This is what Ki writes about the release: Following the Debut LP on Ki, we’ve put together a few of our favorite artists to remix some tracks of their choice. It was important for us, that the artists kept their individual approach to their genre, so that we could get a very diverse release.
First up is the Japanese producer Stereociti, who just released his debut album on Mojuba Records. He gives the title track „Reisegefaehrte“ his very own deep touch. Second up is our close friend Glitterbug, who seems to create a very own genre with his interpretation of „Barracuda“. On the flipside Stundman goes straight to the dancefloor. Jacking beats and pounding basslines are his „Reminder“. And as if P.Laoss knew what the real deal is, he turned „Subsistence“ into a Fata Morgana trip back to the time when Dub was really „Dub“. Perfect completion of what we expected from this Remix EP.
We gathered 10 of our favourite artists (Gold Panda, Brandt Brauer Frick, John Kameel Farah, Jasmina Maschina, Khan, Casper Clausen & Mads Brauer (of Efterklang), Glitterbug with Enas Massalha, Christian Löffler and Eliad Wagner) for an experiment, and asked them to create music for a better, more just and beautiful place.
The result? Eclat Magazine writes “A truly magnificent aural experience, a fantastic musical experience full of harmonious beauty” , “Ambitious and deeply sentimental project” – Boomkat UK ,“The concept: simple and straightforward; the result: powerful and provocative” – Textura, “Ten wonderful snapshots” – Groove
SUPER SALE
For this year’s sale, we are happy to offer Audible Approaches for a Better Place + your choice of any 2 c.sides label releases for only €20!! or you can order a copy from our entire backstock + a c.sides T-shirt, for only €40!!
GIVEAWAY
And if that’s not enough, if you order by Dec. 20th, you have a chance to win one of six individual Audible Approaches frames. We will be raffling a single frame from each of the six Audible Approaches for a Better Place videos by Ronni Shendar, Gold Panda, Karim Ghahwagi, Eliad Wagner, Christian Löffler, and Khan!!!
I have been neglecting this blog for quite a few months now, not necessarily because I wanted to, but more because the past few months have been so intense and draining that I barely had the time or energy to write.
Much has happened in the past half year, on many different levels. Some that are closer to me might have heard that my father died this April, which has been a challenge on many different levels. But that is a way too long and a tad too personal story to be shared at length on a blog…
So, besides my process of mourning and taking care for my father’s mess he has left behind (he was an artist and died suddenly, and left 1500sqm of studio space behind), I actually worked on A LOT of music. And since my music is what keeps me sane and going, I have been tangled in a strangely productive, yet very inverted and emotional production process. Bellow please read about a few of my projects that I either finished or that are still going to be released this year.
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I am very happy and very proud that I finished my third album, Cancerboy, which will be out on c.sides in February 2012. It actually is a techno album about the disease cancer, and yes, it is auto biographical. It’s a very dense and very personal album, and probably the most intense I have ever worked on so far. More info to be shared soon.
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Out since Monday, September 12th is the double CD compilation ‘Audible Approaches For A Better Place’ (visit the microsite here), which has fantastic new and exclusive works by beloved artists like Brandt Brauer Frick // Enas Massalha // Eliad Wagner // Christian Löffler // Khan // John Farah // Jasmina Maschina // Mads Brauer & Casper Clausen of Efterklang // Gold Panda and my humble self feat. the fantastic Israeli-Palestinian soprano Enas Massalha.
If you fancy to pick up a hard copy, it’s available internationally. You can also order it on Kompakt’s website or download it from iTunes, Juno, Zero Inch and alikes.
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Additionally, there is an EP of mine to still be released in 2011 on the Israeli label False Ind. It consists of a 4 part composition for strings and electronics and is titled “Egress”. It will come with remixes by dear friends and fellow artists The Sight Below, Tilman Erhorn and the man behind False Ind., Yair Etziony.
A few more words about the work:
Egressis a work for string ensemble and electronics composed and recorded by Glitterbug, consisting of four chapters – Vacuity, Span, Stagger and Appraise.
Continuing his notable cinematic approach and pushing it to its next level, Glitterbug unveils Egress as audible storytelling, similar to radio-play and audio drama scores, dealing with notions of escape, isolation, loss, mourning, and undefined fear.
