THE WEIERTAL EP
Digital EP
32`58``
/ 2025
Press Text
Originally created for the 8th Biennale Weiertal on the outskirts of Zurich, Swiss artist Martina Lussi’s Soundwalk Weiertal invited listeners to slow down and tune in. Designed as an auditory companion for a walk from Wülflingen train station to the main site of the Biennale—located in a nearby recreational area—the piece was recorded using a range of microphones, including a hydrophone and a broadband receiver. Lussi captured the hidden sonic layers of the environment: birdsong, footsteps, underwater currents, even electromagnetic fields. These recordings were woven into a soundscape that goes far beyond documentation. Dramatic shifts in volume and non-linear structures create dreamlike acoustic spaces that blur with the listener’s surroundings and internal bodily rhythms.
Two years after its debut in Weiertal, Präsens Editionen is releasing three DSP-friendly excerpts from the original work (one of which is slightly edited) on The Weiertal EP. The full soundwalk is included as a bonus track and is best experienced while walking.
The Weiertal EP is available for streaming and as a digital release via Präsens Editionen, a Switzerland-based publishing house and music label. Founded in 2011 in the process of launching zweikommasieben Magazin, Präsens Editionen has since released music on vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital formats—alongside magazines, books, and other printed matter. Audio releases include works by Anna Homler, Robert Turman, Magda Drozd & Nicola Genovese’s Sopraterra, Anom Vitruv, Belia Winnewisser, and Samuel Reinhard.
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Martina Lussi is a Switzerland-based artist who creates musical compositions, installations, and live performances across diverse contexts. Her artistic practice centers on the act of listening. Incorporating field recordings, synthesized sounds, and voice, she constructs expansive sonic landscapes. Her work has been released by labels such as Latency, Hallow Ground, mappa, Nonclassical, and Unguarded, among others.
The 8th Biennale Weiertal took place in 2023 at the cultural venue Weiertal, near Winterthur in the canton of Zurich. Curated by Sabine Rusterholz Petko, the event featured works by artists including Uriel Orlow, Hanne Lippard, Thomas Julier, Thi My Lien Nguyen, Ishita Chakraborty, and the duo Nicolas Buzzi and Harmony.
Originally created for the 8th Biennale Weiertal on the outskirts of Zurich, Swiss artist Martina Lussi’s Soundwalk Weiertal invited listeners to slow down and tune in. Designed as an auditory companion for a walk from Wülflingen train station to the main site of the Biennale—located in a nearby recreational area—the piece was recorded using a range of microphones, including a hydrophone and a broadband receiver. Lussi captured the hidden sonic layers of the environment: birdsong, footsteps, underwater currents, even electromagnetic fields. These recordings were woven into a soundscape that goes far beyond documentation. Dramatic shifts in volume and non-linear structures create dreamlike acoustic spaces that blur with the listener’s surroundings and internal bodily rhythms.
Two years after its debut in Weiertal, Präsens Editionen is releasing three DSP-friendly excerpts from the original work (one of which is slightly edited) on The Weiertal EP. The full soundwalk is included as a bonus track and is best experienced while walking.
The Weiertal EP is available for streaming and as a digital release via Präsens Editionen, a Switzerland-based publishing house and music label. Founded in 2011 in the process of launching zweikommasieben Magazin, Präsens Editionen has since released music on vinyl, cassette, CD, and digital formats—alongside magazines, books, and other printed matter. Audio releases include works by Anna Homler, Robert Turman, Magda Drozd & Nicola Genovese’s Sopraterra, Anom Vitruv, Belia Winnewisser, and Samuel Reinhard.
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Martina Lussi is a Switzerland-based artist who creates musical compositions, installations, and live performances across diverse contexts. Her artistic practice centers on the act of listening. Incorporating field recordings, synthesized sounds, and voice, she constructs expansive sonic landscapes. Her work has been released by labels such as Latency, Hallow Ground, mappa, Nonclassical, and Unguarded, among others.
The 8th Biennale Weiertal took place in 2023 at the cultural venue Weiertal, near Winterthur in the canton of Zurich. Curated by Sabine Rusterholz Petko, the event featured works by artists including Uriel Orlow, Hanne Lippard, Thomas Julier, Thi My Lien Nguyen, Ishita Chakraborty, and the duo Nicolas Buzzi and Harmony.
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Release Date (Digital): May 9, 2025Written, recorded, and produced by:
Martina Lussi, 2023
Commissioned by:
Sabine Rusterholz Petko for the 8th Biennale Weiertal
Artwork by:
Offshore
Artist photo by:
Anaïs Strübin
Executive production by:
Remo Bitzi
Published by:
Präsens Editionen, 2025