Bits and Pipes: Music for Organ and Computer: General Info
Member Since
5/5/2008
Band Members
David Schmidt,
René Mogensen (www.myspace.com/renemogensen),
Morten Carlsen (www.mortencarlsen.dk)
Influences
The Bits and Pipes repertoire is in dialogue between the new and the old:
In the Dialogues for organ and computer by composer René Mogensen, "The immediate experience is the physical exchange of musical sound between the two poles in the grand church or concert space: The organ at one end, and the computer-speakers at the other end. The organ existed as a musical instrument as far back as in the Greek antiquity, while the transistor-based computer and electric loudspeakers is from the twentieth century. In the Dialogues the interplay of organ and computer is an exchange between the old and the new. Music which in a traditional way is melodic and tonally-based is in dialogue with the wide, new, sound-palette of the digital computer. New and traditional ideas for an old instrument, the organ, play with and against new and traditional ideas programmed on the current computer systems."
Composer Morten Carlsen writes about the development of the work Alif: "Each performance space presents both an acoustic challenge and gift simultaneously. In Alif I have made a composition which builds on the frequency-amplifications inherent in each particular performance space. Therefore, this work will always be in a new stage of development depending on the space in which it is performed. "Alif turns towards the meditative, with a play of slow pulsations in constant change."
Record Label
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About Bits and Pipes: Music for Organ and Computer
The Danish concert group Bits and Pipes performs works for organ, computers and other instruments:
On the organ David Peter Schmidt, new compositions and electronics by René Mogensen and Morten Carlsen, pioneering creative collaborations with musicians, composers and visual artists from other countries.
In the core group three generations of musicians join forces to create a new repertoire for organ and computer. New works by seasoned composer/musicians René Mogensen and Morten Carlsen create dialogues between old and new music, technology, instruments, ideas, and cultures. New works resonate with established repertoire. David Schmidt, a young lion on the organ, adds a driving spirit to the collaborative performances, that are unique experiences in every concert space.
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