NPVR is the avant garde duo made up of the late Peter Rehberg and Nik Void. Editions Mego is proud to present their second and final release. No this is not some kind of Beatles synthetic AI that raises the dead reconstructed recordings but rather a new album made by the humans and their machines. 

The initial meeting of Rehberg and Void was in London in 2016 and despite or due to their mutual awkwardness found solace and compatibility in the fact that they both had a similar electronic modular set up, along with matching cases to transport all. The idea to collaborate was an obvious and organic process as a means to connect their individual gear together and observe the outcome. The fruits of these initial experiments, recorded in London, resulted in the playful experimentation of their acclaimed 2017 release 33 33 (eMego 251).

Now in 2024 Editions Mego presents the logically titled follow up, 33 34. These sessions were recorded six months after the initial recordings at Peter’s home in Vienna. This was planned out as a mirror city release to the original London recordings. With Peter having access to his full studio set up this time around we encounter a rich audio landscape which organically folds together a variety of musical genres blurring any distinction between these forms so the resulting music hovers as a new cloud of sound. Any musical form, be it industrial, electro-acoustic, ambient, drone and techno all coexist and melt into the other as the ensuing result unveils a hypnotic swarm of divergent sounds (music). When active there were no lines or contexts with NPVR, either between sound or genre within these recordings or live where NPVR were at home playing at a techno club one night and an avant garde venue the next.

The initial session of these recordings was edited by Rehberg and sent to Void to further develop.
Over time the final versions were agreed on and then shelved as other outside projects took over. The awkwardness had been surmounted and the two had become close friends. NPVR performed at a range of venues such as Tresor, Sutton House, Corsica, Blitz, Paris GRM #Focus2, LEV Festival and Rigas Skanumezs Festival. Following Rehberg’s untimely passing Void had difficulty listening back to the sessions but eventually thought it fit to complete and release this album, of which even the artwork (like 33 33, an image from Zurich photographer, Georg Gatsas) had been decided upon prior to Rehberg parting ways. 

There is an unmistakable joy to these recordings. One encounters an enthralling exploration of their chosen machines which conveys the excitement of what can be randomly conjured when people speak through such devices. There is no grand statement or argument here, just the sheer thrill of creation and the recorded results of random encounters. The art of collaboration was always a mainstay of Rehberg’s practice from the advent of the MEGO adventure. Rehberg & Bauer was an initial collaboration with former business partner Ramon Bauer. Even at this stage one can hear a relaxed sense of delight in the sheer discovery of sound.

A mix made for the Wire magazine following the release of 33 33 hints at the freedom that comes with endless urge for exploration and discovery. Abstract tracks from Z'EV. Jérôme Noetinger and Jung An Tagen are included alongside British stalwarts The Fall and New Order. There were no lines between pop / academic / underground or mainstream in Rehberg’s world. All of it sat at the same table. It is just matter in the atmosphere, like the diverse exploration found in these recordings that comprise 33 34.

33 34

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2)Azu Tiwaline-Night In Palmtree
3)Agôn & Céline B_Drifted
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5)Dreadlock Tales - Dub of Zion
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7)Causa - MINERALS VIP
8)Causa - Stomp The Jungle
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10)STACKTRACE - Incantation (Curtis Campbell Remix)
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12)Ourman - Noxhere To Loopk
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Label: Midnight Shift
Catalog number: MNSX027
Artist name: Christoph de Babalon
EP name: Ach, Mensch

A1. Non Human Things
A2. Backward Gallop
B1. Die Taufe Der Zombies
B2. And Away With It

Ach, komm, ein Mensch kann nicht immer gut sein... This sentiment rings amusingly true for us. How did we find ourselves in this post-truth era, and why does such a term actually exist? In a world where distinctions between right and wrong blur, does the clarity of a black-and-white delineation persist? Are we progressing, or are we regressing to a state reminiscent of the past? 

Weaving together the complex tapestry of gore, politics, emotions, and, of course, the human experience in this work is done intricately and reflectively by the hands of Christoph de Babalon.

Written and produced by Christoph de Babalon 
Artwork by Apolo Cacho
Layout by Takashi Makabe
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On the occasion of the release of her new album on the Patience/Impatience label, titled "Odd Balade", we are very pleased to welcome one of our best friends Tryphème for the fourteenth installment of crying is softer than you think.

tracklist:
Tryphème - Intro 
Princess Diana Of Wales - Still Beach 
Roy Montgomery - Used To 
Ashan - Wyn
Tomasz Bednarczyk - Feline Fantasia
Steve Hauschildt - Vicinities
Mike Midnight - Smiling In Slow Motion 
Tryphème - In Digital Forest ( Float Like A Butterfly, Sting Like A Bee)
Rick Cuevas - Circles Of The Rain
Egopusher - Bloodred 
Maud Vos - Unearthed ( Tryphème remix ) 
Lali Puna - Fast Forward 
Kenny Morris - Le Testament d’Auguste Rodin 
Sevendeaths - And Another Another
Tryphème - Sandy Family 
Yung Lean & Bladee - Things Happen
Yves Cloutier & Richard Toupin - La Rose Et Le Souffle 

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