Aidan Baker explores the deconstructive sonic possibilities of the electric guitar as a primary sound source, creating music that ranges from experimental to post-rock to contemporary classical. He performs in the experimental collective ARC & the ambient / doom metal project Nadja, and has also composed work for the The Penderecki String Quartet & The Uxbridge Chamber Choir. On "Oneiromancer" Baker uses electric / bass guitars, drum machines, tapeloops, vocals. Regular edition of 600 copies in a full colour digisleeve.
A special Nadja CD, also featuring one solo track by both members Aidan Baker and Leah Buckareff. Released in conjunction with a live performance on April 20th, 2008 in Bremen. File under Doom, Noise and Ambient. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies in full colour sleeve.
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ANDREW LILES & FOVEA HEX - 'Gone Every Evening' 7" (Die Stadt)
Two collaborative pieces by Andrew Liles and Fovea Hex, with Fabrizio Palumbo as special guest. Featuring Andrew Liles, Clodagh Simonds, Laura Sheeran, Fabrizio Palumbo and Michael Begg, these two strange songs will find the way swiftly to your very core, quite by themselves, to simultaneously delight and only faintly unsettle you. Needless to say that everyone who enjoyed the 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent' trilogy by Fovea Hex will also love this. Ltd x 500 copies in an attractive gatefold cover with printed inner sleeve designed by Andrew Liles. Recommended!
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ASMUS TIETCHENS & RICHARD CHARTIER - 'Fabrication' 2 x CD (Die Stadt)
'Fabrication' saw its beginning during the production of 'Re-Post-Refabricated', a project in which artists were selected by Richard Chartier to rework / create new works from his 1998 CD 'Postfabricated' for its reissue in 2003. As it was intended as an open project, Asmus Tietchens continued to explore the source materials and suggested further formal collaboration. This evolved into the collaborative work 'Fabrication'. Limited edition of 500 copies with bonus CD featuring the complete material created by Tietchens from 'Postfabricated' entitled 'Post-Fabrication'. The CD comes in a full colour digisleeve with artwork and design by Chartier.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Adventures In Sound & Nachtstucke' 2 x CD (Die Stadt)
First in a series of 18 CDs aiming to make available all early vinyl albums by Asmus Tietchens between 1980-1991 on CD. Each release feat. the original tracks (sometimes extended / original versions) + unreleased bonus tracks from the same recording period, original artwork + accompanying texts by Tietchens. This double CD features his very first album "Nachtstücke" from 1980 (incl. 4 bonus tracks) and a second CD with archive material recorded with his long time friend Okko Bekker between 1965-1969. These are the first works in Tietchens' long career as a sound artist and were never released before. Ltd x 1000.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Aus Freude Am Elend' CD (Die Stadt)
11th part in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980-1991. 'Aus Freude Am Elend' is based on the human voice as a primary sound source (using 'stolen' voices) and was originally released in edition of 500 copies on Dom America in 1988. The CD includes two previously unreleased tracks and comes in a jewel case with full color artwork and poster booklet also feat. the original front and back cover. First edition of 600 copies.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Biotop' CD (Die Stadt)
Second in the re-release series, including 2 unreleased bonus tracks. With the release of this album, a 3 year interlude began which was dominated by the use of Roland 'CompuRhythm' drum-machine and the Moog. Tietchens also added a conceptual self-limitation: no track should be more than four minutes long. Because of the total absence of bass lines the commercial potential of the pieces was virtually non-existent. The album was recorded on an 8-track Otari tape-machine. The Eventide digital harmonizer and the Ursa Major 'Space Station' reverb-machine also played a part. All of the pieces were recorded in 1980. Ltd x 1000.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Formen Letzter Hausmusik' CD (Die Stadt)
Part six in the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums onto CD. "Formen Letzter Hausmusik" was originally released on United Dairies in 1984. The original album consisted of a mix of archive tracks from the late 1960s / early 1970s and new tracks specially recorded for the release. Many people see "Formen Letzter Hausmusik" as the first 'real' Tietchens album laying the basis of what was about to follow in his long recording career and therefore vote this album among the most important and best Tietchens works. The CD version includes three unreleased bonus tracks and comes with the usual poster booklet featuring the original cover art plus text by Tietchens about the album. Ltd x 1000.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Geboren, Um Zu Dienen' CD (Die Stadt)
Eighth part of theTietchens re-release series. Described by Tietchens himself as his 'industrial' album, "Geboren, Um Zu Dienen" was originally released on the Spanish Esplendor Geometrico label in 1986. "Although I obviously wasn't one of the inventors of 'industrial music,' I clearly felt an affinity to it... My main concern was to dive deep into the canonical topics of fear, hysteria, claustrophobia, machine and threat." This CD version includes three unreleased bonus tracks from the same period (1980-1991). Ltd x 1000.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'In Die Nacht' CD (Die Stadt)
