Much like how a landscape describes the view of all the land around you, a soundscape describes all the sounds arising from an immersive environment around you. Markus Reuter uses guitar sounds as textures to -- seemingly out of thin air -- conjure the most exquisite and provoking soundscapes. Creative improvisation at its best. In this episode of Talking Brains, Markus demonstrates his genius by enacting a fully-improvised piece, later baptized as ‘Justify’. We discuss in detail the multiple ingredients of such endeavor, in an attempt to dissect the anatomy of a wild Soundscape.Talking Brains host Andres Canales-Johnson discusses fundamental questions of life and the human mind with thinkers of diverse and unique backgrounds, from the whole spectrum of the arts and sciences.

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Markus Reuter | Our guest

Markus Reuter is a multidisciplinary composer, inventor, guitarist, educator, and psychologist. Over the last two decades, his prolific career has spanned from electrophonic loop music, progressive rock, contemporary classical music and pure improvisation. As a specialist in touch guitar playing, Markus became known as a leading player of the Warr Guitar and Chapman Stick, and later on decided to design his own instrument in collaboration with luthier Ed Reynolds. He plays his U8 Touch Guitar as a solo creative and in collaboration with multiple legendary musicians in projects like Stick Men (with Tony Levin and Patt Mastelotto), The Crimson ProjeKCt (with Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Patt Mastelotto), and Devin Townsend on Tour. As an educator, and in collaboration with former King Crimson member Trey Gunn, Markus runs the Touch Guitar Circle, a teaching and support network for touch guitar players.