Frank Bretschneider | RAND
Mille Plateaux MP 70 | 1999
01. DIN
02. MOND
03. GLAS
04. PAL
05. MOL
06. POND
07. MARK
08. RAND
09. LAST
10. LAND
11. VERB
12. PIN
13. WATT
14. NOX
15. MAI
16. BELL
17. NORM
18. TERM
19. M.D.
20. TAU
all music by Frank Bretschneider
The 20 tracks of the album are the result of a computer based, modulated synthesizer system. There is no difference between sound and composition anymore. One sound may represent the whole track. Tracks are not created by classic sequencer technology, but all movements, series of sounds, and orders of tones are the result of unorthodox connected Synthesizer modules (LFO’s, oscillators, filters, amplification). Developed sound-events, which are mostly chaotic and accidental, are brought into ‘form’ by special controllers. The result is minimal, often sketchy tracks, which are more constructed than improvised and are most often finished after the idea of the track is crystallized. Fragments of minimal structure are added slowly and carefully, sometimes taken out and then put back in after further thought. Other beat fragments seem lost and out-of-place, until low frequency clicks are locked in. Even if the albumis contemporary electronic music, it is still inspired by the idea of new and experimental pop music.