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audiosphere (belgium) #as 06 cd

oren ambarchi / günter müller / voice crackoystered” compact disc

  • walking oysters
  • briefing oyesters
  • grounding oysters
  • oystered
sixth in a series of improv recordings marketed & manufactured by the fine folks over at sub rosa in belgium. each volume in this series comes in an oversized dvd-style jewel box with nice paintings & minimal information. this is the most recent (as of april, 2003) in the series, pitting sydney’s not-so-secret weapon again the swiss cracked everyday electronics kings voice crack and former nachluft drummer/sound-scientist günter müller. nice one...
audiosphere press release...
oren ambarchi - guitar & electronics
andy guhl - cracked everyday/electronics
günter müller - selected percussion, md’s, electronics
norbert möslang - cracked everyday/electronics.

...

take three swiss tourists. feed them top notch sydney rock oysters, fine hunter valley wines and get them into a recording studio with oren ambarchi. that was the challenge. this is the record.

if ambarchi, müller and the voice crack have one thing in common (beyond gastronomic excess), it is their ability to get extraordinary sounds out of everyday objects.

this one day recording session at big jesus burger in sydney highlights the mutual approach they share. there's such cohesion, wholeness and single mindedness to these pieces that makes identification of the individuals involved virtually impossible. so forget the 'who's doing what?' game. close your eyes and play 'where the hell am i?' ... rainforest, glacier, casino, ship's hull, bowling alley or five star restaurant?

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creative sources (portugal) #cs 095 cd

mark o’leary / günter müllerskyshifter” compact disc

  • skyshifter i
  • skyshifter ii
  • skyshifter iii
  • skyshifter iv
  • skyshifter v (e symphony)
  • skyshifter vi
creative sources press release...
skyshifter | cs095

mark o'leary electric guitar, electronics
günter müller electronics, percussion

recorded on july 2003
© 2007
cover design carlos santos

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cut (switzerland) #cut 020 cd

günter müllerreframed” compact disc

  • reframed (1) (4:08)
  • reframed (2) (21:54)
  • reframed (3) (8:12)
  • reframed (4) (5:53)
  • reframed (5) (7:19)
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cut 020
günter müller
«reframed»

originally a drummer, günter müller continues his exploration of the instrument's inherent resonant properties in five compositions based on processed recordings of bowed cymbals. «reframed» achieves a sense of timelessness, placing the listener deep within hovering layers of shimmering sound. recorded july 2006. processed and assembled august–december 2006.

günter müller was born in münchen in 1954, and has lived in switzerland since 1966. müller has been playing a unique drum set with a mobile pick-ups and a microphone system of his own invention since 1981. the system allows hand generated sounds on drums and percussion to be modulated electronically. since 1998 minidiscs, later an ipod, are included in his electronic set. he performs solo and has collaborated with a large number of musicians, including jim o'rourke, christian marclay, butch morris, otomo yoshihide, taku sugimoto, keith rowe and sachiko m. in 1990, he founded the record label for 4 ears records.

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cut (switzerland) #cut 010 cd

tomas korber / günter müller / steinbrüchelmomentan_def.” compact disc

  • momentan live - 17.11.02. bogen13, zürich (24:57)
  • def. (korber remix) (9:40)
  • def. (steinbrüchel remix) (10:18)
  • def. (müller remix) (8:23)
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cut 010
tomas korber + günter müller + steinbrüchel
«momentan_def.»

tomas korber: guitar, md's, electronics
günter müller: md's, ipod, electronics
steinbrüchel: g3

recorded live in concert in zürich, switzerland on november 17, 2002.

in addition to the concert recording, each musician composed one piece, using the live recording as source material.

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em 13n (germany) #m 130307 cd

nachtluftc.a.e.n.” three inch compact disc

  • collage: acoustique ! eléments > neuf (17:34)
excellent 1992 concert recordings from this swiss trio, reworked, then re-offered as a chance-operations type release via your compact disc player’s random function. this was the first time i had heard günter müller, as this was his first group...
em 13n press release...
andres bosshard - cassette machine, computer
günter müller - drums, electronics
jacques widmer - drums


create your own arrangement of the music. nine music ready-mades are recorded in ascending order of loudness and density. selecting your personal sequences by programming your cd player lets you suit your taste. whether this is finding your preferred arrangement or have a new experience every time. these recordings have been chosen by günter müller from the live recording of the nachtluft concert at the aula magna, l’université de caen, france, january 18th, 1992, organised by eric gilbert, “musique à découvrir”.

thanks to bernard mixon for lending us his wonderful voice on tape. computer design by andres bossard.

