ASMUS TIETCHENS & RICHARD CHARTIER - 'Fabrication 2' 2 x CD (Auf Abwegen)
"Fabrication 2" is the sequel to "Fabrication", the first collaboration between Richard Chartier and Asmus Tietchens released in 2007 (Die Stadt). Whereas for the first collaboration the idea developed from the project around reinterpretations of Chartier's "Postfabricated", this time the efforts were directly focused on the reinterpretation of specific basic sound material. This material can be found on the first disc of "Prefabrication 2", which was constructed by Richard Chartier alone in Montreal and Washington, DC. "Fabrication 2" is the reworking of this sonic basis by Asmus Tietchens. Whereas the first CD has traces of subtle dematerialised rhythmic structures, the second disc is a study in minimalism and concentrated sound manipulation. Ltd x 500 copies in a gatefold digifile, with original artwork by Richard Chartier.
UK 15£
Europe 16£
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Marches Funebres' CD (Die Stadt / Auf Abwegen)
Latest installment of the ongoing reissue programme of early Asmus Tietchens records. This is a reissue of the LP from 1989 (on Swedish Multimood label) plus one previously unreleased 9 minute bonus piece from 1979. Tietchens melds Ambient funeral music with a modern classical / experimental touch. Ltd x 600 copies.
UK 14.50£
Europe 15.50£
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ASMUS TIETCHENS / JON MUELLER - 'Acht Stücke' CD (Auf Abwegen)
Second collaborative effort between German sound manipulation pioneer Asmus Tietchens and American improv-drummer Jon Mueller (also label boss of Crouton). The completeness that is "Acht Stücke" is of breathtaking beauty and simplicity and complexity at the same time. The album is definitely more homogenous and 'together' than the first meeting of the two musicians. It emanates a warm and deep sound evolving out of total soundless blankness as it seems. 8 tracks that run up to 53 minutes. Ltd x 500 copies in a shrinkwrapped card sleeve, designed by Tietchens.
UK 11£
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AUBE - 'Blau + Rot' 7" (Auf Abwegen)
On "Blau + Rot", released for the first european tour by AUBE in eight years, Akifumi Nakajima worked with an old Roland SH-12 percussive synth. The result is two long tracks (each over 6 minutes) with a nice floating mood that sometimes changes into aggressiveness, without losing its warmth. A great little record by one of the most important experimental musicians from Japan. Clear vinyl. Regular edition of 400 copies.
UK 6£
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C.M. VON HAUSSWOLFF - 'Perhaps / Arrive' 2 x CD (Auf Abwegen)
This 2CD set includes some of the most unusual sounds you will have heard from Carl Michael von Hausswolff. He was chosen by the 1997 Istanbul Biennal to create a sound installation for Atatürk Airport. His classic sound (low frequency rumblings, monotonous oscillations and hissy non-narrative sequences) was deemed too confusing for the commutors. It was feared that his sound installation might be mistaken for an alarm and could cause serious panic at the airport. Hence the original soundtrack for “Perhaps/ /Arrive” was rejected. This music can now be heard for the first time on disc 1. Von Hausswolff’s response to the artistic restrictions was to produce the four tracks you hear on the second disc. These only make use of the very basic pre-set sounds included in the Yamaha QY22 and show a new side to the von Hausswolff sound. Very simple, post-nuclear lounge music. These four tracks were used in the context of the Biennal exhibition. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak, with artwork by Akifumi Nakajima (Aube).
UK 15£
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COLUMN ONE - 'Feldaufnahmen I' CD (Auf Abwegen)
First in the series "Les Bruits Du Monde: L'Allemagne" - a series of pure field recordings by German multi-disciplinary experimental group Column One. The 12 pieces on the disc radiate with beauty - they demonstrate the full spectrum of sounds that can be found in any relatively quiet natural resort (here, the mountain range of Elbsandsteingebirge): dogs barking, humming of insects, crackling of twigs, footsteps, wind and more. A new phase for Column One, who now enter the terrain of sound ecology with their own twist. Limited edition of 500 copies in a digipak with booklet.
