There’s something about Marcus Fischer’s music that fits this season. Last year, a lot of listeners shared how the snowstorms they were homebound by were the perfect backdrop to Marcus’s reflections. As another year closes, I am so excited to share another conversation with this wonderful artist. This isn’t something I expected, but Marcus has been really giving of his time and it was his suggestion to do a follow-up. In the spirit of the season, I’m very thankful to have gotten to know him better.

Since episode 5, Marcus has been for lack of a much better word, busy. He completed the Rauschenberg Residency and released the follow-up to 2010’s 'Monocoastal' — 'Loss', which is absolutely stunning. He established an experimental power trio with Paul Dickow and William Selman called Wild Card, which toured with High Plains at the end of this past summer. He’s been performing with Lisa Schonberg’s Secret Drum Band. He recorded another collaboration with 12k’s Taylor Deupree called 'Lowlands'. And I’m sure I’m missing something.

This episode digs beyond his output as an artist to explore the internal processes that inform his approach, especially as an improviser.

As always, the music from each of these projects and partnerships weaves throughout the episode, which can all be purchased as digital or characteristically breathtaking physical objects on Bandcamp.

Grab a warm cup of tea and dive in.

'Loss' on 12k: https://12kmusic.bandcamp.com/album/loss
'Lowlands' on IIKKI: https://iikki.bandcamp.com/album/lowlands
Marcus Fischer's back catalog: https://marcus-fischer.bandcamp.com
Secret Drum Band: https://secretdrumband.bandcamp.com
Wild Card: https://wildcardofcascadia.bandcamp.com/releases
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Marcus Fischer (pt. 2): Sound + Process # 10

turning chaos into music
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joergmueller from Cologne in Germany is producing electronic music under this moniker since 2002 after working with a friend on two different balearic house / chill-out projects (VILA and Stepahne de Lucia) since 1998. His solo career was a journey from discovering the musical heritage of his hometown, producing techno music inspired by Traum, Kompakt, Areal and other Cologne based labels to a more bass-rooted, reggae-infused mixture of dub, techno and downtempo beats. His music is defined by deep rhythmic kick and bass stuctures with layers of original tape echo effects and tricky use of vocal samples. After a netlabel release of “Hexa” on Comatronic in 2005 his first album “mjiu” was released on Quantec’s label Shoreless Recordings in 2009 follwed by the EP on the french dub techno imprint ZeECc called “peel and dub in half”. His first full length album “Heavy Heart” was also released on ZeECc as a limited CD edition and is now being re-issued on Cold Tear Records. There is also a remix album of heavy heart, with versions from heavyweight artists like Adam Kroll, Salz, Fingers in the Noise and many more. 
After a longer period he returned in 2018 with an album on Berlin based label roHs! where he stretches out more towards slowly evolving ambient pieces. In 2019 he released an album of previously unreleased older material again with Cold Tear records.You can find more information on joergmueller’s releases on discogs: http://www.discogs.com/artist/1562829-joergmueller

Sound + Process deconstructs new electronic and experimental works through conversations with their composers. These artists all belong to the online community lines (http://llllllll.co). Hosted and produced by Dan Derks.

Songwriter from the plains focusing on ambient, cinematic scores.

Ruth Grader explores Deep and Hypnotic journeys playing LIVE and DJ sets.

For releases, more music & dates:

www.ruthgrader.com

Bookings/contact:

ruth@ruthgrader.com

tides is the project of multi-instrumentalist  and photographer, Samuel Death.
https://t1d3s.bandcamp.com/follow_me

The main focus of his work is to give you a sense of peace, nostalgia and to reconnect you to nature.
Socials ~
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