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erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 044 cd

tetuzi akiyama / günter müllerpoints and slashes” compact disc

  • ///./// (5:56)
  • .//..//.. (16:00)
  • /./..././ (3:29)
  • ../../../.. (4:54)
  • //.///.// (5:22)
  • ././././. (5:50)
erstwhile press release...
tetuzi akiyama - tape-delayed electric guitar
günter müller - ipod, electronics

over the past decade, swiss-based günter müller has collaborated with many of the most prominent tokyo-based musicians, recording cds with otomo yoshihide, taku sugimoto, sachiko m, masahiko okura, and toshimaru nakamura. points and slashes is the latest of these, a duo collaboration with guitar wizard tetuzi akiyama.

it's impossible to pin down akiyama, a musician of diverse interests and activities, with a brief description. he has been playing electric guitar since he was 13, and formed his first improvising band ten years later, in 1987. in 1994, akiyama formed the hikyo string quartet to play avant-garde classical music. since 2001, he has released a wide variety of solo guitar projects, filtering the blues through morton feldman on the stunningly gorgeous relator, shaping resonant feedback on resophonie, and showing off distorted john lee hooker-style chops on don't forget to boogie. he has also released collaborative cds with martin ng (oimacta), tim barnes/masafumi ezaki (futuro), jason kahn/utah kawasaki (luwa, ailack), and utah kawasaki/masahiko okura (bject, object 4), and is currently busy with as-yet-undocumented projects with alan licht, oren ambarchi and donald miller.

müller continues to distance himself from his roots as a more traditional percussionist, currently incorporating such electronic devices as minidiscs (since 1998) and an ipod (since 2002). he's been involved with innumerable projects and other musicians over the past twenty-five years, including long-term musical relationships with jim o'rourke, voice crack, erikm, steinbrüchel, jason kahn, tomas korber and philip samartzis. müller has released more than twenty records on his own for 4 ears label, as well as others on grob, rossbin, cut, charhizma, creative sources, and list. points and slashes is his sixth project for erstwhile, following the world turned upside down, la voyelle liquide, poire_z +, time travel, and tint. an integral contributor to the erstwhile aesthetic, müller is the only musician to take part in each of the five amplify festivals.

müller and akiyama first played together in the what is music? festival in melbourne, australia in 2002. they later performed in auckland, tokyo and nyc, before recording points and slashes in april 2004 in tokyo. points and slashes comprises six distinct pieces, warm and comfortable, yet still challenging the listener at every turn. friederike paetzold's strikingly minimal design is inspired by the work of the italian 'spatialist' artist lucio fontana.

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erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 029 cd

günter müller / otomo yoshihidetime travel” compact disc

  • matsushima 89 (5:24)
  • basel 95 (6:13)
  • lisboa 98 (10:30)
  • victoriaville 01 (8:23)
  • nancy 01 (8:10)
  • sydney 02 (7:53)
  • tokyo 02 (4:20)
erstwhile press release...
günter müller: ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics
otomo yoshihide: electric guitar, turntables, electronics


günter müller and otomo yoshihide are deeply respected musicians who have known each other for more than a decade. time travel documents their initial meeting as a duo.

swiss native günter müller utilizes a range of electronic devices, influenced by his roots as a percussionist. he's been involved with numerous projects and other musicians over the past two decades, including long-term musical relationships with jim o'rourke, voice crack, taku sugimoto and erikm. müller has released many records on his own label, for 4 ears, including his recent solo debut, eight landscapes. time travel is his fourth project for erstwhile, following the world turned upside down, la voyelle liquide, and poire_z +. müller is the ultimate collaborator, relinquishing virtually any claim on a signature sound in an attempt to maximize the potential of each individual project.

otomo yoshihide's prolific career has been unified by a primary objective: the investigation of the nature of sound from every conceivable angle. in the mid-90's, he explored the limits of sample-based turntablism, primarily through his band ground zero, as well as in collaborations with christian marclay and yamatsuka eye. over the last few years, otomo has become increasingly interested in minimal wave-based electronics, as heard in his filament, i.s.o, cathode and anode projects. other projects which he is currently involved in include his new jazz quintet, as well as an ongoing duo project with martin tì©treault. otomo has also composed many soundtracks for movies, and has written numerous articles and essays for japanese music publications.

müller and otomo first met in matsushima, japan in 1989 at a show müller was doing in an abandoned quarry with his band nachtluft. otomo had driven four hours from tokyo to see the performance, and afterwards they met for the first time. they've since collaborated in a handful of contexts, most notably the filament 2 record on for 4 ears, with the trio of müller, otomo and sachiko m. time travel was recorded in october 2002, just before the amplify 2002 festival, and marked their first meeting as a duo. time travel consists of seven focused, distinct pieces, which combine to create a unique sense of time, slowly but constantly developing and filled with intricate details. friederike paetzold's gorgeous design is based on vector distortions of the world time zone map evoking the effects of frequent flying.

