“Hysteresis 1+2â€, is an improvised recording of pre-recorded shortwave radio transmissions, online radio broadcasts and TV transmissions, with the company of a minidisc player, a stereo walkman headphone, objects and computer.
The compositions main purpose is to research the psychological effects of hysteresis (a lag between an effect or response and the force that caused it), compositional elements such as silence, amplitude modulation, and the effects it may have on the listener.
The two tracks constructed to be played sequentially are consolidated for this release. “Hysteresis 1â€, 5:11; “Hysteresis 2â€, 5:11.
Composed & edited in August 2008 by Cem Güney, mastered by Miguel Carvalhais.