Klangwiese

Go to: https://ansgarwilken.bandcamp.com/album/miniatures

Excerpt of 7" miniatures Ansgar Wilken & I released in Oct 22, listened to in mono in a kitchen on a Dual player from '78. Copies in Berlin are available at the Zabriskie book store in Kreuzberg. Call them before you go there.

Ansgar Wilken & Jayrope 7" Miniatures - Listened On Vinyl

A recording of F#X's DJ performance at Dommune, Tokyo on 16th July 2015.

Dommune "rural special" (東京都 JP, 16.07.2015)

Recorded with highly modified Disklavier Pro IV running under Linux and recorded direct to tape [Nagra IV-S]

All sounds from the Disklavier with no overdubs, just lots of different mics and custom wound very large pickups and a few likkle ones.

5 - DISKPREPT4

[BD008] Die Milchstrasse Flockt (12" LP & digital)
Label: bohemian drips
Release: March 23rd 2018

Recorded in „Kunstkopf Stereofonie“ – headphones recommended

[Information]

While the production of “bohemian drips’“ latest release – “Iván Paz’ Visions of Space“ [BD007] – was dedicated to the exploration of virtual space in a physical context, the label’s next “binaural“ in-house production reaches out to new recording ethics: “Die Milchstrasse Flockt“ [BD008] marks a turning point in the label’s history, as a group of Berlin based artists got together only for this record: The quintet consisted of Ruth-Maria Adam, Alexander P. Jovanovic, Inox Kapell, Josefine Lukschy and Alexander Meurer. They have no collective history or collaborative background – the group was only set to drive out to “Schloss Freudenberg“, a looming Chateau built in 1905, with a truckload of instruments. Their aim was to embrace the possibilities of the space, its historic collection of rare and strange instruments and its acoustics. Formed organically through the time spent in the castle, the album turned out to be an obscure yet beautiful assemblage of strange noises and sounds, staged and amplified through the space itself and the perspective of a “KU-100“ dummy-head microphone. All music was created with a wide range of acoustic instruments and unique sound devices, captured in binaural “Kunstkopf Stereofonie“. 

“Die Milchstrasse Flockt” expanded the possibilities of spacial arrangement during the recording process, resulting in unique soundscapes that might be considered “Non-Music”. The LP takes you back to early electronic music, such as Ash-Ra Temple or Klaus Röder’s “Kristallationen“, despite the fact only acoustic instruments were being used: Side A starts off with playful twists and turns, kraut à la “Cluster“ or “Popol Vuh“, and lets you travel through trippy improvisation into soft-psychedelic landscapes, micro-sounds and unconventional sound-art experiments. 

The A-Side exhausts the possibilities of the castle’s expansive collection of historical instruments such as one of the few “cristal baschets“ worldwide, “singing drums“ or Professor Klaus Fessmann’s "Klangsteine“, and bends the ideas of musical structure. Side B is based on the massive array of gongs of different sizes and materials from the castle’s private collection and can be described as classic drone, with a swerve into primitive music: This facet can be attributed to Ruth-Maria Adam’s anti-classical use of the violin and the recorder combined with Inox-Kapell’s remarkable understanding of the castle’s gong collection’s sonic potential.

The key to this album is capturing the first meeting of five musicians, who all come from very different musical backgrounds. This created a fresh and unbiased scenario for sonic exploration within the unique space of “Schloss Freudenberg“. A scenario prefaced by its transformation in the 1980’s, described by Hugo Kükelhaus as a “field of experience towards the unfurling of the senses and thoughts“.

[Credits]

Musicians:
Ruth-Maria Adam, Alexander P. Jovanovic, Inox Kapell, Josefine Lukschy, Alexander Meurer

Instruments and objects:
Cristal baschet, “Klangsteine“, singing drums, frame drum, guika, orff drumset, tube xylophone, Hohner bass accordeon, santur, celesta, cello, violin, flutes & reeds, a harmonium, a sound chair and 18 gongs of different sizes and material

Recorded live in Schloss Freudenberg in Wiesbaden, Germany in February 2017
Produced, edited and arranged by Alexander Meurer in 2017
Mixed by Ian Medina in Berlin in 2017
Mastered and cut by Andreas Kauffelt at “Schnittstelle“ in Berlin, 2018

Released by bohemian drips
Special thanks to Matthias and Beatrice Schenk

© by bohemian drips, 2018 – all rights reserved
www.bohemiandrips.de | www.schlossfreudenberg.de

Die Milchstrasse Flockt

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A4 – Der Tod Hält Mich Wach

[BD010] Microtub – Chronic Shift LP

Microtub is the world’s first and only microtonal tuba trio, exploring Just Intonation and the rich harmonic potential of the tuba. This album features material from Robin Hayward’s pieces „Sonic Drift“ and „Star System“, recorded in the stunning acoustics of the large water reservoir in Berlin-Pankow, reworked and mixed with analogue synthesizers by Peder Simonsen.

Recorded in „Kunstkopf“ stereophony, this unlikely combination of tubas and simple synth pitches provides a meditative and immersive experience, and an auditory glimpse into a truly unique acoustic space. While „Chronic Shift“ zones in on the neutral microtonal harmonies that underly „Sonic Drift“, the synths on „System Reboot“ mainly shadow the harmonics in the giant room, both as sustained pitches and as spaced out droplets lending movement to the track.

Robin Hayward – microtonal F tuba
Martin Taxt – microtonal C tuba
Peder Simonsen – microtonal C tuba

Credits:

Recorded during “Speicher” festival 2018; reworked & mixed by Peder Simonsen, 2019
Mastered & cut by Andreas Kauffelt at “Schnittstelle” in Berlin, 2019
Cover design by Alexander Meurer; photo on back by Tania Kelley
A collaboration between bohemian drips, microtub & Ace Tunes

© by bohemian drips & microtub, 2019 – all rights reserved

www.bohemiandrips.de | www.robinhayward.de | www.tuningvine.com | www.acetunes.biz

B – System Reboot

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