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APL036 >> EMIL KLOTZSCH - TIEFE BERGE
[20.03.2006 | HUMID SCOTTISH HIGHLANDS AMBIENCE]

"The Highlands consist of an old dissected plateau, or block, of ancient
crystalline rocks with incised valleys and lochs carved by the action of
mountain streams and by ice, the resulting topography being a wide area of
irregularly distributed mountains whose summits have nearly the same height
above sea-level, but whose bases depend upon the amount of denudation to which
the plateau has been subjected in various places."

Creating a sonic exploration of this cinematic area was the intention of Emil
Klotzsch to write "Tiefe Berge". Therefore he travelled to the Highlands by
himself to feel the power and myth of the rural northern part of Scotland.

The result is a an audial exploration of the vast flora & fauna the majestic
scottish highlands offer, recreated by many field recordings taken, who form
the plateau of these takes. Streaming water, the whistling of the cold and
foggy scottish wind, its cruising birds around who are barely whistling, the
distant grumbling of clashing rain clouds and on top of all these particular
moments of majestic silence - all of these original recordings redraw accurate
layers of the true scottish highlands experience viewn from the eyes of an
artist who is looking for solitude. But who is the artist behind?

Emil Klotzsch is a Sound Designer/Post Production Editor working with Movies.
"Sound design in Movies is a rather abstract form of music. One composes
"stories" on a rather "abstract" level. Most of the time you work with organic
sounds or create new sounds out of them. 'Tiefe Berge' is very influenced from
that approach of composing music." Emil tells. "I always design a sound out
from the beginning. Starting at zero and then see how far it goes. As for
'Tiefe Berge', the origin of everything are organic field recordings taken
during my exploratory voyage through the scottish highlands".

While listening carefully the skilled listener figures that these long earthy
pieces are inevitably influenced from classic music composers in terms of
conduction and arrangement. In private Emil listens to a lot of classic music
(Schubert, Schuhmann, Mahler or Brahms). Klotzsch focuses on the moment of
dignity, the pursuit of scenic evolving of the sound settings. Therefore, the
evolution begins within the lower frequency ranges most of the time, with the
humid silent moments that begin to grow.

Assembling this potpourri of recordings to a longplayer full of suspense and
depth has demanded a lot of patience and experience. Emil thinks: "One does
not have much control while working with field recordings, as good takes are
mostly a product of luck and intuition most of the time. And it was not always
easy to do recordings at all as the weather over there means a lot of rain and
cold wind."

TRAVEL LOG I

My love to beautiful countrysides is a major influence to me. I love England but
even more I do love Scotland. Being a child my parents always went on holiday to
our summer residence in England. But sometimes we also went to Scotland. This
country has stamped me a lot, so periods of wanderlust arise perseveratively.

Then, the year before last I went to Scotland, on my own. Most of the time it was
raining and i stumbled here and there while trying to jump over runlets. However
my drive was that I love both the reclusiveness and mountains over there. But
above all I love the lakes. There is not much in my life that made me similarly
overwhelmed as to spotting the lakes. Therefore, 'Tiefe Berge' is sort of a
homage to these lakes, hence the title. These lakes are very inky and people
tell they are very deep. Their apperance is simply amazing. I did a lot of
hiking and strolling and also went swimming in one of these lakes. Naturally,
it was very cold and while swimming I was very short sighted.

I had my MD recorder with me with microphones. I tried to record as much atmo and
sounds as possible. When I returned to Germany I started doing music on the basis
of these recordings. It was of importance to me that every sound to appear in this
album bases upon the sounds I recorded in Scotland. Thus, the music is a mirror
of the subjective feelings I experienced over there.

TRAVEL LOG II

I didn't stay within the highlands at all times. I started at Loch Lomond and then
went to the commencements of the Highlands. Loch Ossian was the name of one lake I
went by. I stayed in a hostel you can only reach if going by train. It has no lotic
water and electric power is generated by a windmill. They call it 'Rustic Hotels'.
No street leads to that hostel, and if you wanted to have the train stopping by the
you had to tell it to the train conductor, else the train wouldn't stop. There was
nothing besides an abandoned house and this very cosy hostel. The next busstop was
about 10 miles away.

I went swimming in this lake as there were no showers available at the hostel. It
was ice cold. The lakes are undescribably dark, and swimming in one of them is scary.
You never know how deep it is and what is swimming below you. It was awesome, just
as the whole scenery and landscape are. Everything is so big so it doesn't really
feel as if it is a landscape meant to become populated by human beings. It more feels
like if it's meant for giant animals. If you hike across this area on your own you
just feel much smaller. It is a strange feeling but it is a good feeling.

Experiencing the sound of this area has been a lush and sublime experience to me.
No cars, all you could hear was wind and small distant waterfalls. The usual sounds
of civilized life were missing entirely. The wind was pure and even when it was
storming it was less hectic, cause the urban sounds you're used to from your everyday
life were missing.

Nearby was Loch Treig. It is a big lake. I went hiking on the nearby mountains and
watched the lake from there, trying to feel the depths below me. I now understand why
people narrate legends of mysterious animals living in the lakes. On the day of my
arrival at Loch Treig I went on my own, no person being around. I felt far behind
while I was walking by the lake. Then I followed a curve and spotted a lonely white
house in the distance. There was no road leading to the house. It felt like it didn't
belong there, in the middle of nowhere with no surroundings. Shelves were nailed on
the windows and from what I was told it once was the home of a shepherd.

TRAVEL LOG III

By the way, one car made it into this album. While I did a recording at Loch Lomond a
car was passing by at the beginning of the recording. Many times there were memorable
moments - either a loneley sheep on a slope, the sound of a certain wind or something
completly different. At one point I spotted some beautiful stones and decided to take
a closer look at them. But as I approached them I figured it were birds, whose skin
had the same colour as the stones. They looked like small eagles but were only as big
as doves. The feathering above the claws was white though. They did strange and subtle
sounds. Unfortunately I didn't had my recorder with me and if i would have had started
to move around to grab the recorder they would have escaped for sure. These birds felt
so strange to me, just as if I was dreaming.

:: 8 tracks :: 56min 24sec :: 79.39 MB ::

01: Emil Klotzsch - sctl14
02: Emil Klotzsch - sctl12
03: Emil Klotzsch - sctl15
04: Emil Klotzsch - sctl16
05: Emil Klotzsch - sctl18
06: Emil Klotzsch - sctl19
07: Emil Klotzsch - sctl13
08: Emil Klotzsch - sctl17

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