Bernhard Günter
Born 1957, in Neuwied, Germany. Starts playing drums at 12; changes to electric guitar at 17. in 1980 moves to paris; visits readings by pierre boulez at IRCAM and College de France and works in the libraries of IRCAM and Centre Pompidou, to aquire contemporary compositional techniques. he owns Trente Oiseaux label.
Born 1957, in Neuwied, Germany. Starts playing drums at 12; changes to electric guitar at 17. in 1980 moves to paris; visits readings by pierre boulez at IRCAM and College de France and works in the libraries of IRCAM and Centre Pompidou, to aquire contemporary compositional techniques. he owns Trente Oiseaux label.
Détails Agrandis
This collection of three pieces is dedicated to artists and musicians whom Bernhard Günter admires. The collection's title translates to "Enlarged Details," an apt description of Günter's approach to composition. Musically all of them involve a limited vocabulary of sounds interacting with silence. "Four Grey Paintings" uses low rumbles hovering at the very edge of audibility, interrupted with high-pitched tones and metallic twangs. Dedicated to Jim O'Rourke (an early champion of Günter's music)…
Monochrome Rust / Differential
As with many LINE releases, describing the hyperminimal microsounds of Bernhard Günter’s Monochrome Rust/ Differential is difficult like telling a sketch artist about the features of a ghost’s face seen from a distance – a long time ago – while you were drunk. Extremely vague yet undeniable! Two single-piece CDs are part of Günter’s “triptychon”, with Monochrome Rust (44:30) being the third piece (following Monochrome White and Polychrome w/Neon Nails). A digital degradation of Polychrome, the t…