So, jetzt wird auch noch der Jazz-Thread hier für penetrante Eigen-Werbung missbraucht. Ein feinstes, gerade frisch aus dem Presswerk geliefertes Polyvinylchlorid-Erzeugnis gilt es anzupreisen. Jazz im engeren Sinne ist das nun nicht, aber doch als improvisierte Musik irgendwo in einer treulosen Traditionsfolge. Icke an die Klarinette, wa und der Mann am Klavier tauchte in diesem Thread auch schon ein paar Mal mit seiner Band
The Necks auf.
artist:
The Dogmatics
album title:
Chop Off The Tops
label: self-release
release date: October 19th, 2018
formats: LP & download
file under: experimental music / echtzeitmusik / improvisation
stream & purchase at:
https://thedogmatics.bandcamp.com/
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credits:
The Dogmatics are
Chris Abrahams |
piano
Kai Fagaschinski |
clarinet
A-Side:
It Never Yielded Results Which They Had Failed to Discover by Other Means 9'32
I Am Now Wearing Surgical Gloves 11'31
B-Side:
Nobody Knew Their Reasons 4'36
Death Is Now Your Friend 16'01
All compositions were hammered and blown by Chris Abrahams (APRA) and Kai Fagaschinski (AKM). The recordings took place at Ausland in Berlin on June 24th and 25th, 2013 and were handled by Chris. They were edited and mixed by the duo during the following year and Werner Dafeldecker took care of the mastering. Rashad Becker did the vinyl cut. The cover drawing and sleeve design were done by Zev Langer. Robert Klonimus provided the lyrics. The photo is a still from a video recorded by Christian Kesten. The production of the album was kindly supported by ske/austro mechana. Many thanks to Zev, Werner, Rashad, Christian, Arthur, Robert, Ausland and SKE.
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info:
For many years Sydney-based Chris has used his European tours as a springboard for extended stays in Kai's hometown of choice, Berlin. After appreciating each other’s work for quite a while they began collaborating at a friend's piano-armed kitchen back in 2007. Their musical gatherings were a rather private affair for some years until the release of their debut album
The Sacrifice For The Music Became Our Lifestyle, when The Dogmatics turned outwards and toured in England, France, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and Switzerland.
While Chris is best known for his distinctive repetitive piano playing as a member of
The Necks, Kai has focused more on compositional projects like
The International Nothing and
The Magic I.D. in recent years. Within their duo Chris and Kai are taking an off-road ride, we might better call it an expedition. Their approach is an open process of delicate sonic exploration where the fusion of abstraction and lyricism never needs negotiation. While their debut release
The Sacrifice ... displayed a broad spectrum of short, at times absurd stories, the new album
Chop Off The Tops zooms deeply into the molecules of sound. And those sounds seem otherworldly substances, maybe liquids navigated through and observed by two true alchemists. Time is stretched towards stillness before they reach sinister territory. The instruments of measurement are still a piano and a clarinet. Instead of investigating distinct parameters they interfere subtly and echo in each other. So proceed with caution when following these explorers, suspicions have arisen as to the objectivity of their findings.
discography:
The Sacrifice For The Music Became Our Lifestyle (Monotype Records, 2012 | LP)
Chop Off The Tops (self-release, 2018 | LP)