SONUS - Online Library of Electroacoustic Works

Christian H. Sötemann: Being (2nd version) (2010) — 00:01:37

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:52:06 -0400

The track 'Being' is a radical-minimalist piece with a philosophical background in ontics: the piece is mainly reduced to displaying its being (there).

This version was performed by the current cryptic scenery line-up of Christian H. Sötemann and Th…

Christian H. Sötemann: Preparation (Clean Mix) (2010) — 00:02:14

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:52:28 -0400

"Preparation" is a composition utilizing notes and sounds that could theoretically occur in the preparation for a performance of the track "Being":
- testing out the note (here in a brief motif played by guitar and saxophone)
- unfolding the chai…

Christian H. Sötemann: Preparation (Wide Mix) (2010) — 00:02:30

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:52:46 -0400

Frank Koustrup: Border Interruption (1995) — 00:01:00

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:53:09 -0400

Border Interruption is a one-minute composition intended to interrupt sporadically the ambience of the long composition with a collage of distorted voices.

Frank Koustrup: Blues 2 (1987) — 00:01:15

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:53:25 -0400

Blues 2 is another attempt to play the blues. It ends with history’s worst harmonica solo.…

Frank Koustrup: Calling Deer Lake 1 (1987) — 00:02:26

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:53:40 -0400

Calling Deer Lake 1 layers two failed telephone calls to a beloved in a very distant Northern Ontario. Operator assistance was required.

Frank Koustrup: Calling Deer Lake 2 (1987) — 00:02:28

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:53:52 -0400

Calling Deer Lake 2 is an instrumental and noise reaction to the failed phone calls.…

Frank Koustrup: Christmas 1987 (1987) — 00:02:45

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:54:07 -0400

Edited version of Frank Koustrup Fan Club OFFICIAL 1987 Christmas Tape.

Christmas 1987 is a satire of the popular music business — fan clubs, merchandise, gimmicks. This composition takes a cue from the Beatles’ Christmas records. Commercial phrases…

Frank Koustrup: Echo Test Over You (2009) — 00:00:58

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:54:19 -0400

Echo Test Over You is a collage of outtakes.…

Frank Koustrup: Happy Birthday 23 (1987) — 00:04:11

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:54:35 -0400

The 23rd Birthday was rather melancholy.…

Frank Koustrup: Interlude 1 (1987) — 00:04:13

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:54:49 -0400

A friend once described Interlude 1 as sounding like a trip down “Frank’s Esophagus” – the best description so far.

Frank Koustrup: Interlude 2 (1987) — 00:01:40

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:55:08 -0400

Interlude 2 presents a melodic space, a pause.…

Frank Koustrup: Last Cheesebox in Paris (1987) — 00:03:13

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:55:22 -0400

Last Cheesebox in Paris filters an electric organ – a cheesebox – though a nostalgic, atonal mood.…

Frank Koustrup: May 1987 (1987) — 00:05:52

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:55:34 -0400

May 1987 housed a crisis period that finally crushed a desired relationship.…

Frank Koustrup: Meditation in E (1987) — 00:07:12

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:55:46 -0400

Original title In E (a meditation).

Meditation in E is an ambient, bell-like composition that, in giving up on redemption, settles for acceptance.

Frank Koustrup: My Baby She Left Me (1987) — 00:00:41

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:55:59 -0400

My Baby She Left Me is a satirically enraged outburst against an extreme scenario that would surely generate the blues.

Frank Koustrup: Nancy Sinatra’s Boots 92 (1992) — 00:03:29

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:56:15 -0400

Nancy Sinatra’s Boots is a song about Nancy’s boots. Why not? It could have been a hit – perhaps if in a major key.

Frank Koustrup: Nancy Sinatra’s Boots 93 (1993) — 00:02:19

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:56:27 -0400

The 1993 version of Nancy Sinatra’s Boots has modified chords, and adds a hint of politics to the image of Nancy’s boots.

Frank Koustrup: No Chemistry (1987) — 00:03:37

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:56:42 -0400

No Chemistry records a departure from desires by way of a paranoid garage.…

Frank Koustrup: Organ (1987) — 00:01:46

Sat, 18 Sep 2010 17:56:52 -0400

Organ is a chord sequence with echoes.…