φöρβιρρινγ (2000-20) by Marinos Koutsomichalis

Selected audio from the artist's archive, spanning a period of two decades (2000-20) and concerning unreleased material and subordinate approaches to composition and/or sound synthesis. Cassette/tape manipulations, electroacoustic compositions, algorithmic studies, demodulated radio-frequencies, computer music, excerpts from sound installations, live performances, field recordings, modular synthesizer improvisations, instrumental works, and miscellaneous other rarities/obscurities are all to be found herein.

Tracklist

1.	untitled (Athens GR, 2001)	0:30

2.	Sir Jack Lyons Concert Hall Organ Sessions #5 (York UK, 2009)	3:10

3.	excerpt from A/X part I (Athens GR, 2003)	4:51

4.	untitled (Athens GR, 2002)	0:29

5.	untitled (Athens GR, 2000)	0:20

6.	2009 #2 for violin, vibes, trombone, basso clarinet, and prerecorded sound (York/Edinburgh UK, 2009)	4:33

7.	Tyflosis (York UK, 2009)	5:27

8.	A/X part III (Athens GR, 2004)	5:11

9.	excerpt from Algorithmic study #1 (Athens GR, 2008)	3:46

10.	Cybil graphs (Athens GR, 2005)	0:14

11.	It may or may not (Paris FR, 2015)	2:33

12.	untitled (Athens GR, 2001)	1:45

13.	127,550Mhz AM 12,5Khz KM25ni (Heraklion GR, 2020)	1:20

14.	untitled (Athens GR, 2007)	0:08

15.	excerpt from first study for decentralised machine intelligence (Zurich CH / Heraklion GR, 2016)	10:44

16.	Apraxia for basso clarinet and double bass (York GR, 2008)	4:33

17.	Reflections (Athens GR, 2013)	1:34

18.	Ode to Carneades for clarinet in Bb solo (York/Glasgow UK, 2008/9)	3:24

19.	Music for variable wavetable oscillators & Walsh function operators (Rome IT / Heraklion GR / São Paulo BR, 2014/5)	19:54

20.	Trio for alto flute, trombone in Bb & cello (Athens GR / Edinburgh UK, 2008)	5:39

21.	Miniature (Rethymnon GR, 2015)	3:16

22.	untitled (Athens GR, 2006)	0:02

23.	Test output from an AI sample-based waveform synthesis system employing variational autoencoders (Heraklion GR, 2020)	0:24

24.	sketches for a string quartet (York UK, 2008)	1:16

25.	Pandamator for string quartet (York UK, 2009)	6:22

26.	Complete Beethoven piano sonatas (Athens GR, 2009)	11:30

27.	untitled (Athens GR, 2000)	0:17

28.	Inhibition (Athens/Heraklion GR / Sofia BU / Nicossia CY, 2016)	11:02

29.	Soundscapes/landscapes study #1 (Athens GR, 2013)	4:18

30.	Study for computer #5 (Athens GR, 2006)	1:42

31.	Magnetic stripe sweep (Athens GR, 2009)	0:16

32.	untitled (Athens GR, 2007)	0:16

33.	excerpt from Syra Sonora (Syros GR, 2014)	15:20

34.	Stazione Dicomano (Dicomano IT, 2011)	10:40

35.	Domestic appliances project #1 (York UK, 2009)	2:29

36.	Subception (Brussels BE, 2013)	2:28

37.	excerpt from Corpus non terminatur cogitatione nec cogitatio corpore [for ARP2500 solo] (Rotterdam NL, 2015)	7:19

38.	Efterklang (Visby SE, 2014)	13:25

39.	untitled (Athens GR, 2001)	0:10

40.	untitled (Athens GR, 2010)	1:24

41.	11,772MHz AM 9Khz KM25ni (Heraklion GR, 2020)	5:13

42.	1643KHz SYNC LSB 9Khz KM25ni (Heraklion GR, 2020)	4:42

43.	395KHz AM 9KHz KM25ni (Heraklion GR, 2020)	1:07

44.	untitled (Athens GR, 2002)	2:10

45.	excerpt from Synkorpierten (Berlin DE, 2014)	4:00

46.	Ocean noise (Heraklion GR, 2010)	3:02

47.	Metaichmiako for EMS Synthi100 solo (Athens GR, 2017)	18:24

48.	excerpt from Arrepsia (Athens GR, 2008)	7:32

49.	Oneidos (Athens GR, 2006)	4:03

50.	Indolentia (York UK, 2008)	5:46

51.	161,775Mhz FM 50Khz KM25ni (Heraklion GR, 2020)	2:21

52.	Theta (Athens GR, 2004)	2:59

Credits

released July 3, 2021

Audio/composition by Marinos Koutsomichalis, various places, 2000-20

Tracks 6, 8, and 20 performed by members of the Red Note Ensemble.
Track 15 is a sonification of distributed smart-city data provided by E. Pournaras.
Track 16 performed by J. Mckenzie and P. Fysh.
Tracks 24 and 25 performed by members of the Chimera Ensemble.
Track 33 features vocals by Viv Corringham and recordings by C. Katsiris and the participants of the Syros Sound Meetings field-recording workshop.
Track 46 features recordings by Gianni Pavan.
Tracks 6,8, and 20 recorded live by members of the Red Note Ensemble; track 45 recorded live by Y. Georgiou; all other tracks recorded by Marinos Koutsomichalis.

Album cover by Marinos Koutsomichalis, self-portrait, B&W silver-print, Athens, GR 2005.

License

CC BY-NC-ND 3.0. See the Creative Commons website for details.

φ­öρβιρρινγ (2000-20) by Marinos Koutsomichalis

φöρβιρρινγ (2000-20) by Marinos Koutsomichalis