In the summer of 2006 the first explorations started.
In the fall of that year Kjell Samkopf and Floris van Manen began the recordings of their next project Music for City Hall and Marimba.
With the focus on event of the listening itself.
For a whole week every night, they got free access to the famous City Hall of the Norwegian capital Oslo. The very same place where every year the Nobel Peace Price is handed out.
Kjell played the unique five octave quarter-tone marimba. The instrument was explored bottom-up. Working upwards, starting at the lowest key. Fifteen minutes per octave. Floris recorded the event using three independent stereo perspectives. Similar to using three cameras. Again, the focus is on the listening itself. The properties of the marimba are just as important as the sounds and properties of the city hall.
Febrary 2010.
After three years, the editing of the CD has come to a pre-listening state.
More to come soon...