DIGITAL / CASSETTE TAPE (limited edition of 50) available here:
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-urban-spree-feat-andr-vida

Performed & recorded on 23. March 2024 at Urban Spree, Berlin.
Imari Kokubo - drums 
Dirk Dresselhaus - guitar, voice 
Derek Shirley - bass 
iLan katin - live video
Special guest: André Vida - saxophone 

https://mirrorworldmusic.com/artists/krautfuzz/
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Other krautfuzz releases:
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/5
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fuzzkraut-15
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mwm-rough-1

krautfuzz
This trio started out playing improvisational fuzzkraut-ish sessions in November 2022 after Imari Kokubo (drums, percussion), Dirk Dresselhaus (guitar, effects), and Derek Shirley (bass, effects) had unavailingly planned to hook up with each other individually for a couple of years.
As each of them is involved in an extended variety of music (Vladislav Delay Quartet, die ANGEL, Schneider TM, faust, Piratezombiedog, Monno, The Still, Hi- Speed Dubbing, etc.), the premise is to boil down stylistic concepts to their essence by playing loud, time-transcending music without a safety net and giving some extra attention to communication in-between each other as well as to the individual subconsciousness.
krautfuzz is embossed by an angular-futuristic tension, spanning from fuzzed-out neo-psych-rock to abstract, heavily processed minimalism, and is open at the fringes.

"Does anything really begin or end? What is time? A period of time. What does that mean? Re-create and re-visit, but time always moves forward. Never stopping. Always changing. Sound goes and goes and goes. This moment is a forward motion." (Ilse Redeka)

The first ever concert they played in Berlin in autumn 2023 was sold out and consisted of 2 live sets; the 1st set they played as a trio, and for the 2nd set they invited surprise guest Murat Ertel (of Baba Zula), which inspired the general modus operandi for live shows in the future:
First set as a trio, and after a short break, a second set with surprise guests.

This was the 2nd set of the 2nd show featuring André Vida on saxophone.

Live at Urban Spree (feat. André Vida)

krautfuzz - Live at Urban Spree - Set 2 (feat. André Vida)

LP / DIGITAL available here: 
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/5 (EU)
https://krautfuzzz.bandcamp.com/album/5 (USA)

Dirk Dresselhaus - guitar, effects
Imari Kokubo - drums
Derek Shirley - bass, effects
Guest appearance by
Chandra Shukla - sitar, effects

Performed & recorded live by krautfuzz on January 13th 2023, engineered & mixed in 2023/24 by Dirk Dresselhaus at ZONE, Berlin, Germany.
Overdub recorded by Chandra Shukla in Asheville, USA.
Mastered by Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering.
Published by Edition MirrorWorldMusic / Touch Music / Fairwood Music (UK) Ltd.
https://mirrorworldmusic.com/artists/krautfuzz
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krautfuzz 5

The album, entitled “5”, documents the 5th studio session by the seminal band krautfuzz, emphasizing the talents of Japanese drummer Imari Kokubo, German guitarist Dirk Dresselhaus, and Canadian bassist Derek Shirley, and features processed electric sitar overdubs by guest Chandra Shukla (aka Xambuca), who also happens to exclusively head the label the vinyl LP edition of the album is available on, EROTOTOX DECODINGS. As all the musicians in krautfuzz hail from diverse musical backgrounds, including activities with the likes of faust, Vladislav Delay Quartet, die ANGEL, Schneider TM, Piratezombiedog, Monno, The Still, or Hi-Speed Dubbing, their premise is to boil down stylistic concepts into an essence that consists of playing highly adventurous, energetic music with a sense of timelessness free from safety nets and predictable formats. This while giving extra attention to mutual communication between the members by including acoustic cues shared with each other while also assuming musical communication by means of telepathy and innate understanding of where to go next on the unseen sonic map. krautfuzz is embedded with an angular-futuristic perspective, spanning from fuzzed-out neo-psych-rock to the abstract, heavily processed minimalism to pure noise, and is open at the fringes to the utilisation of unusual approaches in the studio as well as employing the element of surprise by including guest performers at their live shows (who usually appear in the 2nd set of their performances). The cover artwork was done by visual artist iLan katin, who is a regular collaborator and responsible for the live video pieces featured at the krautfuzz live shows. 
Previous releases:
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/mwm-rough-1 (MWM, 2023)
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/fuzzkraut-15 (MWM, 2024)
https://mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-urban-spree-feat-andr-vida (MWM, 2024)

fuzzkraut 5 - 1

MirrorWorldMusic (MWM), founded in 2007 by Dirk Dresselhaus and Michael Beckett, is a label, archive, and publishing imprint for diverse idiosyncratic music projects that are linked in some way by their protagonists, involving the likes of Schneider TM, Kptmichigan, Ilpo Väisänen, die ANGEL, Hildur Guðnadóttir, Christopher Uhe, Locust Fudge, Werner Diermaier, Elke Drapatz, faust, Elena Poulou, and Jochen Arbeit, among others. The catalog's stylistic scope, which spans more than 30 years and ranges from early indie rock, avant-pop, and electronica to improvised drone, soundscapes, noise, or field recordings, is unified by an overarching experimental approach and a multi-minded spirit, channeled in the forms of regular releases, live recordings, film music, and others. The MWM SoundCloud contains live recordings, rough mixes, non-regular goodies or edits, etc. For regular releases and updates, please visit:

www.mirrorworldmusic.com
www.mirrorworldmusic.bandcamp.com

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