Stewar - Clara, Robert, Johannes - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

It was only with Partch that a music began to take shape that could do equal justice to the physical desire for rhythmic pulse and a curiosity for new, unheard sounds; a music that enthralls us despite, or rather, precisely because of it's unfamiliarity. A music for which we have no category, and which has no location, and yet in a strange way is grounded. (Heiner Goebbels) The American composer Harry Partch (1901-1974) is considered a pioneer of the Just Intonation movement and was far ahead of his time when he began to explore microtonality. In the course of his life, he not only created a highly complex tonal system, but also designed and built an extensive set of instruments of sculptural beauty and great stage presence for it's realisation, the only and original set of which is preserved in the USA. On the occasion of the opening of the Ruhrtriennale 2013 with InchDelusion of the FuryInch, staged by Heiner Goebbels, Harry Partch's entire set of microtonal instruments was reconstructed for the Ensemble Musikfabrik and learned by the musicians. It was only through this enormous reconstruction that performances of Partch's music outside his home country became possible at all. The dance and music theatre InchDelusion of the FuryInch, whose recording by the Ensemble Musikfabrik sets new standards, is considered a key work and musical quintessence in Harry Partch's oeuvre. The extensive booklet documents the extraordinary music theatre production with numerous pictures as well as texts by Heiner Goebbels and Edu Haubensak.

Following Plattenbau's 2nd studio Album Shape / Shifting [Dedstrange 2022] comes their unforgiving 3rd album Net Prophet, releasing on Dedstrange September 8th 2023. InchNeural transmissions of crisis on the eve of WEB 3.0InchNet Prophet finds the band moving deeper into the vaporous territory of 21st century excess, where power casually corrupts absolutely and the mental netscape is more deranged in the membrane than we ever knew possible. A world on the edge, where imminent ecocide and violent social upheaval lurk beneath every minute mental distraction. The doomscroll gets longer and the attention span shorter as a disconnected global internet life takes over with it's scepters of promise and looming evasiveness. The sound is rich in variety from the darkwave pulsing synths of InchLichtenberg MonologueInch reminiscent of Shape / Shiftings InchTomahawkInch to the growling, slow-driving bass of InchA New DawnInch which harks back to the bands S/T 1st record, albeit with a synth instead of guitar. Even with the stark contrasts of murder-punk InchAR-15Inch and jangle-pop InchPurgatory MallInch the record never strays from the prime colors of the band Vox, Drums, Bass, Guitar, Synth. Recorded live in the Berlin studio Monoton, the record demonstrates the band in it's prime - tightened up and influenced by their extensive touring, who have honed their sound from simple elements into a rich and tasty nugget, easily digestible for the modern consumer. Always true to their company slogan Inchtight, loose and evilInch.1. Lichtenberg Monolog2. Best Western3. AR154. Cloaking Love5. Departed6. Purgatory Mall7. A New Dawn8. We Got Time9. Celebration10. Stadtgrenze

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