Hafler Trio

• Genre: Musique Concrete
• Hometown: Reyjavek

About

Hafler Trio are less about what is traditionally considered music than about creating recordings that engage listeners with the phenomenon of sound. Andrew McKenzie, Chris Watson and collaborators such as Annie Sprinkle, John Duncan, Steven Stapleton and Willem de Ridder have explored the possibilities of recorded analog and digital sound since the early '80s. Investigating methods to create and document sound, as well as its psychological effects on listeners, they are the logical descendents of scientists and researchers like Thomas Edison, Konstantin Raudive and Alexander Graham Bell, all of whom also explored the parameters of sound documentation and transmission. Hafler Trio tracks exhibit challenging textures that leave you feeling like you're sitting in a coal furnace or being transported through the insides of a human body -- only to be disrupted by what sounds like your stereo malfunctioning. Without a perceptible structure, you are indeed at Hafler Trio's mercy, trapped in a stereo field of chaos and control.

- Marc Kate