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"marvelous,
carefully polished like a small gem but at the same time overflowing with
life."
Jason Bivins (Dusted Reviews, USA) "Gal's colourful – yet discreet – work makes for a fine contrast with Fagaschinski's Lucier-like exploration of sustained clarinet tones" Dan Warburton (Paris Transatlantic, France) "acousmatic handicraft of the finest cloth" Massimo Ricci (Touching Extremes, Italy) "Dans
le genre, oui, c'est une surprise. Une bonne." "...leading
the listener in imagineable worlds where each single sound is of utmost
importance." "'Going
Round In Serpentines' si conferma come punto fermo e irremovibile della
migliore arte elettro-elettronica contemporanea." "care
and precision" "Music
to sit down by, do nothing and take it all in." "sophisticated
architectural intelligence, discerning auditory awareness and meditational
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“...highlights
the breadth and richness of Gal’s soundworld (...) An unmissable publication.”
Rahma Khazam (The Wire, UK) "(...) This makes this CD into both a fine display of his many talents, but also something that can hold the attention for its entire seventy-four minutes" Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly, Netherlands) "(...) at once both spare and immersive, Gal's sound and light constructions are delicate and peaceful in their strength, clarity, and focus." Seth Cluett (sound art list / amazon.com, USA) "(...) In all an extremely interesting, beautiful and highly worthwhile collection, presenting many aspects of these slow and careful exploratory sound-art works. Highly recommended." Ed Pinsent (The Sound Projector, UK) |
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'Hinaus:: In den, Wald.' (Klanggalerie, Austria 2004)
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“...Bernhard
Gal may have touched on only a fragment of Wölfli’s gargantuan
project, but it’s a telling one.” “...even
for non-German-speakers the rich sonic qualities of the piece flourished
in its claustrophobic setting.” TJ Norris (Igloomag, USA) “...Gals
interpretation succeeds: the range of dynamics, the interplay of nature
and mankind; the voice of a child that utters sounds without comprehension,
words that nevertheless gain significance, take shape in your mind..“ “...not
something you probably want to slip into the Walkman if you're lost
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'relisten' (Intransitive, USA 2001)
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"…Gal
crafts his sound material with deadly precision, using repetition to
great effect (..) It's quite a journey. "Relisten" indeed
you will." "…a
subtle and intriguing release. Highly recommended." Jeremy Keens (Ampersand, Australia) "…a
very varied CD with a lot of angles, but all of them taken well care
of. Recommended." "...a
journey, where reality and imagination subtly merge." "…a
more dynamic, imaginative brand of musique concrete." "...Gal
is a poet, who can tell stories with sound. Indeed a rare species among
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'Defragmentation/blue' (Plate Lunch, Germany 2000)
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"...both
beautiful and disquieting, this work manages to say a lot with very
little. Recommended as one of the most significant releases on the German
label Plate Lunch." David Keenan (The Wire, UK) "...highly
suggestive music, absolutely hypnotic and great!" "Listening
to this music, time ceases to function as a linear sequence of events
and is reconfigured as an endless, painful present, always on the brink
of slipping into nothingness but never quite relinquishing its grip." |
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"...especially
the virtuously arranged speech loops - shifting phonem-canons - create
mood patterns that are exciting and thrilling, the sound balance is
always right." "...a
simple but highly effective gambit" Robin Edgerton (Other Music, USA) "…minimal
sounds, voices manipulated, ...creating an unique experimental work
on repetition." |
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Defragmentation/red (Audio-architectural installation in collaboration with Yumi Kori, Germany 2000) |
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"…In
the mysterious reworking of the Prenzlauer Berg in Berlin, a nineteenth-century
underground reservoir, Yumi Kori and Bernhard Gal have created spaces
of enormous power, an installation (..) permeated by red light, and
echoes, by music and the sounds of water." "Highly
commended" "...Here
the work needed the space and the space the work, to be as impressive
as it was." "...a
suspension of the sense for space and time (..) chameleon-like changing
sound streams, whose substance, colour, structure, and last but not
least origin cannot be located by the ear." "...one
could get lost for hours in there. Actually, this would be a decent
permanent retreat for everyone, who got harmed by the pulsating energy
of the capital city, but Defragmentation/red can only be experienced
until September 24th." |
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