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"Achtung! Future!" is computer music for a laptop performance and video projection. Two versions exist: one is a solo concert by Frank Niehusmann, the other is an extended version performed by the duo "khmfn" (Karl-Heinz Mauermann & Frank Niehusmann) |
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The music may be described as a futuristic kind of "musique concrète", generated from contemporary factory noises, synthesized robot signals and intensely edited historical machine sounds as well as everyday traffic sounds. In its full-length version it comprises a series of sixteen short pieces, none of which being longer than four minutes. |
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The sonic part of "Achtung! Future!" is performed by Frank Niehusmann live on a laptop computer. The video part is compiled (and for the "khmfn"-version performed) by Karl-Heinz Mauermann: it comprises five alternating image elements:
(1) a live recording showing Frank's fingers playing the computer keyboard;
(2) a view of the current audience that may be read as representing tomorrow's audience;
(3) transitory movements through familiar utopian cityscapes, live on stage;
(4) close-ups on eyes gazing into the future;
(5) the most important image element, however, shows nothing: the picture is black. |
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All pieces of "Achtung! Future!" have titles pointing out single topics, situations or places pertaining to futurity. In between the individual pieces Frank Niehusmann will explain the future. |
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