Just some improvisations along with different iPad apps … or myself.
Interweaving two distinct forms of creative expression, Eric Zwang-Eriksson aka EaZy aka Klangwahn fashions a variety of audio-visual installations. Likewise, he works with performers, authors and theaters as a musician and a composer. The artist’s approach is shaped by his 30 years’ experience in improvised music.
Music and production by Christian Fiesel CC 2020
Dedicated to Amy
photo and design by EMERGE
The music of the album Zealandia speaks the language of longing. It is about the eighth continent, on whose back lie the islands of New Zealand, among others. This album is very, very quiet and that’s the way it should be. It was recorded in March 2020 using only a memotron.
Thee Virginal Brides are Oren Ben Yosef, Andrew Grant & Albérick.
Recorded 2011-2018.
photo & design by EMERGE
The subtitle “Fugale Schemen” shows us the way into this acoustically unknown terrain. Like Shadows in the fog, sound events immediately appear and pass us by as we listen and continue to feel our way forward and dive deeper and deeper into this strange world of sound.
Irritation and fascination are close together here. There is a lot to discover, but whether and what lies at the end of the journey also depends on what we ourselves bring along. The more open and unprejudiced we are in getting involved with the unknown, the other, the more enriching our experiences in this foreign terrain will be.
Horror Italiani is a soundtrack project to create a dark and unique vision of classical Giallos, italian horror movies from the 60’s and 70’s as a tribute to the great directors and actress.
Horror Italiani is Bianchi (BRTHRM) & Novelletto (Sacro Cuore Nero)
This project began over 2 years ago, when Gurdonark posted a tweet to MrDoob’s online art-site Harmony, and I suggested we each draw four pictures, and then other had to compose a piece of music to match the drawings.
Through many delays (including a cross-country move for myself) the drawings and songs were completed and you can see each drawing by clicking on the title of the song. If the music is by Gurdonark, the corresponding drawing is by Lee, and vise versa.
Gurdonark:
“Although I resist the impulse to believe that all instrumental music should trace back to a narrative or image in the way of a tone poem, I find my own music frequently arises from a feeling or a tells a kind of story. I liked that in these songs the two artists each created a single-image narrative, however simple and unadorned, and then used one another’s images to create new songs. A bit like a shape-note singing, the important thing was not the skill or lack of skill in the creation of the images or the music. The important thing, in image or song, was to participate and share..”
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credits
released June 30, 2020
More about Gurdonark: www.gurdonark.com
Special thanks to MrDoob for his Harmony art project that spawned this album
mrdoob.com/projects/harmony/
EMPTY BELL (INTRO)
ALL TO BE DEAD (BEINGS OF IMBERINDUS)
SENSE OF SENSES
LEONARD (INTERLUDE)
ICH BIN GEGANGEN, OHNE AUF WIEDERSEHEN ZU SAGEN
live @ Ganze Bäckerei, Augsburg, 30.11.19
mastering and photography by DREKKA
recording and design by EMERGE
01. I, ETERNAL – Avec Les Toits, Les Nuages Et Toi 07:34
02. GEORGES CONCRÈTE – Ich habe ein bisschen über Impfstoffe gelesen und bin zum Islam konvertiert 11:30
03. A-DISCHARGE – corrosive water 08:40
04. 4K – Glory to you, Dagon 07:16
05. YANN PILLAS – Pierre et la mort de la Reine Toxique 07:30
06. KOMPRIPIOTR – A Floor Recording Journey 03:21
cover art by Claus Poulsen
design by EMERGE
Bu.d.d.A. are:
Sascha Stadlmeier – violin, effects
Chris Sigdell – editing, mix
guests:
Peter Kastner – voice, accordion, noises
Dieter Mauson – electronics
recorded for Radio Gagarin
thanks to Thomas Beck !
photos & design by EMERGE
A-Discharge:
Field recordings, sound-editing and compositions
Prinzip Nemesis:
Sounds, lyrics and voice
brezenstudio.com:
mastering, cover
This music is written and recorded quickly to capture the emotion of the moment. It’s lyrics are mostly taken from stream of conciseness and short journal entries. Some sections work to tell a story while others are content to depict abstract thoughts and feelings. The songs contain themes of selfishness, youth, consumerism, relationships, pollution, drug use, duality, religion, and employment to name a few. Although it is up to the listener to take away whatever messages they hear.