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erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 022 cd

poire_z(plus)” compact disc

  • bottle_bow   (25:52)
  • kick-off_knock   (13:28)
  • cable-stitched_calypso   (18:40)
erstwhile press release...
günter müller: minidiscs, selected percussion, electronics
norbert möslang: cracked everyday-electronics
andy guhl: cracked everyday-electroncs
erik m: minidiscs, sampler, fx
otomo yoshihide: turntables, guitar, electronics (on 1)
sachiko m: sampler with sine wave (on 2)
christian marclay: turntables (on 3)


poire_z, the quartet of günter müller, voice crack and erikm, has been performing together since december 1998. in the summer of 2000, they began a series of performances which included a different fifth member each time. these guests have included keith rowe, martin tétreault, lê quan ninh, florian hecker, and kevin drumm in addition to the three excerpted sets which make up +, featuring otomo yoshihide, sachiko m, and christian marclay.

günter müller, a swiss percussionist who is increasingly focused on electronics, has worked with a wide range of musicians over the past two decades, including richard teitelbaum, taku sugimoto, jim o'rourke, dieb 13 and butch morris. many of his projects are documented on his groundbreaking label, for 4 ears, including the initial poire_z cd. swiss duo voice crack (norbert möslang and andy guhl) have been playing together since 1972. since 1983, they've been working exclusively with "cracked everyday-electronics", modifying and/or abusing small household machines in order to produce extreme, unique noises. france's erikm burst onto the scene in the mid-'90s as a virtuoso turntablist. since then, he has gradually shifted his output into a more abstract vein, sometimes even abandoning the turntables entirely in favor of a minidisc and sampler, as he does here.

as reflected in the arresting cd design by frequent voice crack collaborator alex hanniman, the quintet recordings presented here tie together multiple threads from these musicians' careers. otomo yoshihide, sachiko m and müller recorded as a trio on filament 2 (for 4 ears); erikm participated in otomo's superb les sculpteurs de vinyl project, as documented on memory & money (stupeur & trompette); pioneering turnatablist christian marclay first recorded with müller in 1992, and has an ongoing duo project with erikm, as well as a trio which adds dj olive; otomo yoshihide and voice crack recorded the acclaimed bits, bots and signs (erstwhile).

+ is poire_z's third cd, following the self-titled debut on for 4 ears, and presque_chic (sonoris). the guest musicians' distinctive personalities define each track, infiltrating the core quartet's whirlwind of ideas - influencing, gently nudging, but never impeding or derailing the constant progress.

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erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 005 cd

keith rowe / günter müller / taku sugimotothe world upside down” compact disc

  • phase two   (34:44)
  • phase one   (22:11)
erstwhile press release...
keith rowe: tabletop guitar, electronics
günter müller: electronics, selected drums
taku sugimoto: guitar


keith rowe and günter müller are both prominent members of the european improv circuit. rowe, who is best known for his groundbreaking work with amm (the seminal improvising collective he co-founded in 1965 with eddie prévost and lou gare), also currently leads the music in movement electronic orchestra, an all-star group featuring many of europe's premier electronic musicians. müller has released numerous records on his for 4 ears label, including recent collaborations with voice crack, otomo yoshihide, jim o'rourke and erik m. taku sugimoto is best known for his gorgeous solo cd, opposite (hat noir), for his projects with kevin drumm (on meme and boxmedia), and as a prominent figure in the japanese improvising underground.

the world turned upside down documents their first meeting as a trio (and the first meeting ever between rowe and sugimoto), captured in vivid detail in concert at les instants chavirés in october of '99. the performance builds upon sugimoto's guitar reflections, with rowe and müller slowly tracing jagged spirals around his ever-evolving line. much like an amm performance, this is a journey with no discernible beginning or end, striking a precarious balance between tranquility and turbulence. the front cover was painted by rowe, and the gorgeous drawings and calligraphy which adorn the rest of the package come from a tour diary kept by masae tanabe.

