Max Eilbacher — Here a Peak, There an Abyss

—ANM056—
Compact Disc in Digipack Case
Mastered by Rupert Clervaux
Graphic Design by Arnau Sala Saez
Photographs by Violeta Mayoral
Limited to 100 copies

During the winter of 2017 I was very immersed in the drawings of Bernard Tschumi. Using prebuilt VST synthesizers, I used repetition and recursion in programming the midi patterns that drove these digital synthesizers. The midi patterns/language controlled the pitch, timbre, and timing of the synthesizers. My goal was to create audio spaces that evoked a similar atmosphere to that of Tschumi’s work. Audio recordings that I made are also occasionally used as wavetables or manipulated in these VST synths and subjected to my “architectural” midi patterns. While assembling these sonic spaces I tried to keep a playful blend of harmony and psychosis, generated by the midi building blocks and the temporal structure of each piece.

—Max Eilbacher

*Tracks 3 and 7 are excerpts from Duncan Moore’s and my piece “Collapsing Pattern.” I extracted some digital synthesis that used very similar generative approaches to the other tracks I had been working on for this cd.