Andreas F. Staffel: 'Distillations', Four songs based on poems by Gottfried Benn

Julius Holtz | electronics
Katia Guedes | soprano, percussions
Andreas F. Staffel | piano

I. Aprèlude
II. Eure Etüden (Your Etudes)
III. Nur zwei Dinge (Just two things)
IV. Was man nennt (What they call)

World premiere Wabe Berlin, Danzigerstrasse 101, 10405 Berlin on 07.09.2017

In the concert, texts, poems as well as words, sounds and historical sound documents were redesigned and contextualized with the help of the remix procedure. By modifying the vocal timbres, the vocal part gets a new and often instrumental character.