Liquid sound

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Liquid Sound is a method of underwater sounding of swimming pools with music or meditative sounds in connection with light effects. It is also a protected word mark of the inventor, the Frankfurt author and musician Micky Remann .

Micky Remann

Remann (* 1951 in Löhne -Menninghüffen) studied German and graduated with a master's thesis on Paul Scheerbart . At the beginning of the 1980s he was a "musician, writer and 'world traveler' for a long time outside of Europe". In addition to articles in the paved beach and in the course book, he published the books Der Globaltrottel , Solarperlexus and Ozeandertaler . For many years Remann was David Copperfield's German voice in his live performances. Today he works as a media artist and curator of events and projects such as the underwater concerts and the Apolda World Bells .

Since 2004 Remann has been a lecturer for media art and media design at the Bauhaus University Weimar .

history

Remann carried out his first experiments with light and sound technology in 1986 at the so-called “1. Frankfurter Unterwasserkonzert ”in what was then Stadtbad-Mitte (today Wave in the Frankfurt Hilton Hotel) as an artistic performance . The organizer was Dieter Buroch , the musician involved was Alfred Harth . This underwater concert earned Remann an entry in the Guinness Book of Records. In 2000 Liquid Sound was one of the registered world projects of the world exhibition " Expo 2000 " in Hanover.

Applications

"Liquid Sound", a computer- controlled multimedia system for the use of light above and sound under water, was first introduced in isolated floating systems in Germany and Austria in the early 1990s . In the Thuringian spa town of Bad Sulza , Remann further developed the conceptual and technical know-how. The first permanently installed liquid sound system was then opened on November 9, 1993 in the therapy pool of the Bad Sulza Clinic Center and formed the basis for all subsequent installations. The term did not become better known until after 1993 through intensive advertising and marketing in the three so-called "Tuscany thermal baths" in Bad Sulza , Bad Schandau and Bad Orb ; There are related plants in Bad Nauheim and Berlin. Numerous wellness hotels in Germany, Austria, South Tyrol and also on the Costa del Sol have since then offered liquid sound pools of various sizes and designs.

The bathers lie motionless and in silence stretched out in a pool of concentrated warm brine, look into a dome with alternating plays of light and listen to underwater music of various styles (classical, jazz); In addition, there are sound experiments with musicians and DJs from the so-called "Liquid Sound Club" in the Remann area. Live concerts are also held on certain dates (e.g. full moon nights).

The underlying esoteric concept is controversial. In 1985, Remann had undertaken communication experiments with orca whales in the North Pacific and looked for ways to make these whale songs tangible for people looking for sources of power under water. The result was a sophisticated technology with underwater loudspeakers, digital lighting systems, amplifiers and mixing consoles in the thermal baths, the economic success of which is documented by the increasing number of visitors to the health resorts. For example, a special music system is required for Liquid Sound. Because you hear differently under water than in the air: Not in stereo, but the sounds cannot be located at all. Reason: The sound waves propagate around five times faster under water than in the air. Due to the higher speed of sound, the sound seems to come from everywhere.

"Liquid Sound bundles findings from modern medicine (relaxation techniques, mind technology, balneotherapy ), with art (music, architecture) and bathing pleasure (whirlpools, steam baths, saunas, inhalation, solariums, restaurants, etc.)." However, no therapeutic benefit has been proven.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Yvonne-Denise Köchli: Whale Zone 02: ASMS Symposium . 2002, conference proceedings, Tierschutzverlag, Zurich 2003, ISBN 978-3-908157-06-9 , p. 93
  2. ^ Remann at the Bauhaus University Weimar
  3. ↑ Ulrich floor: Waltag in Frankfurt North Pacific . In: Die Zeit , No. 10/1986
  4. ↑ Udo Schneider: Liquid sound - more than just fun . In: Berliner Zeitung , August 27, 1994
  5. ↑ Tuscany Therme Bad Sulza. Retrieved July 12, 2020 .
  6. ^ Institute for Music and Media at the Robert Schumann University in Düsseldorf
  7. ↑ Livestream to the Liquid Sound Festival, 3./4. November 2012 ( Memento from January 27, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )
  8. ↑ Sabine Kartte: Water for the soul . In: Der Spiegel Spezial , November 1, 1998
  9. ^ Swimming like in Bad Sulza . In: Der Tagesspiegel , March 20, 2002
  10. ^ Gabriele Hellwig: Liquid Sound - Bathing in light and music . In: Sauna & Bäderpraxis , 1/2008
  11. ^ Marion Schneider: Liquid Sound - Immerse yourself in another world . In: Heilbad und Kurort , 1–2 / 2001