The image and concept of this piece is easiest to describe by using the visual images of the Dutch artist M. C. Escher. He made many woodcuts where the whole surface of the picture has a figurative function often just in black and white. For example a row of white ducks 'transversing' the painting which are described by black ducks transversing in the opposite direction. In this way the two figures describe each other so to speak.In this piece melody has been approached in a similar way: a melody is used which can be framed in rhythmically different groupings - in groups of fours or fives etc- thus creating new hierarchical melodies which grow more and moreobvious to the ear. The initial melody then becomes background to the new melody until disappearing and a new rhythmical pattern is imposed on the second melody and so forth. Later the different 'rhythm melodies' are woven together creating a new perceptual image one that is at the same time actually a 'holographic' reproduction of the initial melody. The latter situation is similar to the way Bach makes hidden 3- or 4-part counterpoints in his Cello suites by intersecting the parts successively into beautifully interwoven patterns.The very static sections of the piece are chiefly inspired by the powerful singing of the buddhist-monks of Tibet who are able to relax their vocal chords to such an extent that they create an overpowering deep note not normally thought to be produced by a human voice. Figure and Ground Study I was first performed by Mats Olofson at the Numus Festival 1995.

Karsten Fundal's 4 Miniatures And 3 Intermezzi  for 2 Percussion and Piano (2010). 'Selbstportrait im bewegung. Mit Nancarrow Ligeti Xenakisund Feldman und Nørgård ist auch dabei.' Written for Evidenza. Dedicated to Mathias Seibæk. Parts: WH31277A

Displacement For String Quartet was expertly composed in 2013 by Karsten Fundal. For the Danish composer no one style of music is preferable to another; he is interested in the fundamental idea of music which stylistically can result in almost anything. Fundal also writes and arranges music for Danish films and leading Danish pop artists.Displacement recieved it's world premiere on the 11th of November 2013 at Det Kongelige Danske Musikkonservatorium København Denmark. The JACK Quartet had the honour of performing this piece for the premiere.

A3-Karsten Fundal's Liquid Rooms 'Orchestral Installation' (2013). Lyrics by Mark R. Slaughter. Parts are available on hire: hire@ewh.dk

Landi Ljómandi - A collection of Choral Works in Faroese by Vagn Holmboe. Texts by J.H.O. Djurhuus William Heinesen Chr. Matras og Karsten Hoydal.

Work for Clarinet solo. The composer writes 'The title refers to several levels in the piece. Partly a method I have used where three lines are weaved so they become one line here the clarinet which can (nearly) only play one tone at the time. Either the three parts disappear and become one waving melodic line as in the beginning of the piece. Or they are put in different registers of the clarinet so they are heard as separate lines weaving into one another. On a different level there is three different sequences which are also weaved into one another; one which rises (for instance in the beginning) and one which falls and one which falls in parallels in severalregisters. These three sequences become faster and faster every time they reappear. The idea of weaving melodic lines was inspired by Bach’s pieces for solo strings where he in a marvellous way established several simultaneous melodic lines without simultaneous sounding notes. This happened by weaving parts which in other works would sound simultaneously into one another so that only one note was heard at the time. This meant that in that long line which was heard as the instrument’s development of the piece other melodies were weaving around each other with different focuses. Woven Lines was commissioned by DUT with support from the Danish Arts’ Council.'

50'ernes Rock'n'Roll - en ny ungdoms musik by Thomas Rockwell & Karsten Tanggaard. Textbook about the music of the 1950's.