DIFFUSION is High Zero’s festival of multi-channel electro acoustic music, both new and historical.
High Zero’s Martin Schmidt describes it like this:
Some of these sound pieces are made with just microphones, some of them are made with only electronic instruments or computers, much of it is made with a combination of all. Some of them are played on 4 speakers, some on 6 speakers and some on 8 speakers.
Listening in this medium is different from “normal” music, I like to think of it as the difference, on a hot day, between standing in front of an air conditioner, and going swimming in a cool lake.
Seats are taken, the lights are dimmed, and the sound commences, there is nothing to see, everything is “seen” with the ears.