KLÄNG! is back again: copyleft, non-profit, free music: all tracks and more online again: KLÄNG!
von 1999 bis 2001 habe ich viel zeit, energie und geld in das konzept von KLÄNG! investiert: eine cd-serie, die ungewöhnliche musik aus allen welten nicht-hierarchisch und a-chronologisch ohne zensur und ohne copyrights veröffentlicht und die von den beiträgen und durch die graswurzeldistribution der beteiligten künstler lebt. ein hübsches konzept, das nach der dritten edition scheiterte.
KLÄNG! was conceived as an ongoing series of cd compilations to present rarely heard sounds from all over the world and of all times. every body was invited to contribute whatever original and copylefted sound sHe wanted to hear: no limitations, no censorship, no copyrights. a free copy of KLÄNG! went out to every contributor, but all artists were asked to buy additional copies at prime cost to cover the expenses or to exchange copies of their own products with KLÄNG! in return. the idea was to have a free association of distributors and artists: the idea was to have exclusive, interesting music and sound and vision on an inexpensive medium: the aim of every new edition was to earn enough money to cover the cost for the following edition and to give away the rest of the print run in exchange for any thing or for free. – not a bad idea at all, but unfortunately the concept failed and the third edition was the last one.
weit über hundert stücke wurden damals auf den drei cds veröffentlicht und material für mindestens noch zwei cds trudelte nach und nach bei mir ein und blieb liegen, verstaubte oder deterritorialisierte im schwarzen loch meines archivs. manches ist zwar in meinen podcasts kraut mask replica und wunschmaschinenklang zu finden, doch die grundlegende gesamtschau mit allfälligen ergänzungen fehlte bisher. in meinem neuen weblog spurensicherung wird diesem mangel ein potlatchendes ende bereitet: alle 110 tracks der drei KLÄNG!-cds stehen copyleft zum download bereit; nach und nach folgen scans der cover, frisch recherchierte links zu den beteiligten künstlerinnen und künstlern und natürlich massen von klangereignissen, die damals nicht veröffentlicht werden konnten.
more than 100 artists had their tracks released on KLÄNG at that time, about 50 more sent in their sonic devices but were only stuffed into the black holes of my hard drive. now i decided to potlatch all tracks online in my weblog spurensicherung (= securing of evidences): 110 tracks from the original releases, artwork, accompanying information and links to most artists and a growing number of tracks that were never released before.
find exclusive and copyleft tracks from these and more: jliat, wobbly, D-503, artificial memory trace, schrecklein, ralf wehowsky, anya lewin, albrecht/d., joshua nash, mikroben krieg, takanobu hoshino, stellatus, cock esp, modus, xtine burrough, speech.fake, mortmain(), lieutenant murnau, -outher acific+, andrea duwa, winston o´boogie memorial church, autofick, vok, günter schroth, suspicion breeds confidence, elena rauschenbach, brindle spork, stoned angelina, TôLE-ACHE, aeki, marc sloan, pix and (yes!) more.
spurensicherung KLÄNG! (here we go!)
listen here to the guy who invented fire:
and to the brooklyn telephone theater:
and to phonk:
and to autovan:
european free improvisation pages: may 2006
may 2006: news about european free improvisation: please visit http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk to find out more.
# it is very good to see posthumous tributes to derek bailey starting to appear, the first being a compilation put together by henry kaiser – with a fair bit of guitar playing and talking – featuring a number of bay area and other musicians, including a track with derek from 1993: domo arigato derek-sensei! on balance point acoustics. tony bevan has also just released one of derek’s last concerts in england: bruise with derek bailey on foghorn
# another excellent bay area-uk connection is on one of the new releases on emanem: supermodel supermodel featuring gail brand/tim perkis/gino robair/john shiurba/matthew sperry; the other emanem cd is an overdubbed piano set from howard riley: two is one. and further bay area connections via the latest bead special cd, a duo between philipp wachsmann and martin blume: pacific 2003. the other bead special cds added are also phil wachsmann duos, one with matthew hutchinson – startle the echoes – and the other with michael bunce: refractions in air
# alex ward’s copepod label is finally here with the first three releases: alex’s own hapless days; the improvising quartet of alex, luke barlow, simon fell and steve noble with help point, and the luke barlow band; also, there’s the three latest discs from ayler records: the lars-göran ulander trio live at glenn miller café; hammid drake/assif tsahar live at glenn miller café: soul bodies, vol. 2; and exploding customer live at tampere jazz happening
# hat has two new hatology cds: the very welcome re-issue of warne marsh quartet’s ne plus ultra and joe mcphee & survival unit ii/clifford thornton with n.y.n.y. 1971; and there are two new paul dunmall cds, one on duns limited edition: music on two pianos with philip gibbs; and on fmr, zooghosis with paul rogers and trevor taylor
# single cds this month from erstwhile (a double!!) keith rowe and toshimaru nakamura’s between, their follow up to weather sky; eddie prévost’s solo tam-tam disc on matchless: entelechy; the return of the contest of pleasures (john butcher/xavier charles/axel dörner) on potlatch with albi days; rekmazladzep on vand’oeuvre featuring daunik lazro/thierry madiot/dominique répécaud/camel zekri; dry speed’s under a stream of nitrogen on bateau lavoir; on doubtmusic makigami koichi’s moon ether; dominic lash and bruno guastalla in duo on petite industrie éphémére: grazing; and, hal rammel’s lost data, a 7″ single to celebrate the 10th anniversary of penumbra
read more and find all here: http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk
the kraut mask replica podcast
the kraut mask replica podcast
listen to: sturclub, autofick, albrecht/d., die mütter, soft machine, captain beefheart, frauenklinik, zimt, status quo, attraktiv und preiswert, how high the moon, the kinks, ralf wehowsky, ar/gee gleim, the buzzcocks, atv and more.