Fourth part in the re-release series of all early vinyl albums by Asmus Tietchens on CD. This is the third of the SKY albums from 1982 and includes three bonus tracks of unreleased material not included on the original LP. "I found myself trying to square the circle, wanting to have the rich detail of my short works at the same time as creating longer pieces. It is not really possible to create pieces of six minutes or more from ideas which are only adequate for tracks of three minutes, unless one is willing to risk musical redundancy or, worse, long-windedness. Ltd x 1000.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Litia' CD (Die Stadt)
Fifth part in the ongoing re-release series of all early vinyl albums by Tietchens onto CD. This one from 1983 marks the end of his Sky 'phase' and was the last to feature his very own version of 'Synthesizer Pop Music' for some time (he'd only return to this music with the release of his Hematic Sunsets albums in the late 1990's). The CD also features the rare 'Rattenheu' 10" only release plus one unreleased archive track and comes in a transparent jewel-case with full colour poster booklet featuring a reproduction of the original cover art and extra photos. Ltd x 1000.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Notturno' CD (Die Stadt)
Part 10 of the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums from 1980-1991 on CD. "Notturno" was originally released on LP by Discos Esplendor Geometrico in 1986 (ltd x 518) and then on CD by Baronni in 1993. Following 'Formen Letzter Hausmusik' and 'Hydrophonie', 'Notturno' was another 'serious' attempt at composing more electro-acoustic music, and Tietchens limits himself to using the (grand) piano, looping the sounds and filtering through sound effects and synths. To use loops as to the extent that Tietchens does is something that sets him aside from the regular musique concrete composers. Remastered.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Seuchengebiete' CD (Die Stadt)
The seventh part in the re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980-1991. "Seuchengebiete" is another early Tietchens classic, the first where he only used a single sound source as the basis of a complete album. Originally released on A-Mission in 1985, this new CD version includes one bonus track. Comes with a full colour fold-out booklet featuring the original cover artwork plus liner notes by Tietchens. Ltd x 1000.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Spat-Europa' CD (Die Stadt)
Part Three in the ongoing re-release series of all early vinyl albums from 1980 - 1991. 'Spät-Europa' was Tietchens second album for SKY Records, recorded in 1981, documenting his search for his own style of 'pop music'. "Even more consistently than on Biotop I kept all of the tracks on this album deliberately short. Originally, all of them were supposed to be exactly two minutes in length but, back then, without a computer, this was not really possible and the idea could not be carried ot precisely. Nonetheless, this strict concept gave the listener a total of twenty miniatures, four more than on Biotop" [Tietchens]. Ltd x 1000, with a poster booklet featuring the original cover artwork.
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ASMUS TIETCHENS - 'Zwingburgen des Hedonismus / Mysterien des Hafens' CD (Die Stadt)
Part 9 of the ongoing re-release series of all early Tietchens albums from 1980-1991 on CD. This combines two separate releases from 1987 "Zwingburgen des Hedonismus") and 1988 ("Mysterien des Hafens"). 'Zwingburgen..." was originally released as a one-sided LP on Swedish label Multimood and features a single 21 min. long track composed on a Fairlight CMI. "Mysterien..." was part of a split LP (with Die Form) originally released on French label Odd Size and features recordings made by Tietchens using under-water microphones. The bonus track on this CD is a different version of the first track and previously unreleased. 1st edition of 600 copies with a poster booklet also featuring the original album covers.
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C.M. VON HAUSSWOLFF - 'Operations Of Spirit Communication' 7" (Die Stadt)
Two unreleased tracks recorded in 2006. This 7" was produced as a natural companion release to the LP release of the same name. It comes in a full colour sleeve reproducing the original artwork of the LP, and continues with the theme of EVP. Limited to 500 copies on clear vinyl.
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C.M. VON HAUSSWOLFF - 'Operations Of Spirit Communication' LP (Die Stadt)
Limited repress of the classic album from 2000, which is partly based on (and also dedicated to) the work of Friedrich Jurgenson, who believed he could channel the voices of the dead onto magnetic tape or shortwave radio. The work was originally presented as a sound installation that aspired to achieve communication with other worlds utilising EVP (the installation picks up electrical and radio transmissions: microphones record the noise of electricity, sine wave tones are received, and cameras capture electric behaviour). 50 minutes of seamless dark drone / buzz, gradually getting louder and enveloping the room, even at a low volume. Presented in a stunning, heavy-weight, matt gatefold sleeve. Opaque vinyl, ltd x 300 copies.
