The latest in an ongoing series of monthly Noise music productions by Darmstadt’s sound-art project Phirnis, “Kontakte” was assembled in December 2011. The accompanying picture shows a hand-coloured photograph of Tokyo prostitutes possibly shot by Kusakabe Kimbei (1841-1934). Free high-quality download: http://phirnis.de/blog/uploads/Phirnis-Kontakte.mp3 Listen at Soundcloud: Kontakte by Phirnis

During the last years, there have been a lot of legal arguments related with copyright issues. This is nothing new, but with the global adoption of the Internet most ‘cultural’ corporations feel threaten and this has led to increasingly restrictive copyright laws. There are hundreds of books, paintings, films, etc. that should be in the [...]

Trashvortex est une série de concerts dédiée à la musique expérimentale, la musique improvisée ou toute autre forme de musique “libre” lundi 28.11.2011 @KOBE 29, rue Maurice Berteaux, Ivry s/seine métro 7 porte de choisy PAF: 5 EUR ouverture des portes 20h30, concerts 21h /////////////////////////////////////// THOMAS GRILL: électronique MATIJA SCHELLANDER: contrebasse, électronique Chercheur dans les [...]

Produced in October 2011, “Hot Zone” is probably the sparsest piece of noise music issued under the Phirnis moniker. From a purely musical standpoint it is mostly about the careful combination of different tones. Listen at Soundcloud: Hot Zone by Phirnis Free high-quality download: http://phirnis.de/blog/uploads/Phirnis-Hot-Zone.mp3

Self Release, 100 12″ Vinyl (limited Edition) 01. Nostalgia 02. Oscuridad 03. Búsqueda Eterna 04. Void From The Outside http://www.discogs.com/release/3135847

Arriving at a state of “nervous stasis” (as one listener put it most appropriately), “Rauschen” was recorded and produced in September 2011. The illustration is part of the well-known Hieronymus Bosch triptych, The Garden of Earthly Delights. Listen at Soundcloud: Rauschen by Phirnis Free high-quality download: http://phirnis.de/blog/uploads/Phirnis-Rauschen.mp3

Phirnis – Stille – latest noise/ambient creation produced in July 2011

Rainforest V is a self-running electro-acoustic environment based on the Rainforest IV work by the late David Tudor and is realized by the group Composers Inside Electronics (CIE).

Live improvisation recorded on July 2nd, 2011. Religious imagery is a topic referred to by many past musical creations released under the Phirnis monicker and “La Création du Monde” is yet another exploration of this long-running fascination of mine. The accompanying picture shows part of an exceptional postcard advertising the 1910 Universal Exposition at Brussels, [...]

Free high quality download (320kbps): http://phirnis.de/blog/uploads/Phirnis-Release.mp3 “Release” was recorded and produced in only one day in June 2011. Making for “quite a depressing and thought provoking” experience, as one dedicated listener appropriately pointed out, this track is an expression of some rather personal ideas of mine exemplified by the accompanying picture showing part of a [...]

A recent video documenting a mixed-media performance where actors can conduct an orchestra and my live visuals improvisation.

The Light of Reality by The Glittering Hand The no-face artist known as The Glittering Hand presents its second album called The Light of Reality. Duality is the main creative principle of this album : you will find electronic dysfunctional spots attacking ambient relaxing pads, scratched glitches against lush ethereal sounds, amplified machineries noises in [...]