artist: WERNER DURAND
title: The Art Of Buzzing
label: X-tract
country: Germany
format: CD
title: The Art Of Buzzing
label: X-tract
country: Germany
format: CD
Werner Durand: prepared PVC wind instruments, Iranian ney
All tracks composed, played and recorded by Werner Durand
in Berlin between January 1998 and February 2000.
Track 1, 2, 4, 5 mixed by Werner Durand and Ulrich Krieger;
Track 3 mixed by Werner Durand and Ralf Wehowsky.
On his first solo-release, Werner Durand presents six works all dealing with the buzzing
phenomena. This phenomena is found in many musical cultures around the world as an
integral part of the sound, eg. with Chinese and Korean flutes, Ethiopian and Basque
string instruments and also the Indian tambura. In some cultures it is said that it brings
out the soul of the sound.
After using traverse flutes with buzzers in the mid-eighties, he started to experiment with
other types of wind-instruments and eventually the use of resonators while working with
percussionist Pierre Berthet in 1991. He also did two pieces for buzzing ensemble
including buzz-clarinets / flutes, buzz-guitars, frame drums, tamburas and the buzz-chime
built by Bob Rutman.
All pieces are recorded in multi-track, sometimes using delays and loops without
changing the characteristics of the original sounds. The instruments used here are PVC
pipes with sax-mouthpieces. Except for track 3 'Honey', all buzzing effects are created
using a PVC tube as resonator with a plastic membrane (from a shopping bag) at the
lower end. On 'Honey', flower pots are used as resonators and tin-foil plates create the
buzzing effect. On tracks 5 and 6 an Iranian ney is added.
All tracks composed, played and recorded by Werner Durand
in Berlin between January 1998 and February 2000.
Track 1, 2, 4, 5 mixed by Werner Durand and Ulrich Krieger;
Track 3 mixed by Werner Durand and Ralf Wehowsky.
On his first solo-release, Werner Durand presents six works all dealing with the buzzing
phenomena. This phenomena is found in many musical cultures around the world as an
integral part of the sound, eg. with Chinese and Korean flutes, Ethiopian and Basque
string instruments and also the Indian tambura. In some cultures it is said that it brings
out the soul of the sound.
After using traverse flutes with buzzers in the mid-eighties, he started to experiment with
other types of wind-instruments and eventually the use of resonators while working with
percussionist Pierre Berthet in 1991. He also did two pieces for buzzing ensemble
including buzz-clarinets / flutes, buzz-guitars, frame drums, tamburas and the buzz-chime
built by Bob Rutman.
All pieces are recorded in multi-track, sometimes using delays and loops without
changing the characteristics of the original sounds. The instruments used here are PVC
pipes with sax-mouthpieces. Except for track 3 'Honey', all buzzing effects are created
using a PVC tube as resonator with a plastic membrane (from a shopping bag) at the
lower end. On 'Honey', flower pots are used as resonators and tin-foil plates create the
buzzing effect. On tracks 5 and 6 an Iranian ney is added.