"the trio evolves into an electroacoustic ecosystem of insect chirps, bog-creature glissandi and sugimoto's lone guitar qua guitar, whose ghostly presence soaks the proceedings with a sober grace. no strangers to the art of palpable restraint, the participants create a masterpiece of understatement in an idiom as unforced as it is entrancing." - robert lim

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esquilo (portugal) #es 009 cd

günter müllerlive & replayed” double compact disc recordable set

  • two discs !!
'live' (44:57)
  • sydney | 22:06
  • paris | 08:02
  • kyoto | 14:49
'replayed' (54:35)
  • sydney_replayed_1 | 12.45
  • sydney_replayed_2 | 06:49
  • sydney_replayed_3 | 10:14
  • paris_remixed | 09:57
  • kyoto_replayed_1 | 08:20
  • kyoto_replayed_2 | 06:27
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günter müller
live & replayed (2 discs)
limited to 300 copies

günter müller - i-pod, electronics

in the second instalment of esquilo’s instant series – focusing on improvised music live recordings – comes a new solo album from swiss electronic improviser günter müller. despite having an impressive career and releases list, and being one of the most important cornerstones of international improvisation, this is only müller’s second solo album in almost 20 years.

the first disc – live – consists of three live recordings captured in kyoto, paris and sydney. the second disc – replayed – was entirely based on the original live recordings of disc one: parts of the live tracks were processed in the computer and put as several loops on two i-pods later used to create new studio improvisations (kyoto_replayed and sydney_replayed). one track on disc two was also created exclusively on the computer (paris_remixed).

both discs demonstrate günter’s unique ability and exciting creativity to craft a wide range of intertwined electroacoustic soundscapes, but while ‘live’ is more organic and unpredictable, ‘replayed’ tends to focus on small sonic details and from them depart to complex evolutions.

not to be missed by anyone interested in electronic / electroacoustic improvisation and composition – a true work of great mastery.

comes in a cardboard panels case with original hand-screened art by günter müller himself.

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for 4 ears (switzerland) #for 1760 cd

norbert möslang / günter müllerwild_suzuki” compact disc

  • nagoya_1 5:02
  • fukuoka_1 9:16
  • fukuoka_2 5:54
  • yamaguchi_1 6:19
  • tokyo_1 10:03
  • nagoya_2 7:08
  • yamaguchi_2 9:28
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cd 1760

möslang_müllerwild_suzuki

norbert möslang - cracked everyday electronics
günter müller - ipod, electronics

cover artwork by norbert möslang

released 1.6.2006

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grob (germany) #grob 649 cd

günter müller / norbert möslangboom_box” compact disc

  • jogger_jump 10’21”
  • freelance_frontier 4’03”
  • overtime_ozonizer 17’05”
  • respire_resume 13’38”
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müller_möslang - boom_box

günter müller: selected percussion, md’s, ipod, electronics
norbert möslang: cracked everyday-electronics

boom box is one of the first recordings of norbert möslang after the break up of voice crack, his legendary duo with andi gühl which lasted a good 30 years. it was performed in october 2001 in cologne’s loft with günter müller.

back then voice crack still existed, and möslang’s gig with müller would seem to be something frivolous. would it work? to perform in another duo? without the trusty colleague? obviously norbert möslang and günter müller didn’t care much about these questions. boom-box is not about how much or how little it sounds like voice crack. not only, because günter müller – drummer, percussionist and live electronics performer in the last ten years – brought along a complete instrumentarium (with this in mind, one could just as easily ask how much or little this recordings has from müller’s other recordings?). the focus has shifted – with voice crack we did not only hear improvisation, but rather the sound of manipulated, half-kaput, destroyed or decoded electronic devises from everyday life. on boom-box, möslang also plays his cracked everyday-electronics, but their tonal surroundings is a different one. it is a wide, ethereal tonal ambience, the structures are lucid, the music is transparent. again and again there are foregrounds and backgrounds, individual tonal configurations stand out clearly and distinctly, specific sounds are repeated, thus creating a scaffold through which other sounds are elegantly woven.since the early 90’s, müller and möslang have played with all the greats of electro-acoustic improvisation: with otomo yoshihide, jim o’rourke, borbetomagus, jérome noetinger, lionel marchetti, keith rowe, erik m., toshimaru nakemura. the two count as (voluntary/non-voluntary) co-founder of this scene. in the presence of these impressive musical biographies, boom_box is not a summary, it’s not a ”concentration on the essential,” but rather something new, a next step and a very elegant one at that.