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DAVID JACKMAN & PHILIP SANDERSON - 'Terrain' 10" (Die Stadt)
Two tracks from early cassette releases. Side A is an alternative version of "Terrain" by Jackman and Sanderson, originally released on the "0 Degrees North" cassette (Aeroplane 1982). With Jackman overdubbing low guttural growls on a steel strung cello and Sanderson programming coffee-percolation on a drum machine, "Terrain" is a lo-fi production that finds its companions in the work of Throbbing Gristle, Hunting Lodge, and the Broken Flag camp of noise. Side B is a solo piece by Jackman, originally released on the 'Adrift' cassette (Snatch Tapes 1981). It is similarly lo-fi with a hypnotic loop of a monochromatic guitar topped with clanging metals and samples from orchestral swells, which have been drained of all color and replaced with a swampy din. Regular edition of 400 copies.
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DAVID JACKMAN - 'Edge Of Nothing' 10" (Die Stadt)
"Edge Of Nothing" was first released in a cassette edition of 5 (!) copies on Jackman’s Aeroplane imprint, and then included on the legendary “The Elephant Table Album” DLP in 1983 (feat. Coil, Nurse With Wound, SPK, Lustmord etc). Both tracks presented here are the January 2003 mixes of the original material, which was derived from variously stimulating a cymbal with bows, knuckles, loops etc. An extremely dense piece of experimental noise where (allegedly) the B side is the A side reversed. Regular edition of 400 copies.
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DAVID JACKMAN - 'Flak' 10" (Die Stadt)
An excellent 10" release offering two diverse pieces. Side A is a heavy, densely layered drone piece comprised of harsh, grating sounds all over the sound field, but sliding from start to finish with remarkable constancy. It's a truly beautiful noise, rather like some of Jackman's earlier work as Organum. Side B is a field recording, untreated, unfiltered, recorded outdoors, with a great hiss that is very much present in the mix. This second track seems to comment on the drone piece in a way, acting as an alternative exploration of its theme. Regular edition of 400 copies.
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DAVID JACKMAN - 'Machine Guns' 7" (Die Stadt)
A 7" that lives up to its title by the enigmatic man from Organum. Just the sound of machine guns. Not very much manipulation. The two tracks were produced using original archive recordings of the Imperial War Museum in London as a sound source. Second edition of 200 copies on black vinyl.
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DAVID JACKMAN - 'Verhalte Dich Ruhig' MCD (Die Stadt)
Those readers familiar with the world of experimental music will know the name David Jackman, primarily from his work under the name Organum. As Organum, Jackman has created some of the finest, most haunting drone recordings of the last decade. This CD is a reissue of a 1996 cassette-only release that appeared in an edition of only 61 copies. Perhaps slightly similar to the sampling work of John Wall, here Jackman has taken found recordings of orchestras, and overlaid them to create two eerie collections of string ensemble collage. The title seems to translate to "hold you back calmly" and that sentiment certainly matches the music. Two untitled tracks spanning just over 25 minutes. Ltd x 700 copies.
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DIGITAL TERRESTRIAL - 'Aural Illusions' 12" (Die Stadt)
Based around digital lock grooves, this work by Digital Terrestrial is also observed by composers like Steve Reich (Minimalis / Systems music) and will eventually be performed by a String Quartet. It could be thought of more as a piece of conceptual art rather than just a piece of music. This vinyl only release could well be described as 'a lock groove record without the lock grooves... Playing time over 38 minutes. Limited edition of 500 copies on heavy clear vinyl in a clear plastic cover.
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FOVEA HEX - 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent Part One: Bloom’ MCD (Die Stadt / Janet Records)
First in the 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent' series of three CD EP's by this new project founded by Irish singer Clodagh Simonds. Ethereal vocals with a haunting quality over some very beautiful string laden electronica. Such a beautiful fragile sound packed with emotion. 3 tracks that really are quite sad in the real sense of the word. Contributors to "Bloom" include such illustrious names as: Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Laura Sheeran, Lydia Sasse, Cora Venus Lunny, Toby Arnott, Carter Burwell and Andrew McKenzie (The Hafler Trio). The CD comes in a beautiful embossed cover in an edition of 2000 copies. Absolutely essential!
