Looking Outward-04

Francesco Mauro

Section D

I looked into the music of Robert Henke, and enjoyed it. The music has a wide dramatic sound, and invokes some sort of primal feeling. It feels immersive and vast. One of his songs sounded like you were standing on the edge of that one cavern from planet earth looking down. He is a minimalist from Germany, and it matches well with his computational music making. The absolute minimalism makes me feel like I’m listening for the truth within each sound. The control he obviously has on each sound allows slight movements to feel like massive musical sweeps. He speaks about his creation involving a tweaking and tuning of algorithms looking for patterns that are pleasing. Looking for an unexpected effect within the rigid parameters. A very approachable method.