Electro-acoustic (and some other) Music
by
Johannes Bergmark
I don't write music for other musicians. I make music alone or in cooperation with others. To compose for a group of people that are only supposed to express what I want, my vision or utopia, is an act that in itself contradicts what I want, my vision or utopia. I want to avoid hierarchic use of power. I want to propagate equality, discussion and critical thinking and at the same time I hope to inspire others to take their liberties. To engage, then, in an activity that is hierarchic, is for me disgusting.
(I might possibly make compositions, also with sheet music, for live instruments in cooperation with specific musicians that I've got to know, in the future. I keep an open mind about this but it hasn't happened yet.)
In that sense, I don't fit in the standard image of what a composer is. However, I often make compositions, i.e. music with predetermined sound structure. Since it's just my own and not forced upon others, it's a cheap process. Either it's on "tape" or performed live by myself. Some of my favourites lately are described below.
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![[Bergmark checking the settings at an electro-acoustic consert in Rålambshovsparken, Stockholm, 2002.]](ralismixjb.jpg)
Bergmark checking the settings at an electro-acoustic concert in Rålambshovsparken, Stockholm 2002.
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