Name: Particle / Matter-Wave / Energy
Brand: Marcus Schmickler

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

KOMPAKT407

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black

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Download code: Yes

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

Extended format

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2019-10-11

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Signed copies: No

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4250101408632

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Artist

Marcus Schmickler

Genre GB

Electronic

Label GB

Kompakt

Kompakt welcomes veteran contemporary experimental producer Marcus Schmickler with the release of his spectacular noise / techno fused medallion entitled Particle / Matter-Wave / Energy.

Marcus Schmickler’s fifty plus release discography is one of the most fascinating in his field. From his studies under Cologne based Stockhausen collaborator Johannes Fritsch to his releases through legendary imprints a-Musik, editions Mego and Mille Plateaux, over the years Schmickler has been behind innumerable collaborations and sonic explorations. 

Be it through his ground-breaking indie / electronic band Pluramon or through his releases that have included collaborations with musicians such as John Tilbury, Thomas Lehn, Julee Cruise or MIMEO he has even had his works being performed by ensemble recherche, musik Fabrik or Paragon Ensemble. Beyond continuing to perform on the world stages, he authors theatre and film and currently teaches at Institut für Musik und Medien in Dusseldorf.

This brings us to the release of Particle / Matter-Wave / Energy - a 37 minute long piece (split into 2 parts on the LP version) that explores the borders of a scientific universality of sonification towards something that becomes a singular experience – sound. The pieces’ foundational aim was to create an acoustic rendering of what it sounds like when two galaxies collide by gravitational forces.

To avoid this one sheet getting lost in theory, the audible result of Particle / Matter-Wave /Energy is an incredibly, immersive work that is required listening from start to end. Contemporary experimental music and modern techno collide as waves of synths caress the listener through intense waves of frequency variables. The orchestral enormity of the piece is both discomforting yet embracing as the listener feels engulfed with it’s robotic caress.

Particle / Matter-Wave / Energy

Music GB