DUNCAN, JOHN

John Duncan was born in the United States, currently lives and works in Bologna. Duncan portrays his work as a catalyst, inciting a transmission of energy through which he seeks to compel the audience to actively participate in the process of investigation and self-discovery. His lengthy career of electroacoustic intensity and confrontational performance art events is the result of rigorous investigations into a number of arcane, metaphysical, and at times transgressive themes. Duncan is a rare artist who is totally immersed in existential research. – Jim Haynes, The Wire (UK). His audio releases THE CRACKLING (1996 with Max Springer), PALACE of MIND (2001 with Giuliana Stefani), FRESH (2002 with Zeitkratzer), THE KEENING TOWERS (2003), PHANTOM BROADCAST (2004), NINE SUGGESTIONS (2005 with Mika Vainio and Ilpo Väisänen), THE NAZCA TRANSMISSIONS (2009) to name a few, are all considered by critics and composers alike to be benchmarks in the field of experimental sound and contemporary music.

www.johnduncan.org

Album	Format	Label & Cat. Number	Description	Year	Price (incl. 19% VAT)
John See Soundtracks	CD	RRRecords RRR18CD	incl. full colour booklet	1996	€13.00
Mort aux vaches	CD	Mort aux Vaches / Staalplaat	5 tracks - pure sounds – pure frequencies – hochspannend zusammengesetzt, es pulsiert, dröhnt, vibriert und pfeift um die Wette. Pure "archaic" music, full of strength... anders als die anderen der Reihe soll dieses Werk aber NICHT live im VPRO –Studio entstanden sein... LAST COPY!! MINT !	1998	€20.00
Da sich die Machtgier...	CD	Die Stadt DS65	Digipack with extra booklet	2003	€15.00
The Nazca Transmissions	LP	Alga Marghen PLANAZCA	sounds based on mysterious recordings from the "Nazca Lines" (famous geoglyphs) in Peru, made by an archeologist; lim. 380 with embossed black sleeve, full colour inlay and extra data-inlay about the source recordings	2009	€20.00
The Tailing	DVD	Von Archives VON 010 DVD	dark church organ drones & mysteriously moving shades & forms; "A microscopical audiovisual study on pornography"; lim. 500	2010	€16.00
This bitter Earth	7inch	iDEAL Recordings iDEAL129-7	the accompanying 7" to the "Bitter Earth" LP with three more haunting cover versions: "This Bitter Earth" (feat. C.M.VON HAUSSWOLFF), "I Fall in Love to easily", and "Final Solution", a PERE UBU song	2016	€9.00
Klaar	LP	Black Truffle BT31	re-issue of this 'forgotten gem' from 1991 (CD, Extreme Records), created by DUNCAN in collaboration with ANDREW Mc.KENZIE (HAFLER TRIO) - 4 tracks of abstract / concrete field recordings, atmo drones and hummings, electric pulses and rattles, a strange journey.. "...McKenzie contributes various field recordings, with Duncan lacing those amidst long-form collages of blank static, distant signals detuned into smeared vibration and swells of electric noise."	2017	€17.50
Organic	LP	Etat-Unis ETAT 09	first ever re-issue of JOHN DUNAN's debut LP from 1979, which consisted of two side-long pieces recorded live when he was a member of the LOS ANGELES FREE MUSIC SOCIETY (LAFMS); using Water-Noises, Percussion and Tapes (along with Bassoon sounds from MICHAEL LE DONNE-BHENNET on one piece).... lim. + numbered edition of 500 copies, inlay, clear vinyl	2018	€25.00
MMXX-02: Panic @ 11000 Feet	LP	Matiere Memoire MMXX-02	2nd release in the new MMXX series that presents 20 artists from the experimental sound-art scene with very nice design / concept => dedicated to the year 2020 there will be 20 x 20 min. compositions on one-sided clear vinyl, with laser engraved artwork by the artist on the B-Side, lim. to 500 copies => JOHN DUNCAN returns to experimental soundscapes based on shortwave frequencies and mysterious sonics, going through various stages...	2020	€24.00