The project has been a work in progress since 2018, picked up when it felt right and not forced. All 12 songs were recorded to cassette tape using a Tascam Portastudio. Guitars, and ukulele make up the majority of the instrumentation but banjo, synth, harmonica, and bells can be found throughout. In place of traditional drums found objects and small percussion have been layered and sampled to build a backing rhythm. While tracking a variety of guitar pedals were placed in line to manipulate the sounds. Nearly all of the vocal tracks have been run through a “Hall of Fame” reverb pedal and very little post production work was done. Vocal doubling and hard stereo panning aim to give the tracks a spacious and ambient feeling. Each track is different but the methods used to capture the audio give the project unity.
Mild Wild has taken it’s influences (both sonically and visually) from the writer’s experiences and upbringing, many of which are subconsciously sourced. However some artist that have directly shaped the direction of the music include The Beatles, Kool A.D., Mac Demarco, Pavement, The Kinks, Stanley Kubrick, Wes Anderson, George Orwell, Ansel Adams, and Vincent Van Gough. Although that list could be much longer with more self reflection.
Mild Wild creates music not for profit but to share a brand of creativity that is truthful. All the songs included in Vol. 1 are free to download and use however others may see fit. The music is licensed under a Attribution Creative Commons. The hope is that the sounds when set free will organically find their way into other creative places.
credits
released April 20, 2020
photography by Dan Penschuck (feindesign.de)
design by EMERGE
Sampling, ‘micromontage’, and subsequently identifying pitch from objects, which will then be used through virtual instruments. This is how you introduce yourself to the Wild Breath world. Being the result of the process of deconstruction of the compositional act from the visual conceptualization. Which, attempts to communicate the existing language in a solo instrument (the clarinet) designed from an improvised approach. And that explores and cultivates the relationship between the performer and the drawing. In a very particular sound conception.
1. Linn Friberg – Aerial (excerpt) 10:00
2. CHAINBLOCKER – Jungle-216 (Original Mix) 10:49
3. The Murmurous Playground – Vorwort (EBE Plunderphonic) 05:00
4. Boban Ristevski – Inner Engineering 08:56
5. B.P. Hughes / {AN} EeL – the feeding and mating habits of mature incubus & succubus in near space 08:58
cover art by Claus Poulsen
design by EMERGE
01. Lee Enfield – Lee Enfield’s Road Trip 06:00
02. Agente Costura – Maskerade Brigade 06:20
03. Boban Ristevski – The Hourglass (by Tracy Rees) 05:01
04. Fabio Fabbri – Du Style (by Theo Charlier) 03:58
05. deep – deep:flexions 04:51
06. Gintas K – daug visko 05:48
07. KOMPRIPIOTR – Murmur From The Dungeon 06:01
08. Hoshiko Yamane – t.a.l 03:02
09. Wilfried Hanrath – Submerging 06:45
10. Calineczka – π₁(S¹) 06:00
11. Waterflower – Pārvērties (Feat. Lost Harbours) 03:32
12. Bu.d.d.A. – Cut The Umbillical Cord 05:22
13. Occupied Head – Palindrome Day 05:02
14. N(86) – Belum 06:45
photos & design by EMERGE
ALL TRACKS EXCLUSIVE FOR THIS COMPILATION
live @ abraxas, Augsburg, 19.07.19
thanks to Gerald Fiebig
photography (front) by Michael Herbst
photography (back) by Damiano Biella
recording, mastering and design by EMERGE
Prinzip Nemesis works with sounds that translate lyrics into music.
To achieve that, Prinzip Nemesis uses field recordings as well as the voice of Eljara and various noise producing instruments.
The project is inspired by nature, classical music, Black Metal,
Industrial and Post Punk.
One of the main inspirations for their first album was a journey to India.
The duo prefers to keep their live appearances limited.
Each performance is a mix of improvisation and pieces created especially for the event.
Prinzip Nemesis are Birgit Merk (Eljara) and Marc Fischer.
The project was founded in 2012 in Munich, Germany.
attenuation effect ° 1025 ° 2020
live @ villa, Augsburg, 23.04.18
photography by Felix Montfort
recording, mastering and design by EMERGE
Harald Lillmeyer: electronics
Sascha Stadlmeier: guitars, bass, effects
