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<\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\nMICHAEL BEGG \u2013 WITNESS. AMBIENT CHAMBER WORKS 2020-2024<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\nIt\u2019s not easy to describe Michael Begg<\/a><\/em><\/strong>\u2018s <\/em>output in a few words. He is a member of Human Greed<\/em>, Fovea Hex<\/em>, and the Black Glass Ensemble<\/em>, and collaborated with artists like Colin Potter, Hans-Joachim Roedelius<\/em>, Chris Connelly<\/em>. But he also released many solo albums, approaching music from many different angles.
But his music is always \u201clocated in the place where formal composition and electronic erosion meet; a liminal space coloured by longing and discomfort\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\nHis discography includes the Witness <\/em>series (1-5), created with the Witness Engine software he developed \u2018to sonify earth monitoring and environmental data<\/em>\u2018: \u2018an\u2018engine\u2019 to consume live data from numerous locations and turn the various elements of the air quality index into sound and audio processes\u2019<\/em>.
The data sources varied from levels of carbon monoxide, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere, to orbital patterns of satellites, live local data from Openweathermap, or receding Arctic ice of collapsing glaciers. <\/p>\nThis new release features selections from this Witness<\/a> Series, <\/em>but also pieces from Light Water is Black Water<\/a>, Sounding The Ice Factory<\/a><\/em>, and the forthcoming album Out of Whose Womb Comes the Ice<\/em>. There are some live recordings and alternative mixes.
The result is an extensive (13 tracks in 80 minutes) overview of Michael Begg<\/em><\/strong>\u2018s <\/em>versatility. There\u2019s deep ambient music, orchestral neo-classical arrangement (with the Black Glass Ensemble)<\/em>, and more abstract soundscapes. <\/p>\nWitness, Ambient Chamber Works 2020-2024<\/em><\/strong> will be released on CD in a six panel ecopack with full track and production notes \u2013 which will hopefully also reveal some information about the relation of the compositions to their original datasets. Release date is May 19, but the album can already be pre-ordered.<\/p>\n
But his music is always \u201clocated in the place where formal composition and electronic erosion meet; a liminal space coloured by longing and discomfort\u201d.<\/em><\/p>\n
His discography includes the Witness <\/em>series (1-5), created with the Witness Engine software he developed \u2018to sonify earth monitoring and environmental data<\/em>\u2018: \u2018an\u2018engine\u2019 to consume live data from numerous locations and turn the various elements of the air quality index into sound and audio processes\u2019<\/em>. This new release features selections from this Witness<\/a> Series, <\/em>but also pieces from Light Water is Black Water<\/a>, Sounding The Ice Factory<\/a><\/em>, and the forthcoming album Out of Whose Womb Comes the Ice<\/em>. There are some live recordings and alternative mixes. Witness, Ambient Chamber Works 2020-2024<\/em><\/strong> will be released on CD in a six panel ecopack with full track and production notes \u2013 which will hopefully also reveal some information about the relation of the compositions to their original datasets. Release date is May 19, but the album can already be pre-ordered.<\/p>\n
The data sources varied from levels of carbon monoxide, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, sulphur dioxide in the atmosphere, to orbital patterns of satellites, live local data from Openweathermap, or receding Arctic ice of collapsing glaciers. <\/p>\n
The result is an extensive (13 tracks in 80 minutes) overview of Michael Begg<\/em><\/strong>\u2018s <\/em>versatility. There\u2019s deep ambient music, orchestral neo-classical arrangement (with the Black Glass Ensemble)<\/em>, and more abstract soundscapes. <\/p>\n