Kontakte by Karlheinz Stockhausen in Four Channels

Structure XII

Section 28. – dur. 01:39 (23:51-25:30)

Key Characteristics

Unison space.

• the speakers are paired on the cross axis: there is no physical source being represented
• four synchronized solo channels
• apparent motion by delay (quasi-canonic); RB 180ms delay > RF / LB 180ms > LF
• rotation is both clockwise and counter clockwise
• gestures of silences and crashes; textures of solo exchanges
• the attacks are coordinated; the sounds are members of the same family
• in the mixed version this starts with the tam-tam