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FOVEA HEX - 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent Part Three: Allure’ MCD (Die Stadt / Janet Records)
One of the most remarkable and strange-beautiful musical ventures of the past few years is now wrapped up with the release of the last in the series of EPs by this Irish project. Ethereal vocals with a haunting quality over some very beautiful string laden electronica. Players on Allure: Clodagh Simonds, Colin Potter, Roger Doyle , Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Robert Fripp, Percy Jones, Cora Venus Lunny, Donal Lunny (Planxty), Hugh O'Neill, Sarah McQuaid, Lydia Sasse, Laura Sheeran, John Contreras, Steven Wilson and Andrew McKenzie (The Hafler Trio). The CD comes in a full colour embossed cover. Edition of 2000 copies. Absolutely essential!
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FOVEA HEX - 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent Part Two: Huge’ MCD (Die Stadt / Janet Records)
Second in the 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent' series of three CD EP's by this project founded by Irish singer Clodagh Simonds. Ethereal vocals with a haunting quality over some very beautiful string laden electronica. Players on Huge: Clodagh Simonds, Colin Potter, Roger Doyle, Cora Venus Lunny, Brian Eno, Laura Sheeran, Percy Jones, Carter Burwell, Lydia Sasse, Hugh O'Neill, Sarah McQuaid and Andrew McKenzie (The Hafler Trio). The CD comes in a full colour embossed cover. Edition of 2000 copies. Again, absolutely essential!
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FOVEA HEX - 'Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent' 3 x MCD Boxset (Die Stadt / Janet Records)
A special box housing all 3 EPs from the "Neither Speak Nor Remain Silent" series - "Bloom", "Huge" and "Allure". Ethereal vocals with a haunting quality over some very beautiful string laden electronica and featuring an astounding list of collaborators: Clodagh Simonds, Colin Potter, Roger Doyle, Brian Eno, Roger Eno, Robert Fripp, Percy Jones, Cora Venus Lunny, Donal Lunny (Planxty), Hugh O'Neill, Sarah McQuaid, Toby Arnott, Carter Burwell, Percy Jones, Lydia Sasse, Laura Sheeran, John Contreras, Steven Wilson and Andrew McKenzie (The Hafler Trio). Ltd x 1000 copies in an embossed box.
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ILLUSION OF SAFETY & THOMAS KONER - 'Untitled' 7" (Die Stadt)
Great split release from Chicago's stalwart post-Industrial ensemble Illusion Of Safety and Germany's dronecore specialist Thomas Köner. Illusion Of Safety takes a confrontationist approach by opening their condensed program with a jarring clatter of fragmented film-noir orchestrations that are roughly broken into a nervous drone. Köner's approach is far more subtle, gently pushing forward a sublime drone and allowing it to fade into silence. Released on the occasion of a rare performance that took place on 19 September 2002 at the Lagerhaus, Bremen. Regular edition of 400 copies.
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ILLUSION OF SAFETY - 'In Opposition To Our Acceleration' CD (Die Stadt)
"In Opposition To Our Acceleration" begins innocuously enough with tinkled chords from a pianist fractured into quaint glitches. Such aural pleasantries have been deliberately staged as a counterpoint to something far more sinister. Sure enough, a disturbed ambience settles upon the rest of the album as the playful piano tones are replaced by razor sharp piercings coupled with psychoactively eerie drones and scribbles from a microphone across a metal plate. Illusion of Safety actualize their name through a theatrical exploration of "the language of error." Sumptuously packaged in an outsized gatefold pack with several artcards. Ltd x 1000.
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ILLUSION OF SAFETY - 'More Violence And Geography' CD (Die Stadt)
This is re-release of the very first Illusion Of Safety LP from 1988 onto CD, including an unreleased 11 minute live bonus track from early 90's. The 11 tracks here display a much rawer and more 'industrial' feel, with the use of harsh found sounds and voices, compared to more recent works. The cover features new artwork by Dan Burke and the CD comes in a professionally-printed gatefold card in a plastic sleeve. Ltd x 700 copies.
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JOHN DUNCAN - 'Da Sich Die Machtgier...' CD (Die Stadt)
Asmus Tietchens sent processed recordings of himself reading excerpts from two texts by E. M. Cioran. Duncan worked on and manipulated them, creating three pieces. There is little of Tietchens remaining in these abstract creations. Speed-altered voice tracks are stacked, swirling electronic sounds in the background providing proof of deeper processing. "Freih zein hoem macht..." ranks among Duncan's harshest pieces to date, while "Aber..." is more "typical" Duncan: a drone derived from the sound source but from which the sound source has been obliterated, and yet makes its ghostly presence palpable. Presented in a nice digipak with tasteful spot varnish and insert. Ltd x 1000.
