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No, what is important is neither linearity or non-linearity, but the change, the degree of change from something that doesn't move to other events with different tempos in particular.

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Since I started composing I have always worked with series of tempos, even superimposed the music of different groups of musicians, of singers, instrumentalists who play and sing in different tempos simultaneously and then meet every now and then in the same tempo.

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Or the other process that is important is that I compress longer sections of composed music, either found or made by myself, to such an extent that the rhythm becomes a timbre, and formal subdivisions become rhythm.

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Schaeffer gave me permission to work in the studio with a technician, but I've never worked with him.

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Or in other works I have also projected the sound in a cube of loudspeakers. The sound can move vertically and diagonally at all speeds around the public.

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And I'll never forget the first time I took the possibility to project sound every day for six or seven hours with special devices which were built for me.

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I have composed several pieces which are performed outdoors, not only in the auditoria.

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One experiments and has to choose always the best results.

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So there is a personal sense of style for a given work - I don't like a general style, but every work has its own style, and I want to create a style for every work.

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And when they encounter works of art which show that using new media can lead to new experiences and to new consciousness, and expand our senses, our perception, our intelligence, our sensibility, then they will become interested in this music.

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Biography

Nationality: German

Type: Composer

Born: August 22nd, 1928

Died: December 5th, 2007

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