{"title":"Marcus Schmickler","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarcus Schmickler is a German composer, musician, and producer. He was born on November 15, 1968 in Cologne, Germany. With his diverse musical talents, he has established himself as an influential figure in the music industry.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAs the owner of Piethopraxis label, Marcus Schmickler has showcased his innovative approach to music production. His compositions blend various genres and styles to create unique and captivating soundscapes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eInspired by artists such as Hecker, Russell Haswell, and Mark Fell among others, Marcus Schmickler's work pushes boundaries and challenges traditional notions of music. His collaborations with renowned performers have further solidified his reputation as a visionary artist.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"sky-dice-mapping-the-studio","title":"Sky Dice \/ Mapping the Studio","description":"\u003cp\u003eMarcus Schmickler's music is designed for multi-channel sound projections and references German electronic music tradition, spectral music, experimentalism as well as 1990s club music. His artistic practice explores avant-garde trajectories in electronic music composition, formal systems, sonification and psychoacoustics. EMEGO 296 features two new major works from this audacious sound explorer. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSky Dice \/ Mapping the Studio\u003c\/i\u003e premiered at Donaueschinger Tage fur Neue Musik 10.20.2018 having being commissioned by SWR and realized at the Experimentalstudio (EXP) in Freiburg. This is a work for ARP 2500, Publison DHM89B, Publison Infernal Machine and Computer. Taking cues from Bruce Nauman's \u003ci\u003eMapping the Studio I\u003c\/i\u003e (Fat Chance John Cage) (2001) the piece draws a fragmented acoustic map of the SWR facility itself; the studio serves as a source-model for the sonic display of historical signal flow graphs. Various acoustic and psychoacoustic effects come into play including the Larsen effect, as well as Style Transfer and Topological Sonification. The result is a daring and dizzying display of disorientating audio. Sound moves in most unusual ways, rising and falling simultaneously, appearing and disappearing like apparitions, nothing here behaves in expected ways. To paraphrase Albert Einstein's now famous quote regarding quantum mechanics, this is spooky audio at a distance. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFortuna Ribbon\u003c\/i\u003e is a selection of sonic material that emerged from a research based on how DPOAEs (Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emission) can be designed in the context of musical frameworks, augmenting the compositional pallets in regard to spatial hearing. In this manifestation, the materials are presented without context. The resulting emissions from the ear that are excited in varying ways from the 6 examples on display here. Playback in undisturbed acoustic environments is recommended at \u0026gt;82 dB\/A. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Editions Mego","offers":[{"title":"Black | LP","offer_id":50995576504651,"sku":"1124614","price":27.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/5ef69cac-5778-4167-b3d0-53ba2cd16b4e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1734705440"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/collections\/test_ea1453dc_thumbnail_4096_860c68db-e0f5-484a-a1b5-f491393f5131.jpg?v=1734705420","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/collections\/marcus-schmickler.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}