Robert Schumann Hochschule Düsseldorf

Daniel Smutny - Sound Ecologies #4 - Out Of Human Control

In February 2022, Johannes Tosta, a master’s student in Artistic Music Production, recorded a live performance of “sound ecologies” by the Essen-based ensemble E-MEX in the atrium of the LWL-Museum in Münster. Composed specifically for the ensemble by Daniel Smutny, the four-part cycle treats musical sounds as though they were living creatures in an auditory biotope, exploring their subtle facets and diversity of tones in a composed environment.

The stereo mix heard here is an excerpt from the piece “out of human control.” It received the Gold Award at the AES Student Recording Competition in the Traditional Acoustic Recording category.