Gerhard Rühm – Diotima hat ihre Lektüre gewechselt [CD] Extreme / Noise / Free Sound but a filmic interpretation of

but a filmic interpretation of ‘Hootonics’ (as he called it)

Influences of Indian mantra singing are combined with eternal African voices or with folkish-Latin guitar rhythms

exploring the chasms and peaks between relentlessly danceable noise cutups and gently nuanced ambience

pastoral mysteries and idyllic myths weaved from an inventory of dreams

The work was commissioned for the Aterforum festival in Ferrara

Gerhard Rühm – Diotima hat ihre Lektüre gewechselt [CD] Extreme / Noise / Free Sound but a filmic interpretation of"the 1971 detective audio play "Diotima hat ihre Lektre gewechselt" goes back to the records of a murder trial that took place around the turn of the 20th century: two music students were killed upon their own request because of a love affair by their piano teacher, who afterwards lacked the courage to shoot himself too, as planned. the court records are read out by two girls in alternation. the text is accompanied by background noise that the