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1_sample

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73 artists present the diverse Noise of Cologne on the now 3rd CD in this series. For me, this compilation seemed to be the perfect mix to release my shortest piece ever: 1_sample. It is one single „handcrafted“ sample of maximum value at 44.1 kHz rate, embedded into 2 seconds of silence, so most CD players should be able to play it back. The duration of the piece is about 2.27 x 10-5 seconds, or 22.7 microseconds. I love to be surprised by the different sonic outcomes, whenever a system is trying to convert it into audible sound waves. Also it always reminds me, that the digital realm is a discrete world with somehow limited possibilities. Hope, this little pop or click is telling you something, too. Happy listening to alle the great contributions of the noisy Cologne crowd.

audio.hartmanntobias.de/#audio-noc-3

Credits

Noise of Cologne 3 (A-Musik NOC-3, release date: 16.03.2024)

1_sample: Tobias Hartmann

All Noise Of Cologne 3 contributions: 120 DEN / 7000 Eichen / Achim Mohné / Andreas O. Hirsch / Andreas Wagner / Andrés Quezada / Annie Bloch / Beate & Dietmar Bonnen / Bernd Härpfer / Bettina Wenzel / Bidisha Das / bleed Air / Bob Humid / C.C. Herman / chirp.crush / Claudia Robles-Angel / Clusterhead / COMBUSTION CONSTRUCTION / Croute / DANGOLOID / dennis aycicek / Echo Ho / Elisa Kühnl / Elisa Metz / Elisabeth Coudoux / EZB / Florian Zwißler / Frank Dommert / Friday Dunard / funfon / hans w. koch / Harald Sack Ziegler / Hye Young Sin / jeandado / Joel Jaffe / Julia Bünnagel / Justin / Kai Niggemann / Luís Antunes Pena / Marcus Schmickler / Martin Schmitz / Martin Weinreich / Menelaos Tomasides / Merzouga / Michael Peters / Mik Quantius / Miyake / MME dUO / Monoteur / Nathalie Brum / Neozaïre / Nils Quak / Numinos / Pedro A. Ramírez / Peter Simon / PVNCTVM / Ralf Schreiber / Roland Schappert / Roman Jungblut / Schlammpeitziger / Sebastian von der Heide / Shuoxin Tan Siegfried Koepf / Simon Rummel / Stefan Haagen / TBZ / That Night / Therapeutische Hörgruppe / Titanoboa / Tobias Hartmann / Viola Klein / Volker Zander / Wolfram Wire

an soot

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an soot is 100% AI generated music. This artistic research project aims to investigate the development and possibilities of creating audio by utilizing so called artificial neuronal networks, customized code and dedicated scripts and processes. Enjoy listening to the collection of an soot music via a dedicated spatial audio WebApp or download the tracks via Bandcamp.

ansoot.hartmanntobias.de - Spatial Audio WebApp

audio.hartmanntobias.de/#audio-an-soot

ansoot.bandcamp.com

github.com/tob-har/audiocraft-cablesGUI

Credits

Concept and Development: Tobias Hartmann

Spatial WebAudio Development: Tobias Hartmann

The customized code for generating audio is based on the Facebook Audiocraft fork by GrandaddyShmax

Model: MusicGen Large Version 2.0.1 with the default decoder (Model Card)

Bandcamp uploader code and scripting based on the project github.com/ggorlen/bandcamp-uploader by ggorlen

an soot WebApp made with cables.gl

I am Sitting in a Room – Resampled

I Am Sitting in a Room - Resampled I & II are digital versions of Alvin Lucier's piece I Am Sitting in a Room. They feature the Elektron Octatrack Mk 1 resampling itself internally for one hour in two different setups. Headphones recommended.

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Concept and Development: Tobias Hartmann

Original Piece: I am sitting in a room by Alvin Lucier.

Instrument: Octatrack Mk1 with latest OS form mid 2020

Eggs, Rocks, Human Beeings

Eggs, Rocks, Human Beings is a crossmedia documentary project exploring the stories of young Inuit coming of age in the contemporary Canadian Arctic. The filmmakers aim was to combine the immersive potential of VR180 with classic 2D documentary filmmaking, while collaborating with the local Inuit community of Arviat in Nunavut, to tell stories that matter to them as well. They also conducted a 6-week workshop program, training local high schoolers in VR180 filmmaking, and coproducing their very own VR180 horror short.

Watch on YouTube

Credits

Funded by VR Creator Lab + Film- & Medienstiftung NRW Supported by our official partners UNPO Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization & Goethe Institut

Composer: Tobias Hartmann

Director: Philipp Schaeffer

Director of Photography: Fabian Klein

Editor: Yana Höhnerbach

Sound Design & Mix: Holger Buff

Associate Producer: Nanau Loewen

Creative Producer: Levin Hübner

Produced by Levin Hübner & Fabian Wallenfels

© Hübner/Wallenfels

Clip Launch

clip launch is a 4 channel electronic composition for live sampler, premiered at ad hoc: Konzert des Studio für Elektronische Musik an der Kunsthochschule für Medien, Köln.

Ensemble e[K]lektrik: Tobias Hartmann, Sergej Maingardt, Ferdinand Graetz

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Composition & Performance: Tobias Hartmann

Punktum

Electroacoustic composition for 3 amplified Paetzold contrabass recorders and tape. Premiered by Trio KAZE at HfMT Köln (2012).

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Composition & Tape: Tobias Hartmann

Trio KAZE (Anna Stegmann, Miako Klein, Yoshiko Klein): Paetzold recorder

streunen

streunen is a composition for live sampling and percussions. Premiered at Musikfabrik Köln, Departure 4.

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Composition & Live Sampling: Tobias Hartmann

Percussions: Jens Ruland

innenleben

innenleben is a composition for prepared piano and live electronics. Live electronic sound is played back via transducers which attached to the resonant body of the grand piano. Premiered at HfMT Köln, 2011.

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Composition & Performance: Tobias Hartmann