Klaus Lang

Klaus Lang's involvement with God Records began with already cult two-part release of his stunning organ works. Famous for his heavy droning sound, new Lang's pieces are highly successful ensemble pieces linea mundi. and weiße farben., both premiered at the festival Wien Modern. Heavy textures, disturbing counterparts, slow progressions, threatening dynamics...

According to Marshal McLuhan, the nature of the medium used to transmit a message is of greater importance than the message’s meaning or content. Our world is not just how we perceive it, it is precisely this: how we perceive it. Beethoven’s acoustic world as a composer gradually clouded and slowly vanished behind ever thicker wafts of mist. But simultaneously a new world came into being. The previous world metamorphed, or concentrated and condensed itself into a new shape: a thin line of lead. — Klaus Lang