FA TECH

Facebook | Twitter | Youtube Sound artists Markus Steinkellner aka Idklang, Nada Aiko and Pascal Holper aka &c are FA TECH - with portable setups on their backs they swarm out to sample life itself and collect sounding, discarded objects - after having found an inspiring spot, they reuse and manipulate the sounds and noises in improvised sessions. This is their diary.

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Hallo! Was verwendet ihr eigentlich, um eure aufgenommenen Klänge zu verändern und abzuspielen?

wir benutzen ableton live und darin enthaltene plugins, die wir mit midi-kontrollern steuern

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what kind of gear/synths/software do you use?

zoom and roland recording devices, ableton live, akai lpk25, korg nanokontrol

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Liebe FA-TECH, ich schreibe zur Zeit meine Bachelorarbeit zum Thema Soundscapes. Neben einem praktischen Teil bei dem ich verschiedene Städte aufgenommen habe möchte ich auch im theoretischen Teil das Arbeiten mit Soundscapes in der Musik beschreiben. Ich habe euch einmal in Wien gesehen und finde euch großartig. Deswegen würde ich gerne eure Arbeit in meiner BA-Arbeit auch kurz vorstellen. Könntet ihr mir dazu kurz ein paar Fragen beantworten? Die Fragen schicke ich in der nächsten Nachricht.

Bitte entschuldige diese sehr späte Antwort. Wir haben hier schon sehr lang nicht mehr reingeschaut. 

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FA TECH live at Asphalt Oasen Festival at Esperantoplatz in Graz on the 9th of August 2014. Most of the sounds were recorded on the same day in the neighbourhood of Esperantoplatz.

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in the house with the one and only Daniel Weltlinger. vienna, 20th of october 2013

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live at ELEVATE THE PARK! at forum stadtpark, graz.

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FA TECH live at rhiz on the 2nd of may 2013, using sounds from around Vienna, many of them just recorded around the venue before the show.

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the whole FA TECH live session at fluc, shot by Michael Fellner (https://www.youtube.com/user/fellumee?feature=watch)

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"A kind of blue" Fa Tech @ Fluc, Vienna on March 26, 2013

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FA TECH in London, Prague, Vienna & Berlin. 2011/2012 A film by Pascal Holper, 2013

A documentary about FA TECH and their urban sampling-forays through the streets, and about whom and what the collective encountered before, during and after the space-appropriating sessions.

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At the Holocaust Memorial, Berlin

Short video excerpt of the FA TECH improv session at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin feat. Daniel Weltlinger (Violin) and Daniel Pliner (Melodica). 

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Here's an excerpt of the improv session at the Holocaust Memorial in Berlin, feat. Daniel Weltlinger (Violin) and Daniel Pliner (Melodica)

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Berlin, Day 2

A moment never to forget.

After spending hours in the heat, not expecting what to come, the two Australian musicians Daniel Weltlinger and Daniel Pliner showed up. We spontaneously had invited them to join us on this very special spot, having just met a couple of days ago.

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Berlin, Day 1

We finally made it to Berlin. The first step out of the door already led us to some very intense sound sources: houses being knocked down. What better start could there be. Spent the whole day on hot concrete capturing the city's very own frequencies until we found a shady spot to release them in FA TECH manner into the burning air.

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Spielfestival

We were invited to perform at Spielfestival, which started today. Pascal and Markus already accompanied the crew of performers yesterday on their promotion tour through local supermarkets. We're looking forward to a couple of exciting days and sessions.

http://www.spielfestival.at/

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Vienna, second indoor session at WERK

FA TECH's second indoor performance at "Der rote Schaden" pres. by PRATATATAAAH *STERN @ WERK in Vienna.

Photos by "Michi"

Video footage by Carmen Feichtinger