Nmperign
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“At low volume, there doesn’t seem to be much going on at all in this 2011 recording, but pay attention and a whole micro-world of nervous flutterings, clickings, and half-muffled yelps comes into focus (along with various strands of ambient noise picked up by ultra-sensitive microphones: passing cars, amp hums, even a low-flying aircraft). Rainey and Kelley know each other's moves very well, and when things get busy, the result is as exciting as a martial arts bout.” With ten-page booklet.
Eleven Live Collaborations
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“Feedback and sheet metal scraping noise assaults … recorded over a week of touring” in 1992, explains Rate Your Music, that “are particularly fierce…, [and possessed of a] specially twisted, dehumanized charm. Quite worthwhile.”
Tulpas
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A generous and wide-ranging collection of “reinterpretations and transformations” of Ralf Wehowsky’s 1990s work by Artificial Memory Trace, Aube, Ramon Bauer, Marc Behrens, Brume, Contrastate, Crawl Unit, Peter Duimelinks, John Duncan, Werner Durand, Michael Gendreau, David Grubbs, Idea Fire Company, Ryoji Ikeda, Antanas Jasenka, Eric Lanzillotta, Francisco López, Lionel Marchetti, Koji Marutani, Roel Meelkop, Meeuw, Jérôme Noetinger, Noise-Maker’s Fifes, Jim O’Rourke, Peter Rehberg, RLW, Runzelstirn & Gurglestock, Bruce Russell, Minoru Sato, Jos Smolders, Asmus Tietchens, Giancarlo Toniutti, Toy Bizarre, Toshiya Tsunoda, Frans de Waard, Ralf Wehowsky, and Achim Wollscheid. Tulpas “combines two major aspects of his work,” clarifies All Music Guide, “Pieces … in a permanent state of flux (as witnessed by the number of times RLW has reworked his own pieces over the years), and the collaborations, which provide … new material and new impulses…. Different participants received different inputs, ranging from a score to sequences on floppy disk to original sound material on DAT. The starting points range from … recent pieces (including seven interpretations of Nameless Victims) to earliest work with P16.D4…. The degree of collaboration also varies, in some cases involving several exchanges of material. When all the pieces had been delivered, Wehowsky edited, remastered, and sequenced them.” In a cloth-bound book with 40 pages of essays, notes, photos, and sketches.
Morx & Kotschlag
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“Spearheaded by Aktionist acolyte and genial madman Rudolv Eb.Er,” explains Mutant Sounds about this 1994 disc, “These Swiss deviants … use the extended CD format … to enact a form of dadaist endurance test, exploring over one unbroken 74-minute track extremes of unhinged art abuse and glottal torture that sound like Yamatsuka Eye attacking a pack of dobermans with a toy accordion and a bicycle horn.” In a clear A5 sleeve with an A3 fold-out poster with liner notes. The CD comes in an extra cardboard slipcase.