Heart_Bit_T_Race_Lape_One

MARTIN e GREIL (Dornbirn, Austria) Martin e Greil is a composer, sound artist/musician. He has performed throughout Europe and worked with artists including Colin Fallows and Keith Rowe. In 1999, he was artistic director of the Austrian millennium project The Millennium, and in 2000, his solo CD Spheres was released. He also appears on Audio Research Editions collections. He is equally active in multi-media arts, designing various Internet web sites, videos and digital animations. He was a sound Research Assistant and Lecturer at Liverpool School of Art and Design, Liverpool John Moores University (1999-2001) and a Design Lecturer at LIPA. He co-founded the ASPARA Company in 2001, and his own record label M’para. Thomas J. Schroffenegger is a composer, musician, designer, commercial artist and teacher. Both previously played in the same punk band ten years ago. Today they work together again especially to create this piece for Trace.

CFR. nn. Arch. 182.a, 183.28, 185.23 TRACE is a limited edition collection of two-minute pieces by international sound artists, experimental composers, noise makers and other audio creators. Each artist has produced an original recording of two-minute duration for the CD on the theme of TRACE. TRACE greated an opportunity for a selection of international sound artists to work thematically, as well as providing listeners with further insight into the artists work. By bringing together this calibre and range of contributions, TRACE aims to stimulate further interest in the practice, debate and dialogue surrounding sound art. The artista on TRACE range from well known world figures, to individuals and groups making their first wirks in this field. TRACE was published thanks to a research award from the Centre for Art International Research (CAIR).