The composition’s thirty minutes are desolate and bare. They narrate an idea of a final, irreversible departure, presenting a soundtrack travelling through vacuous territories and hollow drifts. It narrates a void of inhabitable space, documenting the emotionality of the sound of a world post society, of a future in an unknown and possibly hostile place.
Egress is formed by a reduced musical structure, built upon discerning tonal subtleties, suspended single notes, and harmonics going slowly atonal.
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Also out in November 2011 will be a remix I made for our dear friends over at Ki Records, for Biodub’s ‘Baracuda, taken off his album ‘Reisegefährte‘. And yeah, it’ll be out on wax!
Next on, I will be working on a split EP on Ki Records, with New York’s native Konroy . It’s super exciting to have to opportunity to work with such a great new talent! It’s gonna be a wonderful, deep and emotional EP, ‘nough said!
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Also still out this year, will be a track of mine that will be released on der friends Mark & Matt Thibideau’s Obsolete Components from Canada. The homework was to create an entire track solely recorded with only ONE analogue synth, and I chose one of my most favorites of all times: the Yamaha CS 15.
“Electric Lairs” is entirely based on the Yamaha CS15. No other sound sources have been used. Besides EQs on the channels, I only used some reverb, tape delay and a little bit of compression on the bass drum part. Also, I didn’t sequence it, all parts are played live and recorded and mixed in Logic… My CS15 also has a bit of a sad story, since it was previously owned by Christian Morgenstern, who suddenly died in 2003. A mutual friend, Falko Brocksieper, was asked by Christians parents to take apart and sell off his studio after he passed away, and Falko asked me if I would maybe like to have this very particular one. I took it and loved it ever since.
It has been very silent around these parts, and that is largely to some private matters I had to urgently deal with, and also due to the fact that I wanted to have my main focus on finalizing my next album (to be released later this year). I will soon write at length about a few things- but before I find a calm moment to do so, I wanted to announce 2 shows in Israel in the upcoming two weeks:
First up, is a live performance of Glitterbug & Ronni Shendar together with our dear friends of Pacotek and Jennifer Cardini on the 15th of July at the Ozen Bar, King George St. 48 in Tel Aviv. I will be mostly playing materials from the upcoming album!
On the 22nd of July, I will play another DJ set at a yet to be announced location, as well in Tel Aviv…
What if artists composed music for a better world?
Audible Approaches For A Better Place
Haus der Kulturen der Welt,
John-Foster-Dulles-Allee 10 10557 Berlin
Doors open 19:30 / Concert begins 20:00 (sharp!)
One evening with 10 live performances by:
Casper Clausen and Mads Brauer (of EFTERKLANG) feat. Karim Ghahwagi
Christian Löffler
Eliad Wagner
Gold Panda
Glitterbug and Ronni Shendar feat. Enas Massalha
Jasmina Maschina
John Kameel Farah
Khan
and very special surprise guests (to be revealed in May!)
c.sides asked ten diverse artists (and bands) to create new works, all sharing one goal:
to make a humble contribution toward making this world a better, more just and beautiful place!
Artists had full freedom in their creative process. We provided only general guidelines to participating artists regarding the project’s concept and an intended timeframe of ten to fifteen minutes for each piece, in order to allow the artists to develop an idea beyond the limitations of a ‘regular track.’ We also encouraged artists to work with different musical means than they usually would!
This is an artistic experiment we have wanted to do for a very long time. It is a personal reaction to the overwhelming global and local injustices, catastrophes and troubles, and stems from a slightly naïve, yet sincere belief that art, in its essence, can be a political act and path to changing the world. The idea is self-critical and self-deprecating, yet genuine and heartfelt: to create something beautiful and thoughtful, to dedicate a bit of our creative time to pondering the world and our role in it.
And the results? Probably our most beautiful production yet!
It has been an amazing experience for us to see the pieces come together, miraculously corresponding with one another and with our own individual works. And we don’t think anyone should miss out on this event.
One first step to making this world a better place is that entry costs only 8 Euros at the door, and 5 Euros for those eligible for discount!!!
A Second step is that a (double CD) release under the same title (Audible Approaches for a Better Place) will be released on the c.sides Label in September featuring all the works of all participating artists. The release will already be available for purchase on May 12th for those who attend the event. Yep, that’s 4 months before the official release date!
