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IndieMag about Versuchsanordnung:

"VERSUCHSANORDNUNG (GERMANY)
Haunting. Cinematic. Evocative. Versuchsanordnung is more of a collective rather than a band. Forming in 2006, the group has evaded categorization with their particular brand of atmospheric improvisations. Their name itself means experimental arrangement in German and they definitely live up to their name. They have a list of goals that read like a mission statement, including ‘to create sound impressions full of atmosphere aiming to paint pictures in your head.’ Goal archieved. Whether it is a film score or a freeform song, this group lives in a land where no soundscape is ever played the same way twice. Well worth hunting down."

"Die Band um den Kölner Grafiker & Musiker Christian Barthold geht nicht den geraden Weg. Hier hört man jazziges, Progressiv-Elemente, Post-Rock-Tristesse und immer wieder ganz unerwartete Sounds, die dann, wie in PONYHOF, zu einem Moll-Surf-Instrumental führen, das sehr an die wunderbaren Atomic Swing erinnert. Gemeinsam mit Jörg Düpjohann (dr.), Markus Blatzheim (bs) und dem Pianisten Christoph Uhlhaas ist ein sehr eigenwilliges Album gelungen, das neben der Musik auch für sein Verpackungsdesign die absolute Höchstwertung bekommt."
- Gitarre&Bass / Lothar Trampert, CD-Review / Versuchsanordnung: "Urlaub am Saundstrand" (Oct 21, 2011) 

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Das Hohelied Der Leere (CD-Version)

"Ubu Imperator" (improvisation)
from CD Versuchsanordnung: "Urlaub am Saundstrand"

IndieMag about Versuchsanordnung:

"VERSUCHSANORDNUNG (GERMANY)
Haunting. Cinematic. Evocative. Versuchsanordnung is more of a collective rather than a band. Forming in 2006, the group has evaded categorization with their particular brand of atmospheric improvisations. Their name itself means experimental arrangement in German and they definitely live up to their name. They have a list of goals that read like a mission statement, including ‘to create sound impressions full of atmosphere aiming to paint pictures in your head.’ Goal archieved. Whether it is a film score or a freeform song, this group lives in a land where no soundscape is ever played the same way twice. Well worth hunting down."

"Die Band um den Kölner Grafiker & Musiker Christian Barthold geht nicht den geraden Weg. Hier hört man jazziges, Progressiv-Elemente, Post-Rock-Tristesse und immer wieder ganz unerwartete Sounds, die dann, wie in PONYHOF, zu einem Moll-Surf-Instrumental führen, das sehr an die wunderbaren Atomic Swing erinnert. Gemeinsam mit Jörg Düpjohann (dr.), Markus Blatzheim (bs) und dem Pianisten Christoph Uhlhaas ist ein sehr eigenwilliges Album gelungen, das neben der Musik auch für sein Verpackungsdesign die absolute Höchstwertung bekommt."
- Gitarre&Bass / Lothar Trampert, CD-Review / Versuchsanordnung: "Urlaub am Saundstrand" (Oct 21, 2011) 

Versuchsanordnung says: Please meet us on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/versuchsanordnung

Ubu Imperator (CD-Version)

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Rachel's birthday gift to all of you, her cover of Frank Zappa's "Inca Roads" from his album "One Size Fits All."
Rachel is playing everything on this track - keyboards, vocals, and yes, electric guitar.

Inca Roads - Frank Zappa (cover)

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Rachel got out her strat and recorded this today for fun. Hope you like it!

Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa (cover)

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Larks' Tongues In Aspic Part 1 - King Crimson (cover)

Here is Rachel's cover of Proclamation by Gentle Giant. As always, Rachel is playing all the instruments and performing all the vocals - organs and pianos are played on her Nord Electro 4D and Nord Piano 2 HA88 keyboards, drums were played live on her Yamaha M06, bass was played on her custom Flowers short scale jazz style bass, and guitar was played on her Ibanez GIO guitar. Enjoy!

