F/X …
Starting in 2018 after our gig at Blurred Edges Hamburg, AAA-AAA designed a concert series that reflects in each of its editions the specific elements in the effects (F/X) chain of electric guitar signals. Starting with the most fun and most obvious = distortion, we made it through modulation and delay also to „volume“, which is not an effect in the classic sense, but it’s an important pedal for guitarists and also a very important (the most important?) parameter in composition.
F/X Distortion
Jesse Broekman – Dor andere Handen II
For two e-guitars and feedback systems
Super smart and elegant feedback system with transducers and whammy pedals, that produce some form of Risset glissandi within the feedback circle. And a lot of distortion!
F/X Volume
Karlheinz Stockhausen – SPRIRAL
Für E-Gitarre und Radio
Following a plus/minus-system in arranging the piece, this fit ideally to our program of „volume“-pieces.
Other pieces In the program:
Ui-Kyung Lee – 0o.. (premiere, watch here)
For two e-guitars and volume pedals.
Alvin Lucier – For Tom Higgins (watch here)
Arr. for two electric guitars
The concert was endorsed by Lehle ® with three volume pedals. It was hosted and documented by the Kunststiftung Baden-Württemberg.
F/X Delay
Neil Thomas Smith – Stop Motion Music II
For two e-guitars and delay pedals
Very subtle delay-phase-shiftings between the guitars (which make sit super hard to play, since your delay time becomes your tempo orientation, while you hear a completely different tempo from the other guitar delay).
F/X Modulation
Steffen Krebber – Laufzeitumgebung
Version for and by AAA-AAA for E-Guitar and Talkbox
Watch (!) on Bandcamp (yes it’s a Video)-
This is so cool. And its part of our AAA-lbum that you should definitely buy as a hardware, or at least on Bandcamp.