This evening is part of the HKW Lokal program, as part of the ÜBER LEBENSKUNST initiative, more info here.
I will be leaving to Austria tomorrow (April 23rd, 2011), playing at the Fluc Wanne with the very nice Klub Kariert people. That’s old news. But look at those cute posters and flyers!!
Just a quick reminder for the next two live shows, coming up this week:
First up is Electron Festival in Geneva, Switzerland, on Thursday, the 21st of April 2011. My show will take place at KAB – PTR (USINE), Places des Volontaires 4, Geneva.
From there, I directly continue to play a show with the lovely Klub Kariert people in Vienna at the Fluc Wanne on Saturday, the 23rd of April 2011.
“Even if the headlines are now dominated by other topics, many of our Japanese friends are still in a dire situation. Kompakt’s family of distributed labels feels the urge to help, so here it comes: 34 tracks handpicked by the owners of some of the world’s leading labels in electronic music: Ostgut Ton, Freude Am Tanzen, Bpitch Control, Dial, Kompakt, Comeme, Raster Noton, Monika, Rrygular, Vidab Records, Optimo Music, Anticipate and many more. Ranging from ethereal ambient sounds to pumping club sounds of Berlin, New York’s new disco underground and leftfield experimentations, there’s something for everyone.
There are many options as to where you can purchase this special compilation, but we encourage you to buy the compilation from Bandcamp or Other Music as 100% of the proceeds will go directly to The Red Cross Society Of Japan. The pricing for the compilation is € 7.99 for all 34 tracks, or € .99 per individual track. Bandcamp also offers you the option to pay more as an extra donation.”
How to buy:
Bandcamp: 100% of proceeds will be sent to the Red Cross. (You also have the option to pay more than the set price as an extra donation)
Other Music: 100% of proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross.
I usually don’t steal from other blogs, but in this specific case, I would like to point to a very exciting project that Ronni Shendar and I have been working on for the past few months, and that is slowly wrapping up. And why writing it all over again if somebody else already said it all, and even so beautifully?
The video bellow was created by Ronni Shendar, the soundtrack was made by me.
You can find the original post on Ronni’s blog here.
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“I created the video above for the HKW Lokal concert series at the Haus der Kulturn der Welt as part of the ÜBER LEBENSKUNST (Art of Living) initiative, in Berlin.
The 4-part concert series brings Berlin’s international music scene to set the climate change to music: From “Apocalypse Culture” to “Audible Approaches for a Better Place”, from Trucker Songs in the age of electric engines to “climate change” between human voice and computer-generated sounds.
Till Rohmann aka Glitterbug not only created the soundtrack for the video, but he and myself also curated the last event “Audible Approaches for a Better Place” – an evening of 10 performances of diverse artists who each created a new dedicated piece for this evening, all sharing one common goal of making a humble contribution to making this world better and more just through audible means.
You can read more about the project and its upcoming release on the c.sides Label in my previous post. Participants include: Mads Brauer and Casper Clausen (of Efterklang), Gold Panda, Khan (Oral), Jasmina Maschina, Christian Löffler, John Farah, Eliad Wagner, Enas Massalha and the joint project of Glitterbug & Enas Massalha, as well as some very special guests.
7 April, 8pm
ELECTRIC TRUCKS & HYBRID HOT RODS
DM Bob & Speedy Jake
Jimmy Trash & the Gunpowder Temple of Heaven
28 April, 8pm
NATURE VS. MAN
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September Collective feat. Chor der Kulturen der Welt
5 May 2011, 8pm
ANIMAL POLITICAL SONGS
Animal Cops
Lord Mouse and the Kalypso Katz
12 May 8 pm
AUDIBLE APPROACHES FOR A BETTER PLACE
Mini festival with 10 acts including:
Casper Clausen and Mads Brauer (of EFTERKLANG) feat. Karim Ghahwagi (visuals)
Christian Löffler
Eliad Wagner
Enas Massalha
Gold Panda
Glitterbug & Ronni Shendar feat. Enas Massalha
Jasmina Maschina
John Farah
Khan
and very special surprise guests (to be revealed in May)
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