Proclamation - Gentle Giant (cover)

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This is my cover of Teen Town by Weather Report composed by Jaco Pastorius, from the album Heavy Weather. I didn't use any click track. The drums were all played live, starting with the basic rhythm track, then I added the drum hits. I later made the two drum tracks separately in mono, so I could control the reverb for the drum hits. The synth sounds were a combination of the Nord piano 2 88 and Yamaha m06. The Rhodes piano was done on the Korg SV 88, and I played real fretless bass. For the doubling unison spots, I recorded them separately without hearing the other bass track, so it would make it easier to concentrate on the pitches. I sang the soprano saxophone parts also through a Lewitt MTP540 microphone. The conga drums were done on the Yamaha m06. ~ Rachel Flowers

Teen Town - Weather Report (cover)

KonCon BigBand ft. Eef Albers

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Here's a wild Mahavishnu tune I covered in one day!

I memorized most of the solos, too. This is very close to the record!

All of the guitar parts were played on the Marble Head using the Vox
amp with the Lewitt mic. Then for the drums and violin tracks, I
played on the Yanaha m06. I also used one of the clavinets off of the Korg SV-1, and the Rhodes from the Nord 2 HA-88. I played on the fretted bass using the bass pod, and the synth parts were done on the Little Phatty. The gongs were from the Garritan Instant Orchestra "Earth Metal Percussion."

I put a whole bunch of wild effects on some of the instruments. For
another instance of the gong track, I added a flange effect. (I first
put a mono preset in both tracks.) Then for the synth solo, and violin
tracks, I added a distortion effect off of the Cakewalk Ampsim (I
think I used "British Crunch" on the synth solo, and "Fuzz 1" for the
violin tracks.)

Anyway, I had a lot of fun doing this one.

Birds Of Fire - Mahavishnu Orchestra (cover)

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The Black Page #2 by Frank Zappa, covered by Rachel Flowers.

Frank Zappa was a unique artist who combined many different elements from many different styles. He loved to take rhythms and melodies to another level.

The Black Page is one of the pieces where Frank used unusual rhythms to take a piece to a new level.

For the drums I used Session Drummer VSL, Garitan Jazz, and Big Band.  Yamaha M06 for the synths and glockenspiel. Nord Electro 4D for the marimba. Nord Piano 2 HA88 for the piano. Fender jazz bass, custom MarbleHead guitar, and flute. I'm also singing the trombone solo at the end.

The Black Page #2 - Frank Zappa (cover)

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The Black Page #1 by Frank Zappa, cover by Rachel Flowers

Frank was always hearing the studio musicians in LA talking about the fear of going into sessions some morning and being faced with "the black page."  So he decided to write his "Black Page."

The drums were from Session Drummer plus some percussion. More percussion was from Garitan Jazz and Big Band, along with the horns. The marimba was from the Nord Electro 4D. The xylophone, violin, fretless bass, and synth were all on the Yamaha M06.

The Black Page #1 - Frank Zappa (cover)

Road to Damascus

"Allan Qui?" from the first Gongzilla album "Suffer"
Composed by Hansford Rowe
From the 1st GZ album "Suffer"
Hansford Rowe - bass
Benoit Moerlen - vibes, marimba
Bon Lozaga - guitar
Allan Holdsworth - guitar
Vic Stevens - drums
Bobby Thomas Jr. - perc

Allan Qui? (Allan Holdsworth solo edit)

Song about having a car accident.  Kind of a Prokofiev-Shostakovich feel with a twist of electronic.  At some points, we can ear the metronome.  Let's have fun and pretend it's for the mood...

Un accident de voiture

Raheem Thomas - alto sax
VP - flugelhorn, Max/MSP
Ra Kalam Bob Moses - Percussion

(Composed Fall 2007, Recorded Spring 2013)

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Purge | Vivek Patel, flugelhorn, Raheem Thomas, saxophone & Ra Kalam Bob Moses, percussion (2013)

Scatterbrain

Beelzebub (Bill Bruford/Allan Holdsworth) cover by Martin Goulding/ Paul Elliot & Dave Marks

The track was listed in the semi-final of the International Songwriting Competition.

Building Babel

by Miles Davis

Mark I: Massimo Martini
Drums, bass, guitar, arrangement, mix, mastering: Helmut Keller

Nardis (Miles Davis)

33cl (teaser)

Hey people, music as medicin, yes , I do, emotional food. Playing the guitar as best as possible, the learning road is long, but nice..

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