UK 11£
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CRANIOCLAST - 'Carl's On Acit' 10" (Auf Abwegen)
Two unheard tracks by the mysterious German duo Cranioclast. In keeping with the spirit of the 10" travel document series, issued by the krev ministry of detours, Cranioclast provide two rhythmic tracks in the form of cocktail recipes. Side 1 utilises a crazed out beatbox sound and intermingles the beat patterns with all kinds of noise and tape splicings. Woven in with this active soundscape is Cranioclast’s signature sound - distant voices. This time the human factor creeps in in the form of a small child babbling away. Side 2 is denser and not so overtly rhythmic - but there is much brooding under the surface going on. Ltd x 500 copies.
UK 9.00£
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DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE - 'Neunundvierzig Entgleisungen' 2 x 10" (Auf Abwegen)
DSM is now the sole project of Guido Huebner, who has been working in the medium of sound and found objects since the early 1980s. DSM have their very own take on the patialisation of sound and the moving around of sonic objects in the stereo field. The overall impression is of rawness and fragility at the same time. The music on these two 10" records is super-dynamic and fragmented and sounds very fresh and alive. "Neunundvierzig Entgleisungen" comes in a full cover gatefold sleeve. The records play at 45rpm (the label incorrectly states 33rpm). Features texts by Jean Rene Lasalle, painting by Francoise Vigot and layout by Stefan Hanser (Anemone Tube). Ltd x 500 copies.
UK 16£
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FRANCISCO LOPEZ - 'Untitled #205' 10" (Auf Abwegen)
Based exclusively on end grooves from vintage records, ‘Untitled #205’ is a straightforward and joyful exploration of the potential for reincarnation of these unintended sonic structures into new life. More a tool than a final product, it delves into static, noise and rhythm with a hopeful perspective.” The 'Untitled #205 (Mix)' on the A-side brings us 18 minutes of hissy, textural sound in dissolution, ranging from rhythm to noise. The B-side has the 20 original loops López constructed out of old vintage 78s. Ltd x 300 copies on clear vinyl in a white sleeve.
UK 10.00£
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KK NULL / JOHN WIESE - 'Mondo Paradoxa' CD (Auf Abwegen)
Constructed over the period of two years via mail collaboration this is a great and forceful collaboration between two artists that each have made a name for themselves with their unique approach to making sound. KK NULL is a master of feedback studies, working with looped scenarios to create dense and vital sound units. He is also the leading force behind proto-metal-group Zeni Geva and the dark-industrial project Absolut Null Punkt. John Wiese creates fragile but very erruptive lo-fi noise rumblings with an almost poetic touch. He has a musical past in the group Bastard Noise. Needless to say, both artists combine the best of both worlds in this crunching release! Comes in beautiful full cover digipak, designed by Government Alpha, with typesetting by John Wiese.
UK 10.50£
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KONRAD KRAFT - 'Temporary Audiosculptures And Artefacts' CD (Auf Abwegen)
Trying to set musical events in a sculptural form, German artist and musician Detlef Funder (a.k.a. Konrad Kraft), develops the temporary audio-sculpture. Knowing that a tonal event can never take the form of a real sculpture, Konrad Kraft attempts this special transformation with the help of various elements. Human imagination, time, as well as the tonal event itself are the elements for the listener to form an individual audio-sculpture and to let it develop in their heads. It sounds like floating metallic sound units interfere with small concrete sounds in the foreground, reminding of the work of Illusion Of Safety, Controlled Bleeding and Cisfinitum. Ltd x 300 copies in a special carton fold box.
