low frequency orchestra

improvisation - interpretation  

 

maja osojnik - voice, recorders and other gadgets

angélica cástello - recorders, toys and electronic devices

matija schellander - double bass

herwig neugebauer - double bass

mathias koch - drums

thomas grill - electronics

alfred reiter - sound engineering

 

Coming from different backgrounds and countries Angélica Castelló, Maja Osojnik, Matija Schellander, Thomas Grill und Mathias Koch formed the Low Frequency Orchestra in Vienna in 2003 (with Herwig Neugebauer joining them in 2004) to explore the sonic possibilities of the combination of low recorders, low strings, drums and live electronics. The goal is to develop an original way of playing, using both traditional and extended playing techniques, the verve of improvisation and the precision of notated music.
Under the titles "Déjà Vu" and "CUT" the band performs improvisations based on more or less rigid structures and graphical scores. The pieces range from terse statements and fast-evolving stories to static landscapes.

 

The Vienna-based composers Katharina Klement, Jorge Sánchez-Chiong, Robert Kellner, Veronika Simor and Maja Osojnik composed pieces for the Low Frequency Orchestra. The pieces combine composed and improvised parts and use both graphical and traditional notation.

 

The Low Frequency Orchestra also performed a portrait of "super-counter" Tom Johnson, consisting of arrangements of his pieces and interpretations of his graphic scores.

 

They work aswell together with visual artists as for example with Martin Pichlmayr, with whom they interpreted a series of color scores by Robert Lettnerunder under the supervision of Thomas Grill in 2006. The Project is called Das Spiel vom Kommen und Gehen


The members of the Low Frequency Orchestra have studied in renowned schools in Vienna, Amsterdam, Mexico City and Montreal. They are active in Jazz, early and contemporary music and have performed as soloists or members of various ensembles all over Europe, Canada and Mexico.

 

NEW CD "S" OUT

recorded in Echoraum 2006

recorded & mixed by Alfred Reiter

mastered by Wolfgang Musil

released 2008 by Einklang Records

 

 

concert photos

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       photo bei Moritz Schell