art direction [artistic direction] Franz Koglmann artwork [cover art work] Jutta Obenhuber clarinet, bass clarinet, soprano saxophone, tenor saxophone, melodica, mixed by, mastered by Vlatko Kuçan double bass Peter Niklas Wilson ensemble The Mehta-Metric Ensemble graphic design fuhrer vienna percussion Ray Kaczynski producer [produced by] between the lines GmbH & Co. oHG recorded by Hartmut Homolka recorded by [assistant] Ulrich Maiß stroh violin, viola Aleks Kolkowski trumpet, trumpet [slide, bass, hybrid, extensions], composed by, liner notes Rajesh Mehta Record Company between the lines GmbH & Co. oHG Recorded At Traumton Studios Mixed At True Muze Studios Mastered At True Muze Studios Phonographic Copyright (p) between the lines Copyright (c) between the lines Distributed By EFA Pressed By Sony DADC I've been preoccupied with that question since my earliest days in Calcutta. Couldn't avoid it in that environment - population statistics pressed all around , the sheer density of sensory impressions and happenings was awesome. But there were many other takes on number. Number mysticism pervaded daily life: from the number of repetitions of a mantra before one went to sleep, to the collective obsession with astrological calculations, and even the X number of hours or days that one had to fast. Of course, mastering numbers and their properties was also a sport: how facile one could play and manipulate them - a prevalent game. However, I've been allured by the poetic dimension in mathematics. Numbers have always been animated, numinous entities for me ... possessing a snake like charm. Reconfigurations is a reflection of that ongoing affair I have woth number and mathematics and their relationship to music. The organization of the extended piece divieded invot three parts was created by the application of a self-designed pattern generating tool. The resulting graphiec score visualizes the dialectic between the micro-level metric material and the sonic regions defined by similar patterns which govern the macro-form of the entire piece. The structure I provided within which the musicians had to navigate reveals a certain act of mathematical persuasion on my part- but that was the extent of it. These creative musicians filled this skeletal architecture with the meat of their personal languages and imaginations yielding the mehta-metric result I had hoped for. Berlin, August 2000