Skoops

Label: Disques Crepuscule
Category: Music

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Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1
EAN: 5413356638820
ASIN: B0000UMLRU

Release Date: 2003-12-03

Skoops

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Tracks:

And Growth Can Be Heard
Swirling Backwards
From Out of Which
Bold Forgetting
Songes
Venturing into Colony
Further Hunting
Working the Ploughs
What That One Does
Bewildering Din

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Album Description

The Belgian new-music composer's first studio album since 'Der Heisse Brei' (2000). Features 10 tracks employing mesmerizing minimalist techniques with a certain amount of electronics along with some acoustic instruments. Pias. 2003.

Album Details

The First Wim Mertens Studio Album Since 2001's "der Heisse Brei". The Premier of "skopos" Took Place on the 14th of July 2002 at the Kasteeldomein Van Gaasbeek. It was Performed by the Wim Mertens Ensemble, with 12 Musicians. In the Recently Recorded Studio Version the Composer Explores New Registers and his Work is Performed by an Even Larger Ensemble with Additional Strings, Brass and Percussion. Harp, Guitar and Drums Are Strikingly Present in the Score. "skopos" (Greek), Stands for "reach", "scope" but also Means "hitting the Target", as Well as a Musical Line that Follows a Melody. In Wim Mertens's Words "skopos Refers to What Presents Itself Within One's Reach, What is Visible, Audible, Everything that Can Be Heard and Represented, What Takes Place Within the Scope. But the Tones and Sounds of Skopos also Evoque What Falls Outside the Concrete Reach, What is Not Immediately Visible Or Audible, `outside the Scope".

Customer Reviews:

Skopos - take it outside and listen.......2005-03-23

Skopos is not a regular collection of music. It's a complete experience. The music, composed by Wim and brought to live by himself and his ensemble, was presented to the audience for the first time in the summer of 2002 to celebrate the anniversary of 700 years of Flemish history. I had the chance to be there, at a time when I only knew Mertens' music from his more populare tracks such as "Often a Bird" and "Close Cover". But this concert really convinced me, or no, blew me away. Part of a sound and light show held in the gardens outside the Castle of Gaasbeek (near Brussels, Belgium), the music managed to grasp me entirely. To me, the entire piece had a fuller sound to it than other works, even though Wim stays true to his admirable minimalist music.

Just this weekend, I heard Skopos for a second time live on his concert tour. And I was gripped again. I hope the music will do the same for you when you listen to the cd, perhaps outside in your garden or a local park, with some people you (don't) know around, and maybe - not a prerequisite but possibly an excellent addition - some Belgian chocolates ;)

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