Title: Wall Woodpeckers (Mauerspechten) 9:11 - 2005 for tape

Author Ricardo Climent originally for 12 channels (8 chennel mix)

On the 9th of November, 1989, the so called Wall-woodpeckers hammered and

knocked down the Berlin Wall. Since then, politicians, philosophers and artists
have analysed the consequences and the impact of this action on Berliners. This
music work provides a unique opportunity for the Wall to express its own version
of the facts.
A sonic discourse made with chisels, screwdrivers,
hammers and cheers surrounded the DDR like thousands
of speakers in a circle. East and West are sonically
represented as contrasting music materials, which attempt
several ways of integration throughout the piece. 332
samples of the ‘Wall’ no longer than 1500 milliseconds are
being collaged into multiple forms, convolved and
transformed. They are merged together with a sustained
timbre made of synthetic sounds (physical models of
circular plates designed by Stefan Bilbao).
This music scenario conforms a pallet of gestures which sonically describes the
euphoria, intensity and fears of the night of the fall of a Wall, which 16 years later
was still alive in many Berliners’ mind. Wall Woodpeckers was entirely created at
the Elektronischen Studios, Technical University of Berlin, thanks to Folkmar Hein
and his team.
Wall woodpeckers has been published on CD by German label Edition RZ founded
by Robert Zank. Inventionen-CD Vol. 6 and produced by Berliner
Künstlerprogramm des DAAD. Later in 2007 it will also be published by RedASLA,
Vol. 2

Biography:
Ricardo Climent is a composer who focuses on experimental music technology in
the compositional and performance environment. His musical output ranges from
pure acousmatic works (for tape) to instrumental composition, including mixed
works, which incorporate electronic expression to acoustic instruments and make
use on sensors technologies. His research includes cross-disciplinary projects
combining music and other arts or sciences, aiming to push his own boundaries
and existing ones.
He is currently working as one of the principal researchers at NOVARS, Research
Centre for Electroacoustic composition, Performance and Sound-Art, University of
Manchester, UK, started in 2007. Before he was lecturer at the School of Music
and Sonic Arts, Queen´s University. He has served as resident composer at the
Conservatorio de las Rosas, Morelia, Mexico thanks the a Unesco-Aschberg award,
resident researcher at the Kunitachi College of Music, Tokyo, sponsored by the
Arts Council of Northern Ireland and the Daiwa Anglo-Japanese foundation, two
years resident composer at the JOGV orchestra in Spain, also resident at the
Elektronisches Studio -Technical University of Berlin among others.
Ricardo was recently commissioned by The Instituto Valenciano de la Musica,
Pedro Carneiro, C.A.R.A. (Celebrating Arts in Rural Areas), Grup de Percussio
Amores, JOGV, Ensamble las Rosas-Mexico, Xelo Giner-Kazuhisa Ogawa, Carlos Gil,
Third Practice Festival- Virginia, Kontakte Precussion group and Spanish Brass
Luur Metals.
He holds a PhD in Composition and also a Master in Music Technology from
Queen’s University of Belfast and incidentally, also degrees in Economics by
Universidad de Valencia, Spain and FUFAP- Alcala de Henares.