duo guts'n'faders

This week we present a performance that reflects on climate change and the often unheard processes happening behind it. “I can hear the ice go” is a performance conceived by Peter Venus, a sonic ritual for amplified melting ice cube and an acoustic instrument. We perform this piece as part of the DACA 2021 conference at MUMUTH Graz.

The IKO is a fascinating device, and if it wasn’t so damn expensive, we would recommend it as the perfect monitor speaker for any musician ;) (though you have to admit that with its size and weight, touring with it may not be really easy...)

This live-set was our present for art’s birthday 2017. live-recording @ esc medien kunst labor Graz

This is another recent piece for electronics and bass, written by Greek composer Artemi Maria Gioti in collaboration with Margarethe Maierhofer-Lischka. The interesting thing about the electronics is that they implement a neural network (aka “deep learning” / “artificial intelligence”) interacting with the performer’s input in realtime. This creates a sort of game-stiuation where the player has to interact with the system until the process becomes unresponsive. Artemi is currently conducting a FWF-funded research project on the same tpoic as part of her PhD at the iem Graz, where we continue to collaborate.

Finally we got the results of our Call for Scores and start working. We will present you pieces by Orestis Toufektsis, Demir Rudel Rey plus some more exciting pieces for tape solo and sax plus electronics. Concerts will take place on April 1. and 3. in Vienna and Graz.

We are excited to participate in a project by ÖGZM (Austrian Society for Contemporary Music). They present a call for Scores for forks for electronics, double bass and saxophone (in free combination). We will perform the results in April in Vienna and Graz and hope for exciting new pieces!

We started to compile a playlist of pieces for bass & electronics that Maggie played over the past years - some of the newer g’n’f repertoire will be added soon!

An excerpt of our live-set at Q-O2 on September 5 2018

this is our temporary workspace during Margarethe’s residency in Q-O2 Brussels! You can listen to an excerpt of our set here or on the Q-O2 website.

We are very happy to play a spontaneous studio concert at the Q-O2 artspace in Brussels on Wed 5. September! Alongside the presentation of artist-in-residence Signe Boe from Denmark we will create an installative live-set for electronics&bass.

we are very happy to announce a new project we will be presenting this year in October. We got the chance to explore the IKO loudspeaker, a very specific spatial audio device which enlarges our duo into a “trio” situation. At the musikprotokoll in Graz we will present works specifically tailored to the IKO by Lorenzo Troiani, Stepha Schweiger, Reinhold Schinwald and Orestis Toufektsis. This project involves quite a lot of hands-on research, we are excited to go for it!

In 2018-2019, we again have the pleasure to premiere some new works by young composers. They are Daniela Fantechi (Florence, Italy), Ansgar Beste (Oslo, Norway) and Reinhold Schinwald (Vienna). Daniela just started her PhD at the Orpheus Institute Ghent about the use of piezoelectric elements as microphones/soundsources, and we will explore some aspects of this together. Ansgar’s work is focusing on the preparation of classical instruments. Reinhold Schinwald is creating a new version of “membra disiecta”, a piece that has been part of a music theatre and is based on a text by Gina Mattiello.

On 17. January, it is a tradition of artspaces and radio stations worldwide to celebrate the birthday of art by performing and transmitting acoustic artworks via radio worldwide. We are delighted to be part of this. Our acoustic birthday present will take place on 17. January between 20-23pm at esc medien kunst labor, Graz. The livestreaming will be transmitted by ORF / Ö1 Kunstradio. Sharing the stage with us are several other soundartists. Come and celebrate with us!

In April 2018 we are going to be back with a new program that also has some premieres of new works by Daniela Fantechi, Reinhold Schinwald and other composers. See you on 18. April at Alte Schmiede, Vienna!