Harry was particularly honoured when janek schaefer agreed to provide the opening track to this accumulation of calming works and it was he that introduced the national geographic edition at the time which had a large article about the science of sleep and how it sits in modern society. Janek schaefer white lights of divine darkness for sir. No less than 4 bonus songs from old sessions, 3 songs never released before. Next to his solo work, he has worked with a broad variety of artists, including stephan mathieu, janek schaefer and timebllind, voiceartist jaap blonk, guitarist dan armstrong as fitness landscape, michel banabila, mark poysden as alignment, craig ward exdeus, and matthijs kouw. This is ferdinand barthels music collection on bandcamp. After preparing sound collages as a boy, janek s musical career was fractured in his teens when, as head chorister at school, his voice broke. Schaefer was awarded british composer of the year award sonic art 2008 for.
Remain, a new 60 minute composition utilizes original material from janek schaefer s extended play, reprocessed by stephan mathieu between september 2008 and october 2010 using an entropic setup, spectral analysis and convolution processes. For varying degrees of winter by lawrence english, released 01 february 2007 1. If the sky falls, we shall catch larks kiss the anus of a black cat. Epilogue currents is a typographical presentation, a posterpaper of claustrophobic revelations, silent confessions and tormenting nightmares. Glitter in my tears by janek schaefer, released 02 june 2017 1. Pan american vs janek schaefer marks the third release in fatcats split 12 series. Remain another beautiful sweeping dense work by german artist stephan mathieu. Remain, a new 60 minute composition utilizes original material from janek schaefer s extended play, reprocessed by stephan mathieu between september 2008 and october 2010 using an entropic setup, spectral analysis and convolution. Remain by stephan mathieu, released 02 december 2012 1. Dekorder presents two new vinyl editions composed and designed by uk sound artist janek schaefer, who is known around the world for his wide variety of engaging and unpredictable works for installation, concert and composition. After preparing sound collages as a boy, janeks musical career was. Janek schaefer was born in england to polish and canadian parents in 1970. He followed that with a range of award winning turntable and vinyl related projects including the random playing skate lp, and the tri.
Each piece is a journey through either air or water not that the artists declare to specifically use sounds derived from these sources, but their music feels airborne, freefloating, gentle, and following its own, sometimes capricious path. In 2014, with robert wyatts blessing, janek schaefer was commissioned by the sounds new festival in canterbury, england to compose a new, original piece of music created entirely from elements of wyatts cuckooland album. Next to his solo work, he has worked with a broad variety of artists, including stephan mathieu, janek schaefer and timebllind, voiceartist jaap blonk, guitarist dan armstrong as fitness landscape, michel banabila, mark poysden as alignment, craig ward exdeus, and. It is this transience that makes his new album, what light there is tells us nothing, so resonant.
Get from bandcamp get from apple music itunes get from spotify. He studied architecture at the royal college of art rca annual prize, where he began working with sound by making recorded delivery for artangel and brian eno time out critics choice. Truckfighters epic albums gravity x and phi on vinyl. The ruined city janek schaefer first surfaced 10 years ago with his soundactivated tape recorder installation recorded delivery. The circle unknownjp is the pseudonym of a talented japanese composer tomonari nozaki, and angel is his first ep on soun records. Radboud mens is a soundartist, composer and sound designer. Wonderland dekorder presents two new vinyl editions composed and designed by uk sound artist janek schaefer, who is known around the world for his wide variety of engaging and unpredictable works for installation, concert and composition. Rope to the sky anniversary collection ambientblog. Its source material is taken from several international newspapers over the period may 03 may 10. Record and production company managed by guy marc hinant and fred walheer releasing records in electronics experimental unclassical drone noise concrete spoken words rare recordings rituals genres. Maverick composer janek schaefer delivers an eraspanning mix introducing the experimental art of found sound, from brian eno and john cage to dj shadow. Musician and record producer, founder of ridgeback records and professor leopard. He followed that with a range of award winning turntable and vinyl related projects including the random playing skate. Janek schaefer was born in middle england to polish and canadian parents in 1970.
Room, comae, the triphonic turntable, twin turntable, recorded delivery, skate, onoff lp, pulled under, and above. Unsettled sleep winter is a season for introspection, contemplation, and listening. Unfolding luxury beyond the city of dreams dekorder bandcamp. City sonic 2015 a sound art selection by transonic, released 09 january 2015 1. Epilogue 003 currents designed by bas mantel accompanies janek schaefer world news. Various artists mix by peter van cooten rope to the sky mix 2. Talfahrt part ii its a split lp with altercado from chile. Schafer split lp w altercado, released 02 august 2012 1. Includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Remixes by maria chavez, philip jeck, janek schaefer, mariam rezaei, me, claudius, graham dunning and tom richards will accompany the 5inch as a free download.
