Radiating

The pipe organ has a dirty secret. Before it became a symbol of Christian devotion, it was the instrument of ancient amphitheatres — sensual, ecstatic, feared. The early church resisted its introduction for centuries, wary of the competition posed by its powerful sound and its association with the licentious. With their new album radiating, Berlin duo gamut inc return to the origins of this ancient instrument. In their pioneering work with the MIDI-controlled pipe organ, the duo's interest has never been hypervirtuosity alone — for gamut inc, the computer-controlled organ is not primarily a vehicle for demonstrating what lies beyond humanly playable music. Their interest lies elsewhere: in expanding the instrument's own sonic language. Radiating means precisely that: technology becomes the medium for a return to the origins of this powerful instrument. And to a music that is sensual, physical, and ecstatic.