Reinhold Friedl / Zeitkratzer - Kore (2016)

German new music ensemble Zeitkratzer were previously featured here tackling early Kraftwerk - see link below.  Here they perform a work composed by their director Reinhold Friedl, which he created as a homage to Iannis Xenakis - always good news to my ears. With Zeitkratzer having already tackled Xenakis in the past, they perform this noisy tribute with aplomb.

Kore is a 53-minute work in four continuous sections, scored for six amplified wind and string instruments plus piano and guitar, and was recorded live in Hamburg in January 2013.  Straight away the Xenakian roar of works like Persepolis comes to mind, as well, as the queasy, slippery strings of his work in that format.  The second (and initially the third) sections are only slightly more restrained, and the remainder picks up the intensity again, like towards the end of La Légende D'Eer, before dropping away to an eerie finale.  The close-miked instrumentation and high-quality sound allow for microscopic detail as well as the thrill of the full-on sonic assault, and the whole composition is a worthy homage whilst displaying the power and intensity of Friedl and his ensemble.

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Zeitkratzer plays Kraftwerk (live 2017)