UK 11£
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MARC BEHRENS - '20 Zonen' CD (Auf Abwegen)
Produced in 2010 for Germany’s hr2-kultur radio, “20 Zonen” (20 Zones) is Marc Behrens’ homage to Darmstadt, Germany, his hometown, and in particular the city’s Kranichstein district, where he grew up and learned to listen. Behrens made recordings in such locations like an equestrian club, a heavy ion research unit, a railway museum, and of trains and airplanes noisily cutting through the supposed serenity of the industrially planted forests around Darmstadt. From time to time the subjective microphone goes underwater and dips into the area’s various ponds, among them the world famous Messel Pit Fossil site. The intricately edited material is arranged into zones that form themselves into cells, into blocks, into a topophonic cross vein, set in a grey area between musique concrète and phonography. Gatefold archive sleeve. Ltd x 300 copies.
UK 11£
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RALF WEHOWSKY & DAS SYNTHETISCHE MISCHGEWEBE - 'Die Eisenbüglerin' 2 x CD (Auf Abwegen)
The idea for this project was in the air since the late 1980s. RLW CD: the basic recordings were created by RLW from early-mid 2009, sound sources are instrumental (piano, trombone) and household objects. First detailed sketches of the compositions include heavily treated versions of these recordings, cross-modulations with sounds supplied by DSM and with DSM-variations of the RWL sounds sent to Caen. DSM CD: with very few exceptions he used only the original sound recordings of RLW, using treatments only what would be conceived to be already into the realm of the compositional strategies. Playing back recordings through 'no-fi equipment' and recording them again, while manipulating mechanically reproduction and recording devices. Ltd x 300 copies in an LP-sized sleeve reproducing an original drawing by Guido Hübner.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS ITEM SHIPS IN AN LP MAILER!
UK 18.00£
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ROEL MEELKOP - '5(Zwischenfälle)' CD (Auf Abwegen)
The latest release by Dutch electronic musician Roel Meelkop (THU20, Kapotte Muziek, Goem) is a special release in his catalogue because it is consists of five pieces, originally used in the context of sound installations. Meelkop set himself the task to compress these soundscapes into five dense and still minimal audio pieces that could work outside the context of the original installations. 5(zwischenfälle) makes for concentrated unpolished ultra minimal listening with maximum effect. For fans of Bernhard Gunter, Francisco Lopez or Marc Behrens. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak, with artwork by Akifumi Nakajima (Aube).
UK 10.50£
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TOY.BIZARRE & PIERRE REDON - 'Saisons' CD (Auf Abwegen)
This collaborative effort between 2 French sound sculptors brings some of the most beautiful and atmospheric instances of composition with nature. The four tracks, some solitary works, some created by using field recordings of the opponent, feature subtle wildlife field recordings, detailed electro-acoustic passages, swelling metallic drones and amplified silences. Toy.Bizarre is the long running project of Cedric Peyronnet, who has specialized in location recordings often documenting a specific site and displaying an open ear to the beauty and potential of natural sound fields. Young sound worker Pierre Redon contributes electronic sounds and guitar drones to the album, as well as his wonderful design. Ltd x 500 copies in a digipak.
UK 11£
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VA - 'Viva Negativa! A Tribute To The New Blockaders Vol. II: Europe' 2 x CD (Auf Abwegen)
Volume II in a series of artists’ tributes to the pioneering UK Noise group The New Blockaders including exclusive tracks by: Achim Wollscheid, Alexei Borisov, Asmus Tietchens, Benzo, Christian Renou, Cisfinitum, Das Synthetische Mischgewebe, Dave Philips, Eshak, Freiband, Giancarlo Toniutti, Grunt, Jerome Noetinger, Kommissar Hjuler, Lasse Marhaug, Mama Bär, Massimo, Pita, Ralw Wehowsky, Runzelstirn & Gurgelstock, Sudden Infant, Treriksroset, Vom Grill, Vortex Campaign and Zbigniew Karkowski. 144 mins of music! Ltd x 500 copies only!
