10_4[16] +130X JOANK marimbas (2008)

performed october 17, 2008 at atelier vh ulm. germany
for the 'seeing sounds' project

production, composition, concept
ray kaczynski

"The Piece 10_4[16] and JOANK marimbas were inspired by two events in my life: a commission by the Zeitkratzer ensemble, and the birth of my daughter Johanna.

The original piece "Monads, like bees on the limb of a tree" and JOANK marimbas are related. "Monads,..." is written for pitched noise and JOANK marimbas for pitches. JOANK is a huge canon put together using a graphic / mobile form that is changing slowly over time with all of the possible systems permutations possible simultaneously.

In the video that I created for 10_4[16] and JOANK marimbas I am trying to show visually what was in my mind as I heard this music. JOANK is my impression of how my work might have sounded to my daughter in the
womb.

ray kaczynski

musicians:
georg daucher, cajon/cymbals/marimba
friedrich glorian, bass cajon/cymbals/keyboard
dieter haeckh, accordeon
stefan hatvani, violins
ray kaczynski, djembe/marimba
peter kiessling, e-guitar/e-bow
thomas kleinhans, e-guitar/e-bow/brush percussion
angelika meyer, cymbals/keyboard
florian oechsle, marimba
kiyoshi takeda, double bass

location recording: achim huber
video recording: jens doering, katrin jedon

more info:
xray-k.com
myspace.com/raykaczynski