Spyra - High Phidelity

Artist: Der Spyra
P: 2021
SOUND INSTALLATION at the HOSPITAL CHAPEL in TREYSA
This is a room-filling, site specific sound installation with a compositional structure and external design which work together to suggest the original historical function of the building. The music is divided into three thematic sections, which refer to the borderline psychological experiences associated with the chapel’s past.
The music is played from a pre-recorded CD and is heard through loudspeakers placed in the corners of the room. The presence of several hospital beds underlines the compositional aspiration of the piece. Their apparently superficial symbolism is conscious and is substantially deepened by the musical experience. It is the intention of the artist that the visual elements of the installation combine with the acoustic accompaniment to lead the visitor to new forms of perception and the redefinition of the merely superficially known environment. The visitor thus has the chance to consciously become one with the historical implications of the space.
The visitor is expected to overcome the common topophobia of sacred and ecclesiastical places. In this respect, music and spatial design are a medium for the historical transformation of the space and an allegory for the original function of the hospital. It is hoped that, for the audience, the sensory perception of the healing spirituality and the historical authority of the place will combine and prevail.

Artist: Der Spyra & Lang
P: 2010
LTD 1000
On SeQuest (66'09") Spyra, with Chris Lang, creates an irresistibly likable Spacemusic. With its traditional virtues of melody and harmony the resplendent tone poetry may at times be airy, but never air-headed. Even spaced rhythms pulse and echo in intriguing patterns as lead lines, bold and expressive, seem to speak directly to the listener. Unafraid to be slow and sultry, on SeQuest Spyra and Lang also realize music meant to touch the heart once it has massaged the mind. Critics often miss the complexities of this music.
Spyra is among the most expressive musicians working in the EM genre. The manner in which he moves through significant moods, textures and energy levels enlivens his pieces with a mysterious emotional atmosphere - within which we as listeners are grateful to be in contact.
Composed, performed and written by Lang (tracks: 1 to 3) and Spyra
Mastered by Spyra
Track 1 recorded in Bad Schandau
Track 2 recorded in Bad Sulza
Track 3 recorded in Essen
Track 4 recorded in Kassel and remixed in Berlin.
Chris Lang - Synthesizer
Spyra - Synthesizer, Bowchimes

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Artist: Der Spyra
P: 2010
LTD 333
With the release of No Beats for 1 Hour (59'58") Spyra establishes himself as one of the most versatile musicians on the Electronic Music scene. Already highly regarded among the sequencer Spacemusic crowd by way of his SeQuest and Future of the Past CDs he has demonstrated an equal command of the IDM vocabulary through a series of solo and collaborative releases for the Fax label. With his album Octane 91 Spyra shows that he rules the synth-rock domain as well. So on No Beats for 1 Hour his public may be very impressed as Spyra delves into even lower levels of energy than those found on his album of cosmic music Meditationen. No Beats for 1 Hour lives up to its title as there are no overt rhythms or beats present throughout its duration. This means that Spyra boldly relies on other more abstract concepts to further his musical ideas. Occasionally presenting pieces aligned with the avant-garde and experimental, this work seems to feel its way out into various quadrants of the cosmos rather than just creating and then filling up a static space. Spyra succeeds in creating a sustained atmosphere, but in a true dream-like manner - as the mood is constantly changing shade. No Beats for 1 Hour features many of Spyra's signature stylings such as lush synthesized strings, resonant bowed metal and dramatic harmonic shifts. But with its distant voices, ticking clocks, clarinet solo, strange modulations and unique transitions between movements, No Beats for 1 Hour also seems nearing the surreal - yet in spite of these strange forms and tilted planes it never falls into incoherence. Spyra provides a wealth of dramatic potency and musical color along the arc of this intriguing musical journey. Expanding in all directions yet still possessing a cerebral inwardness the weight of this music will rouse its listeners - enough to become aware of themselves.


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