(drastically slowed-down speed, multi-layering, echo and reverb sound effects, pitch modification), but the result is totally unique. A reviewer compared the music on LA Stazione to Pauline Oliveros's own Deep Listening music. Created 1987-90, La Stazione was premiered on Radio DRS 2 Bern, Switzerland, on May 16, 1990. Soundtrack (2004) Originally commissioned in 2004 by a Japanese choreographer, this remix version of Herbert Distel's own Die Reise and La Stazione was broadcast on ORF, WDR and Deutschlandradio in 2007-8, but remains unreleased on disc format at time of writing. Composed for dancers and video, this Soundtrack (pun intended I assume) is a subtle and nuanced mix enhancing details from the originals and adding dramaturgy in the process. The result is a kind of psychological soundscape and less of a train trip or portrait of a train station, since the train sounds are used as a rhythm element here and no more as a psychological, hypnotysing sound. Actually the train sounds only appear 15 minutes into the mix, evidence of a new direction given to the whole project. The work is divided in 2 parts, the first one (till 39:00) being a remixing of Die Reise whilst the 2nd part (starting 39:00) is sourced from La Stazione. The 15mns opening sequence is a kind of surreal vocals+insect chorale. A female singer returns at 23:00-24:00, a heavenly voice amid the concrète music sounds. Generally speaking, this mix stays true to the original La Stazione project, that is to say an opera (i.e. a composition for voices), enhancing and stressing the role of vocals in these 2 sound pieces. Another prominent element are the numerous electronic sounds brought into focus compared to the originals. Distel deliberately re-install his sound work in the electronic and musique concrète canon. And maybe the cheerful motorcycle engine at 47:30 signals another, noisier trip altogether. Obviously Soundtrack is a fine addition to the 2 previous works on train sounds and the ensemble makes for a perfect trilogy. Notes External links Projekt Canaris (1970) on Berena News Online Portrait of Distel by Barry Flanagan (1973) Das Schubladenmuseum - Museum of Drawers (1977) at The Museum of Modern Art, New York Morgan Fisher's Miniature 1980 compilation, featuring Distel Die Angst Die Macht Die Bilder des Zauberlehrlings (1993) film Hathut Records, publishers of Railnotes (2003) 2007 Kunstradio German biography and broadcastBegegnung mit Herbert Distel'': 2008 interview with Herbert Distel at Nationale