Thursday, November 27th, 2014, 21.30
BRANDLMAYR//HEGENBART
Beobachtungen #01
Martin Brandlmayr — Schlagzeug (AT)
Boris Hegenbart — Elektronik (D)
Beobachtungen #01
Brandlmayr//Hegenbart is a Drum&Computer-Duo that works in between abstract Dub and
contemporary electroacoustic music. The collaboration started as a studio project. Recordigns and
overdubs were interchanged between Vienna and Berlin, eventually becoming part of Hegenbart’s audio
release INSTRUMENTARIUM (2012, *Staubgold/Monotype-Records/GOD-Records). Later followed live
performances, e.g. at Musikprotokoll, Graz and Alte Schmiede, Vienna. With Beobachtungen #01 (i.e.
Observations #01), the duo focuses on rhythmic structures and textures. Terms such as ‘groove’ or
‘beat’ are re-interpreted in new ways. Without using measures or scores, driving patterns emerge which
are constantly changing. As a source of inspiration the duo mentions the flight characteristics of swarms
of birds, such as starlings moving as a multi-dimensional cloud that is seemingly unorganized at first
glance, yet shows a complex system of combined shapes. Brandlmayr//Hegenbart create dense clouds
of sound, a maelstrom made of internal structuring and permanent deformation. [translation: B. Gál]
[http://www.soundblocks.de/brandlmayr-hegenbart/]
MARTIN BRANDLMAYR
*1971, Vienna (AT), studied drums but also uses the computer and electronic instruments. He joined the
group Polwechsel in 1993. He became well-known with the postrock trio Radian, which he formed
together with John Norman and Stefan Németh in 1997. Together with Christof Kurzmann he was artist
in residence at the Podewil, Berlin, in 2002. He played at the Donaueschingen Festival 2005. He has
collaborated with Otomo Yoshihide, Fennesz, Mapstation, Pure, John Tilbury, Tony Buck, and Paul
Lovens, among others. Brandlmayr lives and works in Vienna and Berlin.
[http://musikprotokoll.orf.at/en/biography/martin-brandlmayr]
http://www.martinbrandlmayr.com/
BORIS HEGENBART
Born 1969 in Berlin / Germany. Musician / composer of electroacoustic music and sound-art since 1996.
Establishes the project [#/TAU], Berlin 1996. Sound installations, electroacoustic concerts and
performances. Soundscapes for theatre plays, dance performances and experimental radio- and video-
art. Workshops and lectures. Graduates from the Institute of Electroacoustic Music [ELAK] part of the
University of Music and Performing Arts, with an emphasis on composition, improvisation and live
electronic, Vienna / Austria 2002.
http://www.soundblocks.de/
contemporary electroacoustic music. The collaboration started as a studio project. Recordigns and
overdubs were interchanged between Vienna and Berlin, eventually becoming part of Hegenbart’s audio
release INSTRUMENTARIUM (2012, *Staubgold/Monotype-Records/GOD-Records). Later followed live
performances, e.g. at Musikprotokoll, Graz and Alte Schmiede, Vienna. With Beobachtungen #01 (i.e.
Observations #01), the duo focuses on rhythmic structures and textures. Terms such as ‘groove’ or
‘beat’ are re-interpreted in new ways. Without using measures or scores, driving patterns emerge which
are constantly changing. As a source of inspiration the duo mentions the flight characteristics of swarms
of birds, such as starlings moving as a multi-dimensional cloud that is seemingly unorganized at first
glance, yet shows a complex system of combined shapes. Brandlmayr//Hegenbart create dense clouds
of sound, a maelstrom made of internal structuring and permanent deformation. [translation: B. Gál]
[http://www.soundblocks.de/brandlmayr-hegenbart/]
MARTIN BRANDLMAYR
*1971, Vienna (AT), studied drums but also uses the computer and electronic instruments. He joined the
group Polwechsel in 1993. He became well-known with the postrock trio Radian, which he formed
together with John Norman and Stefan Németh in 1997. Together with Christof Kurzmann he was artist
in residence at the Podewil, Berlin, in 2002. He played at the Donaueschingen Festival 2005. He has
collaborated with Otomo Yoshihide, Fennesz, Mapstation, Pure, John Tilbury, Tony Buck, and Paul
Lovens, among others. Brandlmayr lives and works in Vienna and Berlin.
[http://musikprotokoll.orf.at/en/biography/martin-brandlmayr]
http://www.martinbrandlmayr.com/
BORIS HEGENBART
Born 1969 in Berlin / Germany. Musician / composer of electroacoustic music and sound-art since 1996.
Establishes the project [#/TAU], Berlin 1996. Sound installations, electroacoustic concerts and
performances. Soundscapes for theatre plays, dance performances and experimental radio- and video-
art. Workshops and lectures. Graduates from the Institute of Electroacoustic Music [ELAK] part of the
University of Music and Performing Arts, with an emphasis on composition, improvisation and live
electronic, Vienna / Austria 2002.
http://www.soundblocks.de/
shut up and listen! 2014
Interdisziplinäres Festival für Musik und Klangkunst
