Hora Harmonica by Albert Mayr
The application of musical criteria to the organization of time.
“When we slow down a sound many times, all the way below 15 cps approximately, we perceive as a series of discrete pulses. In a physical sense it remains a sound, but not for human perception. Try now to imagine an extremely slow 'sound' where the fundamental has a period of 60 minutes.
The - virtual - overtones would be integer divisions of that period, i.e.: 30', 20', 15', and so on. This is the structural principle of HORA HARMONICA.” (Albert Mayr)
In Hora Harmonica the author transform sound in rhythm and time become music. All Mayr’s work is concerned on the relationship between sound/time/environment and this electronic visionary work - realized in 1983 and only now published - represent one of his most hazardous and conceptually valid expressions.
Tracklist
| 1. | Hora Harmonica | 60:30 |
Credits
Hora Harmonica was realized in 1983 at the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale, University of Padua.
Special thanks to Graziano Tisato and Alvise Vidolin.
Mastering, editing and production by Giovanni Antognozzi and Albert Mayr, 2002.
Photograph by Margherita Verdi.
Graphic design by Giovanni Antognozzi.
License
All rights reserved.
ANTS (that stands for "A New Timeless Sound", but can also be related to the infatigable little insects) is an experimental label based in Rome, Italy, operating from 2001. We promote Italian and international independent artists representing the fields of minimalism, sound art, electroacoustics, and more.