zeitkratzer: exclusive 3-cd-box release
zeitkratzer records releases a 3-cd-box to document zeitkratzer’s cooperations with electronic musicians over nearly a decade. zeitkratzer has not only produced these collaborations but also played these new compositions all over europe. the recordings were made in germany, spain, france, italy, austria. carsten nicolai, terre thaemlitz, keiji haino: three heroes of electronic music. all the three are presented here for the first time ever with compositions for an instrumental ensemble. zeitkratzer worked with carsten nicolai now for almost an decade, the same with terre thaemlitz and played different concerts with keiji haino.
the 3-cd-box includes a special textbook with extensive texts in german and english:
- diedrich diederichsen writes about authorship
- elliott sharp: zeitkratzer and the myth of the end of instruments
- michael iber about zeitkratzer’s unusual way of musical notation.
three essays about the consequences of the ensemble’s radical work!
this box has been made possible by deutscher musikrat.
the 3-cd-box is available via zeitkratzer records mailorder.