and please visit seconds11: find the kraut mask replica logo: and click it to listen to 11 seconds of eerrhääh music.
european free improvisation pages: update march 2006
please visit http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/ for march 2006 good news:
* One of the most exciting events for me to have come across in the last few weeks is the impending release – end of March/early April – of a newly-remastered limited-edition (500 copies) 12 CD set from the ICTUS catalogue, including some previously-unreleased music.
* Dick Lucas has recently issued three new items on DATA: Futeristische historie by David Kweksilber/Winnyfred Beldman/Guus Janssen; Nansika by Sean Bergin’s Quintet; and the first DATA DVD release – on the DATA Images imprint – a wonderful record of dancer Michael Schumacher in duo with each of Han Bennink, Cor Fuhler and Wilbert de Joode: Triple Dutch. Han Bennink also appears in trio with Mikko Innanen and Jaak Sooäär on the Finnish release Spring odyssey and on A Records’ Blue & sentimental by Boris Vanderlek; also on A Records is Benjamin Herman’s Heterogeneity featuring Misha Mengelberg. And rather belatedly, but with thanks to Susanna von Canon, I’ve added Misha’s recent trio CD on Tzadik: Senne sing song
* There’s two releases each from several labels this month: on 482 Music – Taylor Ho Bynum & SpiderMonkey Strings with Other stories (Three suites) and Harris Eisenstadt with The soul and gone; on DUNS – Paul Dunmall/Paul Rogers/Philip Gibbs with Don’t take the magic out of life and Paul Dunmall’s Solo tenor; on Emanem Freedom of the city 2005 (a double CD); on Intakt – Brainforest from Jacques Demierre/Barry Guy/Lucas Niggli and Zentralquartett’s 11 songs – Aus teutschen landen; on Mutable – Homage from Thomas Buckner/Mel Graves/George Marsh, and The art of improvisation from the great Leroy Jenkins’ Driftwood; on Winter & Winter – wonderful to have a new Graewe/Reijseger/Hemingway disc: Continuum and there’s also a re-issue of the Paul Motian Trio At the Village Vanguard
* Single CD releases include: the George Burt/Raymond MacDonald Septet featuring Lol Coxhill with The great shark hunt (FMR); Birgit Ulher solo on Scatter (Creative sources); Michael Thieke Unununium with Where shall I fly not to be sad, my dear? (Charhizma); Theo Jörgensmann’s Fellowship on hatOLOGY; and De-escalation by Schweiger/Stangassinger/Boesze on Ostblock
* Finally a new book added to the bibliography: Barbara Schwarz’s The sound of squirrel meals: the work of Lol Coxhill for which there is a release party at the Red Rose in London on 14 March
* Several new gigs have been added during the month
read more and find all here: http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/
sturclub in esslingen: vielleicht…
im frühsommer oder spätherbst (oder doch zumindest wohl noch im jahre 2006…) wird sturclub einige stunden lang die innenräume einer esslinger kirche beschallen.
arbeitstitel (nur um das nicht zu vergessen):
langsam: jedocht nicht so langsam wie möglich [version 4339 minuten in esslingen]
funny: i found myself on “discogs”
“discogs” is a user-built database of music information. imagine a site with discographies of all labels, all artists, all cross-referenced. It’s getting closer every day. you can help build “discogs” by submitting information about missing releases, artists, and labels.
and here is some siemers i found…
european free improvisation pages: update february 2006
please visit http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/ for february good news:
* First off, and hot off the presses – it was only published last week – is Blocks of consciousness and the unbroken continuum a book of essays edited by Brian Marley and Mark Wastell and published by Mark under his Sound 323 imprint. A limited edition book with an integral DVD of performances filmed by David Reid. Wastell has recently released, on Confront, Recorded delivery by Graham Halliwell.
