"Locust Wind, rattle and hum" is a composition for 10-string guitar and electronics by the German composer Rainer Bürck.
Stefan Östersjö, 10-string guitar
Rainer Bürck, electronics
"Locust Wind, rattle and hum" is released on an album titled Feuer Zungen Glocken Saiten which features electronic works by the German composer Rainer Bürck on the Canadian label earsay, an important platform for experimental and electronic music.
Soloist is Stefan Östersjö, for whom the piece was also composed.
Released April 29, 2022.
The composer's programme note on the CD reads:
Locust wind, rattle and hum (2002-2013) for guitar and electronics was written for the Swedish guitarist Stefan Östersjö. It belongs to a series of pieces I have written for solo performer and electronics. Like in the previous pieces of this series (Elpia II, STRINGendo, Flautando), the playing of the performer is transformed into MIDI data. The MIDI data is processed on four independent layers by a computer program I've written which then control a sampler, playing all sorts of sounds and noises previously recorded from the particular instrument. Pitches and velocity values can be transformed, notes can be delayed, a played note can trigger many other notes etc. Each of the processing parameters can either be exactly determined, or it can be defined as a random interval within which the processing will be carried out. The live performance keeps the piece fresh while the fact that processing is done on four separate layers enables the performer to trigger complex musical textures. Furthermore, „tape“ parts are played back in some sections of the piece.
Godkänd;2022;Nivå 0;2022-12-20 (svasva)