejnar Kanding and Fritz Gerhard Berthelsen in 1997, specializes in music involving acoustic and electronic sound.
Composition History
The work 'Auxiliary Blue' was originally an audio-visual electronic piece created by Frank Bretschneider for the Dexia skyscraper in Brussels.
Composer's Artistic Vision
The two composers, Ejnar Kanding and Frank Bretschneider, linked their artistic methods by creating new pieces from each other's existing compositions.
Composer Biography
Ejnar Kanding, a classically educated, score-writing composer, has used electronics as a 'sparring partner' since the mid-1990s, challenging the boundary between music and the visual.
Recording & Production
Percussionist David Hildebrandt is credited as co-composer for 'A Different Kind of Tension' due to his work on the rhythmic patterns.
Composition History
Frank Bretschneider's 'Difficult Shapes & Passive Rhythms' is a remix of Ejnar Kanding's orchestral work 'Vergeuder der Schmerzen' ('Squanderers of Pains'), inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke's poetry.
Composer Biography
Frank Bretschneider began his career as a self-taught, experimental musician and visual artist in 1980s Berlin, performing with the band AG Geige.
