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ELGGREN, LEIF - Under the Couch

Format: CD
Label & Cat.Number: Firework Edition Records FER 1100
Release Year: 2013
Note: obscure psychogeographic recordings made under the original couch of SIGMUND FREUD (located in the Freud Museum in London), the father of Psychoanalysis; recorded Sept. 2011, 'it sounds maybe like the noise of the unconscious left over from the trauma of brith', a one-tracker of 60+ minutes, incl. booklet feat. an essay by LUCIA FARINATI and texts by LEIF ELGGREN about the couch- (and 'under the bed') phenomenon
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"The booklet contains an essay by Lucia Farinati. - This recording was made under the famous couch of Dr. Sigmund Freud at 20 Maresfield Gardens, Hampstead, London. Sigmund Freud (1856-1939), founder of the Psychoanalysis, lived here 1938- 1939. The house is now the Freud Museum. From the museum's website: 'Freud's couch, upon which his patients would comfortably recline during psychoanalytic sessions, was normally covered by an Oriental rug throw. Underneath the throw, it is a plain and simple structure, raised by a scroll and pad at one end, though fully upholstered with springs and horsehair stuffing. The couch is rather short, so that the patient would not lie horizontally, but with the head quite high, supported by several cushions and pillows. According to Freud's wife Martha, in an interview with Princess Marie Bonaparte in 1938, the couch was given to Freud by a grateful patient, a Madame Benvenisti, in about 1890.' - Duration: 60' 05''. Recorded on the 14th of September 2011. Recording devices: ZOOM H4n, Voice Recorder Diasonic DDR-5000, Mini Cassette Recorder Olympus S701. Cover and label photographs by LE taken during the recording session. Many thanks to the Freud Museum for so generously having me under the couch. Recorded on the 14th of September 2011." [label info]

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