* Also on DVD, though actually a two-disc combined DVD/CD production, is BBG, Bennink/Borstlap/Glerum on Ernst Glerum’s Favorite label: B&W DVD, part documentary, part concert footage, and a CD of the Hague concert: a really great group! And Han also appears in duo with Peter Brötzmann on the important re-issue (with double the amount of original material) of Schwarzwaldfahrt via the Atavistic Unheard Music Series. Another new Brötzmann CD is from Poland: the North Quartet with Malamute
* In a deluge of Dutch material (some new, some catching-up) there is also: Kinda Dukish from the Ab Baars Quartet on Wig; five Ramboy CDs – Bilbao song by Available Jelly; In full flail, by an earlier incarnation of the same group; Floater (more excellent Dylan covers) by Jewels and binoculars; Mix your languages by RASP/HASP; and World surf music by The Persons. On November Music there are discs from each of the last three annual festivals: 2002 featuring ICP, Mark Dresser, Marclay/Fuhler/Lehn; 2003 featuring Tobias Delius and Barry Guy; and 2004 featuring Simon Nabatov and POW Ensemble/FOURinONE (Luc Houtkamp).
* Leo has released five new discs: François Carrier’s Happening; Anthony Braxton with the Creative Jazz Orchestra recorded in London in 1994; Ivo Perelman’s Introspection and, on Golden Years, a re-issue of Phil Minton and Roger Turner’s Ammo and Sun Ra and his Space Arkestra with What planet is this? and there are five on Assif Tsahar’s Hopscotch: Cooper-Moore’s Outtakes 1978; Sea of lead from Agustí Fernández/Peter Kowald; Steve Dalachinsky and Matthew Shipp with Phenomena of interference; Assif Tsahar/Cooper-More/Hamid Drake’s Lost brother and Solitude from Assif Tsahar’s Project
* Emanem has, in the last week of January, issued Roland Ramanan’s Caesura and Soil from Malcolm Goldstein and Masashi Harada; Charhizma has 13:46\11.04\25.09 by Serge Baghdassarians and Boris Baltschun and Going round in serpentines by Kai Fagaschinski/Bernhard Gál; Günter Christmann has issued, on Explico, Mal d’archive 2 with himself alongside Serge Baghdassarians and Boris Baltschun and Vario-41 by Boris Baltschun/John Butcher/Günter Christmann/Michael Griener in a limited edition of 150 numbered copies; Cuneiform has 2 new discs in Ray Russell’s Goodbye Svengali, a tribute to Gil Evans, and a self-titled disc by Zaar; I’ve added two new-ish ECM discs – the re-issue of David Holland and Barre Phillips’ Music from two basses and Barry Guy’s Folio; For 4 Ears has released Fibre from Korber/Rowe/Müller and a solo percussion disc from Christian Wolfarth; Sillón’s two new discs are Alessandra Rombolá’s Urueña and Wade Matthews’ Absent friends; there are two additions from Nurnichtnur: Quatuohr [Charig/Zoepf/Schneider/Schliemann] with [kju:], to o; and Joachim Zoepf: Production, Berserker; Intakt has two new CDs with Barry Guy/London Jazz Composers’ Orchestra’s Study II/Stringer – part re-issue from the old SAJ disc, part previously unissued – and The compass, log and lead from Fred Frith/Stevie Wishart/Carla Kihlstedt; Matchless have two new discs – a duo between John Butcher and Eddie Prévost: Interworks and Lou Gare solo: No strings attached; and Ogun have – again in the last week of January – a double CD by Louis Moholo-Moholo, one disc new, one a re-issue: Bra Louis – Bra Tebs/Spirits rejoice!
* Single discs over the last two months have come from A/L/L – Fred Van Hove and Wolfgang Fuchs Facetten (two duos and a FVH solo); Balance Point Acoustics with Aurora Josephson/Joëlle Léandre/Damon Smith/Martin Blume – Cruxes; doubtmusic with Otomo Yoshihide’s New Jazz Orchestra re-creating Eric Dolphy’s Out to lunch; L’Innomable with Tomas Kober/Dan Warburton’s Conspiracy theory; the LMC Members Series with Otomo Yoshihide/Rhodri Davies/Sachiko M; Quakebasket with Done by Broken Consort; Smalltown Superjazzz with Amsterdam funk by Free fall; The little flash of letting go by Steve Harris ZAUM on the new Spitz label; and Sean Meehan’s art object on soseditions: Sectors (for Constant)
* In addition, several LPs have been added: on Eventuell, thanks to Rüdiger Carl, Blank’s Duden and Blank/Pettibon/Yoshihide’s Long live the people of the revolution; on QBICO, Gush’s Electric eel; and, as with the previous item thanks to Sten Sandell, three old LPs on the Swedish Bauta label: Damp; In a body; and Now or never
* There are updates of Richard Shapiro’s Derek Bailey and Cecil Taylor sessionographies
* And finishing off as I started, with a book: Free jazz and free improvisation: an encyclopedia
* Several new gigs have been added
find all here: http://efi.group.shef.ac.uk/
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