Radu Malftatti
Raum - Zeit I
Electronic realization with sampled instruments by Radu Malfatti
"The
tenth b-boim is probably the least successful to these ears. raum-zeit I
(1997) is composed for a full string orchestra, built up here once more
by massed samples of individual instruments. Dating from a decade ago, it's
decidedly "musical", its long sustained tones preceded by short passages of
slow fragmented melody, the beginning of a mournful tune that never quite
arrives. The layered effect of the sampled instruments is less successful,
and the discernible looping betrays their artificial nature. Whereas the
previous electronic realisations made no attempt to sound real, raum-zeit's
layered strings try to do so and end up sounding fake, and detract from the
overall effect of the composition. The eleventh and twelfth releases
thankfully return to live recordings using real instrumentation." | Richard
Pinnell, Paris Transatlantic
