Music from Germany

CD edition. Ohr present a reissue of Amon Düül's Paradieswärts Düül, originally released in 1971. In 1968, the Münchner Kommune, formed in 1967, had applied to Rolf-Ulrich Kaiser, the organizer of the Essen Songtage, for a gig there. When the Düüls arrived in Essen, already two bands of this name in the meantime, since three members had split off and now called themselves Amon Düül II. Paradieswärts Düül was released in 1971, it's the third album of this outfit. Transferred from the original ana…

Joke Lanz and Sudden Infant once again return in their razor-sharp trio setting whereby the absurdist nature that Joke’s work is already cut with is reconfigured in a gnarled and beefy punk-fucked contorted rock setting. Short bursts of angular flex are heavily propelled by depth-charge rhythms, wry lyrical musings on modern living, and sensibilities hatched from years of experience in the worlds of sound art, abstract music, industrialised junk-noise and related areas have manifested in the per…

Recorded mid-pandemic, Songs of Undoing cannot help but have a sort of mid- or post-apocalyptic overlying concept, lyrically dealing with themes of exodus and travel / wandering, self-reliance, the weight of history...with pointed references to two post-apocalyptic, societal / environmental collapse novels, Octavia Butler's "Parables of The Sower" and Kate Wilhelm's "Where Late The Sweet Birds Sang." Musically, the songs move between minimal slowcore and a sort of textural noise-rock or what mig…

*2022 Stock.* This recording of an updated version of Mixtur (for 5 ring-modulated orchestra groups, orig. 1964/67) features the Deutsche-Symphonie-Orchester Berlin, conducted by Wolfgang Lischke. In contrast to the original, graphic notation-based version of Mixtur (on The Stockhausen Edition no. 8), all of the orchestra parts for the updated 2003 version are completely notated.- Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com

*2022 Stock.* The Stockhausen Edition no. 105 contains chamber works recorded between 2011-15. In Freundschaft was written as a clarinet solo for (and dedicated to) woodwind player Suzanne Stephens for her birthday and was first premiered by her in 1978, though a flute version was performed earlier during Stephens' actual birthday celebration. In the following years, Stockhausen composed versions for many more instruments, including recorder, oboe, bassoon (w. teddy bear costume), basset horn, b…

*2022 Stock.* This CD contains the complete and only recording of Expo (1969-70) for 3 soloists with shortwave radio (and small instruments). Vocalists Natascha Nikeprelevic and Michael Vetter (from Pole on The Stockhausen Edition no. 103) are joined on this disc by F.X. Randomiz (Felix Hoefler) on computer and voice. The booklet includes essays by all three performers on their experiences with these open-form "plus-minus" works. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com

*2022 Stock.* 'The Stockhausen Edition no. 103 contains the first complete recording of Pole (Poles, 1969-70) for 2 soloists with shortwave radio (and small instruments). Vocalists Natascha Nikeprelevic and Michael Vetter are featured here. The score for Pole includes directions for spatial placement of sound sources, which were realized through panning and digital reverb. An earlier recording of this piece with Péter Eötvös & Harald Bojé can be found on The Stockhausen Edition no. 15.' - Stockh…

*2022 Stock.* The Stockhausen Edition no. 102 contains five new arrangements of the solo work In Freundschaft (In Friendship). In Freundschaft was written as a clarinet solo for (and dedicated to) woodwind player Suzanne Stephens for her birthday and was first premiered by her in 1978, though a flute version was performed earlier during Stephens' actual birthday celebration. In the following years, Stockhausen composed versions for many more instruments, including recorder, oboe, bassoon (w. ted…

*2022 Stock.* The Stockhausen Edition no. 101  contains four new arrangements of the solo work In Freundschaft (In Friendship). In Freundschaft was written as a clarinet solo for (and dedicated to) woodwind player Suzanne Stephens for her birthday and was first premiered by her in 1978, though a flute version was performed earlier during Stephens' actual birthday celebration. In the following years, Stockhausen composed versions for many more instruments, including recorder, oboe, bassoon (w. te…

*2022 Stock.* Jubiläum and Tierkreis (Zodiac) for orchestra. This disc features primarily orchestral works, as well as recordings of the Tierkreis melodies while installed for the Cologne Town Hall carillon. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com

*2022 Stock.* Paradies (Paradies, 21st Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Flute and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 22-24. These layers also include an additional, intermittent soprano vocal element (Kathinka Pasveer), which cues each of the 24 sections. This CD features the flute of Kathinka Pasveer, rec. 2009. As a bonus, the electronic music is also presented without the soloi…

*2022 Stock.* Edentia (20th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Soprano Saxophone and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 19-21. These layers also include an additional, intermittent soprano vocal element (Kathinka Pasveer), which cues each of the 24 sections. This CD features the soprano saxophone of Marcus Weiss. As a bonus, the electronic music is also presented without the soloist…

*2022 Stock.* Urantia (19th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Soprano and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 16-18. This CD features the soprano vocal of Kathinka Pasveer, rec. 2008. As a bonus, the electronic music is also presented without the soloist part for rehearsal.- Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com

*2022 Stock.* Jerusem (18th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Tenor and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 13-15. This CD features the tenor vocal of Hubert Mayer. As a bonus, the electronic music is also presented without the soloist part for rehearsal. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com

*2022 Stock.* Nebadon (17th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Horn and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 10-12. These layers also include an additional, intermittent soprano vocal element (Kathinka Pasveer), which cues each of the 24 sections. This CD features the horn of Christine Chapman. As a bonus, the electronic music is also presented without the soloist part for rehearsal. …

*2022 Stock.*  Uversa (16th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Basset-horn and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 7-9. These layers also include an additional, intermittent soprano vocal element (Kathinka Pasveer), which cues each of the 24 sections. This CD features the basset-horn of Michele Marelli. As a bonus, the electronic music is also presented without the soloist part for r…

*2022 Stock.* Orvonton (15th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Baritone and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 4-6. This CD features the baritone vocal of Jonathan de la Paz Zaens. As a bonus, the electronic music is also presented without the soloist part for rehearsal.- Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com

*2022 Stock.* Havona (14th Hour from Klang, 2007) is for Bass and Electronic Music. The electronic music element is derived from 3 extracted layers from Cosmic Pulses (The Stockhausen Edition no. 91), specifically Layers 1-3. This CD features the bass vocal of Nicholas Isherwood and as a bonus, the electronic music is also presented without the soloist part for rehearsal. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com

*2022 Stock.* Treue (Fidelity, 11th Hour from Klang, for wind trio, 2007) and Erwachen (Awakening, 12th Hour from Klang, for trio, 2007) both adapt and re-sequence melodic and rhythmic material from Schönheit (The Stockhausen Edition no. 87) to create a similarly hypnotic web of lyrical polyphony, approaching and receding from the listener. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com

*2022 Stock.* Hoffnung (Hope, 9th Hour from Klang, for string trio, 2007) and Glanz (Brilliance, 10th Hour from Klang, for septet, 2007) both adapt and re-sequence melodic and rhythmic material from Schönheit (on The Stockhausen Edition no. 87) to create a similarly hypnotic web of lyrical polyphony, approaching and receding from the listener. - Stockhausenspace.blogspot.com