MORITZ VON OSWALD - SILENCIO

Spanning 11 tracks, the record explores, according to a press release, "the differences and similarities between human and artificial sound, between oscillations generated by vocal cords and synthesiser voices." The compositions featured on Silencio were written in von Oswald's Berlin studio on classic synthesisers, such as the EMS VCS3 and AKS; Prophet V; Oberheim 4-Voice; and Moog Model 15. These recordings were subsequently transcribed to sheet music for choir by Berlin-based Finnish composer and pianist Jarkko Riihimäki and performed by the 16-member choir Vocalconsort Berlin in Ölberg church in the city's Kreuzberg district, with their recordings then reworked by von Oswald back in his studio.