David & Gisela Gamper
Fritz Hauser - Deep Time
Pauline Oliveros, accordion & Expanded Instrument
System; David Gamper, Expanded Instrument System electronics, misc. small instruments;
Urs Leimgruber, soprano & tenor saxophones; Fritz
Hauser, percussion
DEEP TIME is a tape composition commissioned in 1991 by the Deep Listening Institute for Deep Listening Band.
Fritz Hauser's tape features recordings of sounding stones (manufactured by Arthur
Schneiter) and various watches and clocks (thanks to the Bucher family in Switzerland
for permission to record that family clock!). The performers improvise with the
tape. On October 26, 1994 Pauline Oliveros, David Gamper, Urs Leimgruber and Fritz
Hauser recorded 2 versions of DEEP TIME. Both of these 32 minute recordings
are included here.
Fritz Hauser is a drummer and composer from Basel, Switzerland. He has developed
his sound language in varied ways. From solo concerts, in diverse ensembles, through
multi-media projects (theater dance film radio) and many recordings, he has contributed
to the development of the drumset from a mere timekeeper to an instrument in its
own right.
Known internationally as a composer, accordionist and teacher, Pauline Oliveros's
work in improvisation, electronic techniques, teaching methods, myth and ritual,
and meditative and physical consciousness raising has changed the course of American
music. She left the University of California at San Diego in 1981, at the rank
of full professor, in order to support her ideas, creative projects and collaborations.
All of her work emphasizes attentional strategies, musicianship and improvisational
skills. Oliveros' compositions have been performed worldwide.
Composer/performer David Gamper is especially concerned with music performance
electronics. He received a BA in mathematics in 1967 from Bowdoin College, and
returned there in 1969 to study composition with Elliott Schwartz and establish
their electronic music studio. He then went on to the University of California
at San Diego where he studied composition with Pauline Oliveros and Roger Reynolds
and received his MA in music. Since moving to New York in 1989 he has been working
primarily with Pauline Oliveros. He is director of development for the Expanded
Instrument System (a project of the Deep Listening Institute) and performs
and records around the world with Oliveros and as a member of Deep Listening Band.
Urs Leimgruber has been active for many years in the areas of contemporary improvisation,
composition, jazz and new music. One of his earliest associations was as a member
of the electric jazz/free music group 'Om' with Christy Doran, Fredy Study and
Bobbi Burri, and he later formed the 'Reflexionen' quartet with Don Friedman and
Bobby Burri in New York. His own projects have included 'Ensemble Bleu', 'Xylem',
e_a.sonata 02 with the ARTE saxophone quartet, as well as a long association with
Fritz Hauser: as a duo with the ongoing Music for saxophone and percussion; in
the Leimgruber/Roidinger/Hauser trio; a trio with Joëlle Léandre;
and a trio with Marilyn Crispell. More recently he formed 'quartet noir' with
Marilyn Crispell, Joëlle Léandre and Fritz Hauser and a trio with
Jacques Demierre and Barre Phillips.
Item number DL-CD-32; 2 CDs $20.00 
See Hear Now
David and Gisela Gamper's live performance based collaboration, See
Hear Now, arises from their shared fascination with natural sounds and
images. In their individual work as artists, they have found ourselves
drawn to images and sounds that emerge from nature and life. Gisela
closely observes the world around her. Through her images we
rediscover our own connections to the fabric of life. David¹s music
emerges from the acoustic sounds of his piano, small instruments and
found objects. When he expands them through live electronic
transformations they retain the power of natural sound.
The DVD contains a live video and music improvisation recorded in an
installation created specifically for this DVD. For their live
performances they cover the walls of the installation space with
stretched spandex, then set up mirrors, so that the images‹like the
sounds‹fill the air and the entire space. Here, they have created a
scaled down version of the projector and mirror system, allowing them
to document the performance for viewing on a TV or computer. They first
performed and recorded in the surround sound field. Later, they mixed
the recordings of acoustic instruments and the speaker sources into the
5.1 surround format on the DVD. The recording of the live performance
they selected for this DVD was created and improvised in the moment.
It represents the image and sound experience of a full See Hear Now
performance.
Also on the DVD is "inside see hear now," a short documentary which
explains some of the aesthetic and technical choices they have made for
their collaboration of live music and video improvisations. This
footage from a See Hear Now performance was recorded in their New York
studio and shows the full scale of the installation.
Item number GAD-CD-1; CD $19.00
David & Gisela Gamper
Originally a photographic artist, Gisela has extended her image making into video.
Through her work we see how movement and rhythm create our world. Using a system
David developed, Gisela performs this imagery with the same immediacy as David
performs his live improvised music. Projectors, mirrors, fabric and speakers create
installations specific to each site where David and Gisela perform. Images and
music surround the audience in a real-time collaboration that merges the sonic
and the visible into an immersing environment that transcends each medium.
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