Darmstadt Sonicals

Präsentation der Edition “Darmstadt Sonicals”
Presentation of the “Darmstadt Sonicals” Edition

Yaron Deutsch (Moderation)

Simon Løffler: b for 3 musicians (2012)

Mirela Ivičević: Dreamwork (2018) Live-Soundtrack zum Film von Peter Tscherkassky / Live soundtrack to the film by Peter Tscherkassky

Catherine Lamb: line/shadow (2011)

zone expérimentale basel (Ensemble des Masterstudiengangs für Zeitgenössische Musik an der Hochschule für Musik in Basel/sonic space)

Sharing a fascination for archives – as a knowledge repository, a source of inspiration and content, and a bridge between the past and the present – is undoubtedly a stroke of luck. The latest collaboration between the Hochschule für Musik Basel and the International Music Institute Darmstadt (IMD) is the result of such a stroke and its outcome is the Darmstadt Sonicals project. Developed by guitarist Yaron Deutsch, professor in Basel and tutor at the Darmstadt Summer Course, the Darmstadt Sonicals is first and foremost a curatorial project in which the archive of the IMD is both a resource and a protagonist. Featuring recordings, letters, photos and documents from its 1946 foundation up to the present day, Deutsch's deep dive research is striving to offer a coherent anthology of sonic transformations in contemporary music. Due to run over six years, the first edition – the electric guitar diaries – offers a compilation of 27 compositions available both on digital platforms and in physical format coming in the shape of a box set (3 vinyls and a booklet) filled with essays, photos and other deep cut rarities.

The project will be presented in Darmstadt in a concert-talk format with ensemble zone expérimentale basel performing works by Simon Løffler, Mirela Ivičević and Catherine Lamb.

A collaboration between the International Music Institute Darmstadt (IMD) and Hochschule für Musik Basel FHNW/sonic space made possible through the financial support of the Maja Sacher-Foundation