HANNES SEIDL - BEFREIT DIE MASCHINEN (CD)

"With Befreit die Maschinen ("Liberate the Machines") he shifts music-making from virtuosity towards "thoughtful listening". These automated sounds are juxtaposed with samples from a lecture by philosopher Michael Hirsch. Hirsch ponders the question of a society in which wages and work are decoupled from each other. Central to Seidl's piece is Hirsch's call for "less work so that everyone can work and live better." (LABEL INFO )