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ARTURAS BUMSTEINAS - Three Sixteens
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format: CD
packaging: digipack
duration: 45 minutes, 3 tracks
limited to 200 copies

price: 12 euros - shipping included

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listen Karlstad:



Arturas Bumšteinas - Three Sixteens

“Karlstad” was commissioned by Dutch new music ensemble DASH! as a remix track for their CD release „Bangalore“ in 2008.  Bumšteinas took very short snippets (no longer than 1 second) of breathing noises of the ensemble's vocalists and used it as loops to build the instrumental harmonies upon them. Short remix version of this “remix” with guest violinist Lina Lapelyt? was featured in Wire Tapper 22 compilation. The title of this piece is derived from the sofa brand of the Swedish IKEA shop. The part of commission fee which  Bumšteinas got for the creation of this piece was spent to purchase the abovementioned sofa.

Tadas Žukauskas – violin; Anton Lukoszevieze – cello, voice; DASH! c/o Maarten Ornstein – samples

“Studie II” (2009) is a composition based on the spectral analysis of K.Stockhausen's early electronic piece of the same name.  Bumšteinas made the slowdown instrumental version of the original electronic piece which was performed in various instrumental combinations during the period of several years. All of these versions were recorded in concerts and rehearsals in  House of Culture (Wigry), Contemporary Arts Center (Vilnius), King's Place (London), Norwich School of Music (Norwich). All of these version were mixed together to make the final version which is published on this CD.

Apartment House string quartet; Anton Lukoszevieze - solo cello;  Arturas Bumšteinas – synth; Rhodri Davies – harp.

“Multifat” (2010) was composed initialy as a score for string orchestra which was premiered by St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra (conductor Donatas Katkus) in the Vilnius Townhall concert. Later percussion and violin parts were added onto the electronically manipulated recording of the premiere performance.

St. Christopher Chamber Orchestra (conductor Donatas Katkus); Tadas Žukauskas – violin; Hubert Zemler – percussion.

All tracks composed by Arturas Bumšteinas in 2009, 2010, Vilnius and Warsaw.