Label: Metaphon

ベルギーMetaphonによる素晴らしい発掘もの!!器楽および電子音楽の作曲家であり、コンピューター制御のインタラクティブ・ミュージックの先駆者であったRolf Gehlhaar(1943-2019)。シュトック・ハウゼンの個人秘書、また演奏アンサンブルのメンバーとしても活動していながら、生前残した個人名の音盤は一枚も存在せず、今回Timo van Luijk主宰のMetaphonが初の個人名未発表音源集を制作。徐々に深度を増していくバイオリン&電子音の幽玄な反復、メタリック・パーカッションのみを使った強靭且つストレートな空間録音、氏の冒険的/革新的アイデアの多様性を確認出来る決定盤。





Rolf Gehlhaar (1943-2019) was an instrumental and electronic music composer, and a pioneer in computer controlled interactive music. He grew up in the US where he studied philosophy and composition at Yale University. In 1967 he moved back to Germany to become Stockhausen’s personal assistant and member of his performing ensemble. In 1969 Gehlhaar co-founded, along with Johannes Fritsch (Metaphon 012) and David Johnson, the Feedback Studios in Cologne, a new-music performance center and publishing house. He later moved to England, where he became in 1979 a founding member of the Electro-Acoustic Music Association and later on senior lecturer in design and digital media. Gehlhaar's compositions include symphonies, instrumental works, experimental and electronic music, interactive computer controlled music and everything in between.
The three previously unreleased tracks on this LP only show a glimpse of the versatility of his adventurous and innovative musical ideas.
The LP comes with a foldout insert including photos and extensive program notes.