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HEEMANN, CHRISTOPH - End of an Era

Format: LP Label & Cat.Number: Ferns Recordings - frond_10 Release Year: 2023 Note: NEW material by the ex H.N.A.S. and MIRROR / MIMIR member and early collaborator of ORGANUM, JOHN DUNCAN or CURRENT 93 => based on a rare CDR from 2013 (Dom Bartwuchs), two long tracks emerge with surprising sounds sources used (drums, found sounds, field recordings).... - " the music goes through various moods and textures, never stays too long in the same place, yet still has that fine ambient industrial quality" [FdW /Vital Weekly] - CLEAR vinyl, 300 copies Price (incl. 19% VAT): €21.00 More Info "Heemann has quite a remarkable catalogue of works to his name. First as a member of HNAS, Germany's answer to Nurse With Wound, then with a solo career, incorporating drones and field recordings, but also with his excellent duo with Andrew Chalk as Mirror, and Timo van Luijk, as In Camera... On the first side 'Time and Again... and Again' is not your typical Heemann piece... In this piece, Heemann puts emphasis on the use of drums, a loop that goes on and on, in the first half of the piece, with sounds going in and out of the mix. Think a bit of krautrock mixed with a bit of dub, but then not sounding like any. In the second half of the piece, it all leans on synthesizers, and the music is eerie and sparse but never becomes a traditional piece of mood music. That side of Heemann is reserved for the other side, 'Time is the Simplest Thing', in which field recordings are heavily obscured by sound effects so that none of the original sounds is easily recognized. In Heemann's well-known style, the music goes through various moods and textures, never stays too long in the same place, yet still has that fine ambient industrial quality. On the cover, he mentions receiving raw sound material from Achim Wollscheid, Asmus Tietchens and Ralf Wehowsky, all peers of Heemann, with Tietchens being the eminence grise of the quartet, which is a fine group of gentlemen" (Vital Weekly). Ltd x 300 copies on clear vinyl.