Glim

Tape I

DRM4201

December 13, 2024

Digital

From Andreas

I have a particular love for cassette tapes and how they can influence the character of sound – even just by the simple fact of being played on different quality sources. I like the way they can color audio material, especially when using lower-quality gear. It adds modulation, sometimes (a long time unwanted) degradation of sound, but also gives a certain nostalgic touch – at least for me.

I recorded (and played) most of the material on an old Walkman cassette player, and what I got in return were some faded sonic Polaroids which might trigger a hidden memory or at least evoke a vague feeling of nostalgia.

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releases December 13, 2024

Glim is a project by Vienna based musician and composer Andreas Berger. He studied Computer Music and Electronic Media at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Vienna. Since the early 2000s he has published a number of compositions for theatre, performance and films. So far, under the name Glim, he has released two records: “Music for Field Recordings” (2003) and “Aerial View of Model” (2006). He is also a founding member of the performance collective Liquid Loft and a part of the audiovisual project glimgrill (together with filmmaker and video artist Michaela Grill). Since 1997 he is a member of the band Le Charmant Rouge.

His work received awards at the theatre festival Kontrapunkt and at the International Shortfilm Festival Hamburg and together with Liquid Loft the golden lion at Biennale in Venice.