Günther Rabl (*1953, Linz)

Composer and software developer, self-taught on the double bass, participation in improvisation and jazz ensembles (among others with Friedrich Gulda and Ursula Anders).
Since 1980 he has turned to tape composition and computer music, numerous works that have been performed at international concerts and festivals.
Since 1983 he has been developing software for sound processing and composition.
1990–2007 Lecture “Theory of Electroacoustics” at the University of Music in Vienna.
Since 1992 he has been building up his own loudspeaker orchestra for performances and installations.
2000 Founding of his own label canto crudo, publication of his own works as well as archive stocks (Dieter Feichtner, Friedrich Gulda) and rarities on CD.
2010 Foundation of the Electric Orpheus Academy.

IDYLLE (1991, stereo, 6min)
idyll
from the album Odyssee, commission for the EXPO ’92 in Sevilla

FUNKENFLUG (1993, 8-channel, 19min)
flying sparks
Second part of Katharsis, from the sound of a waterfall.
The rushing water has dissolved into a crackling sound that occasionally encounters some imaginary sound objects.

WIND INTERMEZZO (1993, 8-channel, 6min)
Third part of Katharsis, from the sound of a waterfall.
The rushing water is condensed into a wind-like sound. Some elastic objects howl with the wind.

THRENODY FOR NO PARTICULAR REASON (2011/12, 4-channel, 49min)
Two nested cycles with the sounds of a multidimensional tone generator. One organ-like, the other with the characteristic style of singing bowls.

ETUDE IN GRAU (1980/2003, 10-channel, 30min)
etude in gray
A study with filtered noise in 250 subjects based on pairs of opposites fast/slow, calm/restless, even/uneven.

FLYING FORKS (1989, mono, 3min)
A brief study of the sound of a tuning fork fastened between strings.

source: private material by the composer