Arturo Fuentes, the Mexican-Austrian composer, aims to create a "sonic labyrinth" in his music, where listeners can get lost.
Composer Biography
Arturo Fuentes, born in Mexico in 1975, moved to Europe in 1997 and has since created over a hundred works, published by LondonHall Editions.
Performer Biography
The Quatuor Diotima, founded in 1996 by laureates of the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, is one of the world's most in-demand ensembles.
Recording & Production
This album was recorded in the Kubus Hall at ZKM | Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie in Karlsruhe, Germany, a unique center for artistic research.
Album & Artwork
The album cover was designed by Enrique Fuentes, the composer's brother, and features a hybrid surface that can be a distortion or a reflection.
Compositional Technique
Fuentes' string quartets redefine physical states of matter in musical terms, shunning "musical physicality" to poetize the lightness of matter.
Instruments
In 'Glass distortion', the string quartet's sound is transubstantiated by a microtonal glass harmonica made of twenty-four water glasses, with synthesized electronics adding reverberations.
