…I listened to your „lunar_“ series. It´s very well done!…
Ryuichi Sakamoto
…I just listened to „lunar_“ with great pleasure! Great work – I like it very much…
Heiner Goebbels
Ever since I listened to „lunar_“ I’ve been glad that especially Markus Muench has put this dream of mankind to music and arranged it into art, which otherwise would have remained just a handful of audio files…a terrific idea!
Andreas Ammer
Space is the place to be right now. „lunar_“ is my favourite ambient hoerspiel 2021. And a great piece of music too.
Ulrich Bassenge
The years 2019- 2022 marked the 50th anniversary of the first humans on the moon.
On July 21, 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first man who steps on the moon. In total, there were 12 astronauts, who have been on the lunar surface during the Apollo missions from 1969-1972.
This topic will remain current as NASA wants to send the first woman and first man of color to the moon with the new Artemis program.
The art project „lunar_“ is intended to approach the topic emotionally and factually by using original NASA audio materials of the missions.
Conversations of the astronauts, background noise (noise, ventilation, artifacts of the audio tapes etc) are, often strongly treated, the basis of a musical construction.
All in all, the listener should be able to immerse himself in a partly surreal soundscape that combines nostalgic, documentary analog sounds with new digital bits and clicks. Some instrumental parts are developed and recorded simultaneously with the electronics.
The project „lunar_“ has been realized in different formats:
-music album (available on all music streaming platforms)
– piece for radio
– sound installation (in stereo or multi channel surround)
– installation with sound and video background (in stereo or multi channel surround)
– concerts/ performances (with video background)
concept, composition and production: Markus Muench
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