Inner space memorial in wonderland by janek schaefer, released 19 november 2014 1. Not one hand, a hundred hands seized him, each by the hair, and tore him head to foot, the way you tear up a sheet of paper, into hundreds of little pieces. It has highs and lows, wonderful and terrible days. Janek gwizdala english bassist janek gwizdala, now resident in the us for over a decade has been on the international music scene both as a leader and sideman for over 15 years. It is the season when nature reasserts its rights and imposes its law on humankind, forcing those creatures to shack up, wrap up. Originally released as a cd on the line label in february 2011, remain.
The haunting beauty of plunderphonics, field recordings. Includes unlimited streaming of eluring via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. See all artists, albums, and tracks tagged with janek schaefer on bandcamp. Starting off with a surprise guest, pop ambient 2016 presents electroacoustic composer and installation artist stephan mathieu, whose highly textured opening drone april im oktober bears all the hallmarks of a pop ambient classic, stealthily weaving in layers of sound and moving fluidly between territories. To row against the tide by janek schaefer, released 19 october 2018. Tree at the end of the world janek schaefer bandcamp. Tree at the end of the world by janek schaefer, released 19 october 2018. Get all 99 audio gourmet netlabel releases available on bandcamp and save 70% includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app, plus highquality downloads of morning, lieux communs, lull, even if only temporarily, the weight of surfacing, the summer before the summer, days of our lives, songs of iceland, and 91 more. From uk, janek schaefer, who has been releasing sound installation works around the world and made brian eno say it remains one of the wittiest and most interesting in the field of soundart. Janek schaefer s lithospheric shifts opens the cd, but it represents its weaker point. Early in his life he started learning drums by tim schonfelder at the joseph schmidt music school berlin and began to play various other instruments, steadily expanding his musical vocabulary. Kim cascone kim cascone, who has been the music editor for david lynchs movies from 1980s releasing works from raster noton, sub rosa, and atak. Robots the bunker tapes were recorded in junejuly 2016 in an abandoned brutalist architectural masterpiece in wellington nz. Inner space memorial in wonderland dekorder bandcamp.
Includes highquality download in mp3, flac and more. Double exposure is a studio album, written over six years 20052011 in janek s career as a composer, sound artist, and musician. Phosphorescent clouds following a joint billing at brisbanes metro arts space in 2002, melbourne based composer philip samartzis and sound artist lawrence english shared a 30minute performance that was to become the beginning of their ongoing turntable duo. Room, comae, the tri phonic turntable, twin turntable, recorded delivery, skate, onoff lp, pulled under. Randy brecker, mike stern, pat metheny, hiram bullock, wayne krantz, peter erskine, airto moreira and many more. Explosions in the sky, floating spectrum, saariselka, eluvium, uzeda, mogwai, bruno bavota, beak.
Its been a while since weve heard something like this and liked it. Includes unlimited streaming via the free bandcamp app. The bunker tapes by kosmo0, released 07 april 2020 1. In november 2016 we came back on the grindcore stage in 2018 was released split cd with agathocles and full album the fall of humanity. The man felt an iron hand grasp him by the hair, at the nape. Bandcamp app, plus highquality download in mp3, flac and more. The planets stephan and janek met each other for the first time at mutek in 2002, where they performed on the. What light there is tells us nothing janek schaefer. Mcdermid is a bristol, uk based artist who has also spent some time in portugal. Mirroring the expansive noise and incisive shadow of pj harvey, with the fearless abandon of nick cave and vocal play of bjork, schaefer travels at light speed through the american landscape so many left and forgot to examine. Each of the twelve tracks is a response to an invitation to write a piece of music for a compilation cd or installation etc. Night in narnia by janek schaefer, released 26 january 2019.
The official release will be on 29th november at the old baths in hackney wick with live performances by sculpture, janek schaefer and mariam rezaei. Janek sprachta janek sprachta born in 1983 in berlin, is a composer, instrumentalist and creative from berlin, germany. Inner space memorial in wonderland by janek schaefer, released 19. English bassist janek gwizdala, now resident in the us for over a decade has been on the international music scene both as a leader and sideman for over 15 years. Unfolding luxury beyond the city of dreams by janek schaefer. Double exposure is a studio album, written over six years 20052011 in janeks career as a composer, sound artist, and musician. Schaefer was awarded british composer of the year award. Extended play by janek schaefer, released 01 june 2008 1. In the last hour by janek schaefer, released 08 july 2006 1.
Schaffer the darklord or std is a new york citybased rapper and comedian with material bestsuited for brainy andor drugaddled audiences. Layby lullaby by janek schaefer, released 02 january 2015 1. Rope to the sky anniversary collection by various artists, released 21 october 2015 1. Look up the concept for this album was to take the spontaneity of what this band does live, bring it into the studio, and build a sonic landscape for. Remain by stephan mathieu, released 01 february 2011 1.
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