Andre Ruschowski (b.1959 in Berlin Germany) received his Ph.D. in Musicology in 1993 at the
Humboldt-Universitat Berlin. He began his compositional studies in 1984 and has been Composer-in-Residence at
several studios for electronic music (i.e. Berlin, Paris, Vienna). Since 1992 he has lectured on Electronic Music and
Music of the 20th Century at the Music Academy "Mozarteum" in Salzburg (Austria), the Technische Universitat
Berlin, and the University of Cologne (Germany). He is currently Professor for Electronic Music at the
"Mozarteum" at Salzburg, where he directs the Electronic Music Studio of the Composition Department. He has
prizes and mentions from various competitions for electronic music (i.e. Italy, France). His works are recorded on
CD's of Ton Art, Berlin and "La Muse en Circuit" Paris.

The sonic point of departure for my composition Les pas interieurs (Inner steps) - realized at
Studio "La Muse en Circuit" Paris - were recordings made in the immediate surroundings of the studios in Paris in
August 1997. I captured the sounds of peoples' footsteps walking or running in this specific acoustic environment,
with their various sound characteristics and tempi. As a contrast to this "concrete" sound material, electroacoustic
sound generated by means of Granular Synthesis was also used. All material was transformed and fit into a
structure which largely corresponds to the original sound recordings.  

The original source material is perceptible in the final composition only at certain moments, for it is overcast by
heavy electronic transformations, and in others, the volume is sometimes much reduced for reasons of musical
dramaturgy. This process could be described-in analogy to fine arts-as an "acoustic layering technique." The title
Les pas interieurs thus refers both to the sonic point of departure, and to dynamic transitions between different
musical states in successive stages of this composition.