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JOHN DUNCAN / C. M. VON HAUSSWOLFF / LEIF ELGGREN - 'Untitled' 7" (Die Stadt)
Released in conjunction with a performance which took place at the Lagerhaus Bremen on 26 September 2003. Exclusive tracks by all three artists. John Duncan's contribution is another fine example of his work with Shortwave sounds and a sort of more aggressive version of his acclaimed 'Phantom Broadcast' CD. C.M. von Hausswolff delivers a spoken word piece for the first time. Leif Elggren's piece is a short but powerful example of his vibrating music. Regular edition of 400 copies in a full-colour foldout sleeve.
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JOHN DUNCAN / KONTAKT DER JUNGLINGE / C. M. VON HAUSSWOLFF - 'Untitled' CD (Die Stadt)
A compilation of live recordings, specially released for a Die Stadt label night featuring all 3 artists at Argos in Brussels on 18 October 2007. The John Duncan recording was made at The Compound , San Francisco on 21 July 2007. Kontakt der Junglinge (Asmus Tietchens & Thomas Koner) 'Montreal Solution 1' is an excerpt from their live performance at Mutek Festival, Montreal on 28 May, 2003. The final track on this CD is by C.M. Von Hausswolff and was recorded at 'Easy To Swallow', All Tomorrows Parties, SEOne Club, London, curated by Russel Haswell, on 2 June 2005. Released in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies.
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JOHN WATERMANN - 'Calcutta Gas Chamber' Picture Disc LP (Die Stadt)
Vinyl version of the CD released by Cold Spring in 2006 (CSR52CD). The concept of aurally conveying the horror of a gas chamber was realised through field recordings in an abandoned electrical power station in Brisbane in 1992. The sounds are grating and harsh, a mixture of field recordings and electronic manipulations. One can rarely pinpoint a location or action but the images the sounds conjure up are of all sorts of nefarious activities related to death by machinery. Limited to just 444 hand-numbered copies with stunning full colour artwork - act fast!
JONATHAN COLECLOUGH & ANDREW LILES - 'Torch Songs' 2 x LP (Die Stadt)
Coleclough and Liles met in October 2004 when they both performed at Intergration 3 in Preston, UK. Liles subsequently reworked the recording of Coleclough's solo performance from that evening. He went on to add, subtract, multiply and divide further live recordings supplied by Coleclough, and the eventual result was this double LP. 'Torch Songs' is packaged in a heavy gatefold sleeve featuring 'I Dreamt I was a River', a poem composed and painted by Geoff Sawers during a performance with Coleclough in Geneva in March 2005. The sound of Geoff's brush painting this lettering can be heard on side B of 'Torch Songs.' Ltd x 300 only!
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KONTAKT DER JUNGLINGE - '-1' CD (Die Stadt)
Part three of the series of live CD's by the ongoing Thomas Köner / Asmus Tietchens project. '-1' features their second performance at the Lagerhaus on 28th April 2001. For everyone who liked '1' and '0' this is not to be missed. It once more shows their mutual talent of building a sound landscape of striking depths that, if the listener is willing, will draw him in further and further with every new listen. Ltd x 900 regular copies in a card sleeve.
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KONTAKT DER JUNGLINGE - '0' CD (Die Stadt)
This is the second part of the ongoing series of live performances (numbered backwards) by Kontakt Der Jünglinge - the collaborative project of renowned sound sculptor's Thomas Köner and Asmus Tietchens. '0' was recorded inside the M.S. Stubnitz, a ship situated in the harbour of Rostock, Germany. Much more 'basic' in the use of sounds than their first CD '1', the 43 minute long track creates a more dense and dark atmosphere with occasional rhythmic additions, seeming to reflect the space it was recorded in. Ltd x 900 regular copies in a card sleeve.
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KONTAKT DER JUNGLINGE - 'N' CD (Die Stadt)
Fourth part in the ongoing series of live collaborations by Thomas Köner and Asmus Tietchens. This marks the end of the first phase in their mutual work featuring the familiar 'classic' cover style. The music was recorded on 28th May 2002 at the 'Stedelijk Museum' in Amsterdam and shows the two treading on quieter grounds this time - crackles, drones, vast spaces with erratic noises. Ltd x 900 regular copies in a card sleeve.
