Kuno Wagner plays concert- and electric guitar, Chapman Stick, and Warr Guitar. His compositions are a blend of free form improvisations, techno and dance-music driven beats and looped or sampled soundscapes.
In collaboration with Thomas Wieberg (graphics & texts) he created the multivisional piece "Four cities" (1995), the CD release "Relict" (1996, with the band Moonfool) and the dance-performance "Rapid eye movement" (1998). He also released The CD "Acoustick" (1994, with piano player Achim Brockhausen).
"Intermedium" was played on a 12 string Stick, an Ensoniq DP 4, a Paradis LoopDelay, a DigiTech Time Machine, and a Lexicon PCM 70 Reverb, and recorded directly to DAT. The distortions were done with a SansAmp.
The LoopDelay was employed as a composition tool in this piece. The CD version consists of 4 or 5 loop layers which grow into a soundscape towards the end.
The piece began just for fun and eventually grew into something serious. In 1995, I composed the music for a theatre play called Four Cities/One Journey. Intermedium became a leitmotiv in this play. There were also versions for wind instruments and string quintet.
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