Mads Emil Nielsen: Framework (1)
Framework is a series of graphic scores and recordings by Copenhagen-based musician Mads Emil Nielsen. Framework (1) consists of 14 hand-drawn graphic scores with simple instructions and a recording for each score.
Instructions: These 14 graphic scores may be played by any configuration of instruments and players - the recordings may be of any duration. Some of the scores are linear and may be read from left to right; others are meant as a conceptual inspiration for composition and performance. The balance between these two approaches is to be decided by the interpreter.
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Instructions: These 14 graphic scores may be played by any configuration of instruments and players - the recordings may be of any duration. Some of the scores are linear and may be read from left to right; others are meant as a conceptual inspiration for composition and performance. The balance between these two approaches is to be decided by the interpreter.
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arbitrary01 | December 2014
Book + CD + DL
Edition of 100 copies, risograph / digital print, numbered and signed
Scores, audio and graphic design by Mads Emil Nielsen
FRAMEWORK 1-14
Book + CD + DL
Edition of 100 copies, risograph / digital print, numbered and signed
Scores, audio and graphic design by Mads Emil Nielsen
FRAMEWORK 1-14
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Reprint / 3rd edition, 2021
Spiral-bound, hardcover
Scores: Digital print, 240g paper
incl. download code
Available via:
Morr Music Distribution - info
ANOST (DE)
Printed Matter (US)
Art into Life (JP)
shop.arbitraryproject.com / DK:
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Framework 10 (Remix)
Remixed by Jan Jelinek for the CRXSSINGS compilation, 2019
DL: includes interpretations by Andrea Neumann, Marc Méan
"The internal logic of this is quite specific - in places it reminds me of Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt's sparse Synthi studies, yet considerably more fleshed-out and multi-tracked - Nielsen clearly knows his way around his chosen instrument & the tightly controlled, flitting micro-events that make up each piece's "Orchestra" are extremely well chosen. Nielsen's thought process appears to be at a unique nexus of Cardew-styled pattern-notation experiments & "Live" - or more accurately, "Performed" Electronic Music & this set is definitely one-of-a-kind - plus I haven't seen a hand / home-made edition this thorough since Martijn Hohmann sent over that box of Universaal Kunst editions back in 2010."
- K. F. Whitman / Mimaroglu Music
Reprint / 3rd edition, 2021
Spiral-bound, hardcover
Scores: Digital print, 240g paper
incl. download code
Available via:
Morr Music Distribution - info
ANOST (DE)
Printed Matter (US)
Art into Life (JP)
shop.arbitraryproject.com / DK:
- - -
Framework 10 (Remix)
Remixed by Jan Jelinek for the CRXSSINGS compilation, 2019
DL: includes interpretations by Andrea Neumann, Marc Méan
"The internal logic of this is quite specific - in places it reminds me of Gustavo Becerra-Schmidt's sparse Synthi studies, yet considerably more fleshed-out and multi-tracked - Nielsen clearly knows his way around his chosen instrument & the tightly controlled, flitting micro-events that make up each piece's "Orchestra" are extremely well chosen. Nielsen's thought process appears to be at a unique nexus of Cardew-styled pattern-notation experiments & "Live" - or more accurately, "Performed" Electronic Music & this set is definitely one-of-a-kind - plus I haven't seen a hand / home-made edition this thorough since Martijn Hohmann sent over that box of Universaal Kunst editions back in 2010."
- K. F. Whitman / Mimaroglu Music
October 2021