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new world (usa) #nw 80481 cd

lawrence d. “butch” morrisconduction #22: documenta: gloves & mitts” compact disc

  • conduction #22, part i (47:24)
new world press release...
conduction no. 22, documenta: gloves & mitts
documenta 9, kassel, germany, june 14, 1992.

ensemble:

christian marclay (records and turntables)
lê quan ninh (percussion)
j. a. deane (trombone, electronics, live sampling)
martin schütz (cello)
günter müller (drums, electronics)
lawrence d. "butch" morris (cornet).

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rossbin (italy) #rs 010 cd

nmperign / günter müllermore gloom. more light.” compact disc

  • more light. (15:47)
  • and the gloom of that light (5:36)
  • more gloom. (9:48)
  • and the light of that gloom (7:16)
trio session featuring the nmperign duo of greg kelley and bhob rainey with günter müller.
rossbin press release...
author: nmperign / günter müller
title: "more gloom, more light"
label: rossbin
format: cd
catalog #: rs010
time: 38:21

greg kelley: trumpet
bhob rainey: sax
günter müller: mds, selected percussion, electronics

.track 1 and 3, recorded january 29, 2002 at massart boston by greg kelley
.track 2, recorded in july 2002 at home
.track 4, recorded in august 2002 in france

track 1 and 3, by nmperign(bmi) and günter müller(suisa)
track 2, by günter müller (suisa)
track 3, by nmperign (bmi)

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erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 033-040 cd

amplify 2002: balance” septuple compact disc and dvd set

  • seven discs and a dvd!
disc one (outside festival shows)
  • thomas lehn / toshimaru nakamura (13:12)
  • günter müller / tetuzi akiyama / nakamura (19:20)
  • christof kurzmann / nakamura (24:08)
  • lehn / nakamura / taku sugimoto (13:20)
disc two (studio sessions) - günter müller / toshimaru nakamura - tint
  • .tint (4:51)
  • ..tint (4:58)
  • ...tint (15:11)
  • ....tint (13:25)
  • .....tint (10:20)
disc three (festival):
  • cosmos (sachiko m/ami yoshida) (24:35)
  • keith rowe / lehn / marcus schmickler (39:29)
disc four (festival):
  • müller / otomo yoshihide (36:10)
  • lehn / schmickler (39:41)
disc five (festival):
  • burkhard stangl / kurzmann / sugimoto (24:00)
  • rowe / nakamura (31:49)
disc six (festival):
  • stangl / müller (33:43)
  • nakamura / sachiko (21:30)
disc seven: (seven guitars):
  • seven guitarists: rowe / akiyama / oren ambarchi / nakamura / otomo / stangl / sugimoto (cornelius cardew - treatise pp. 82-84) (38:25)
  • seven guitarists (improvisation) (31:03)
dvd - balance beams
  • "balance beams” (109:00)
  • 5.1 surround sound audio-only versions of the rowe/lehn/schmickler and müller/otomo sets
  • three short individual features based on the three nights of outside festival performances that discs 1 and 7 were chosen from
  • including keith rowe discussing with the other guitarists how he believes a musician should approach performing the graphic score of cardew's treatise.
erstwhile press release...
thomas lehn - analogue synthesizer
toshimaru nakamura - no-input mixing board
tetuzi akiyama - amplified acoustic guitar
günter müller - ipod, minidisc, selected percussion, electronics
christof kurzmann - g3
taku sugimoto - electric guitar
sachiko m - sinewaves, contact mike
ami yoshida - voice
keith rowe - guitar, electronics
marcus schmickler - digital synthesizer, computer
otomo yoshihide - electric guitar, turntables, electronics
burkhard stangl - acoustic and electric guitars, electronic devices
oren ambarchi - guitar, electronics


the amplify 2002: balance box set has been designed and assembled to recreate as much as possible the experience of being in tokyo in late october 2002 for the week-long whirlwind of music and camaraderie revolving around the 2002 amplify festival.

the annual series of amplify festivals began in 2001 in nyc, followed in 2002 by the event documented in this box. amplify returned to nyc in february 2003, and the next amplify will be in cologne and berlin in may 2004, co-curated by keith rowe and jon abbey. the festivals are closely tied to the erstwhile label, and are designed to showcase an ambitious amount of music within a short time period, demanding increased attention and focus from both the musicians and the audience. this box set aims to convey at least part of the intense atmosphere created by amplify's climate of total immersion.

the amplify 2002: balance box set contains over seven hours of music on seven cds, consisting of:

1) eight of the twelve sets from the festival itself, which took place over three nights at star pine's cafe in kichijoji, tokyo.

2) two cds compiled from the smaller club shows which took place before and after the festival itself, organized by toshimaru nakamura and taku sugimoto, including an entire disc by the all-star guitar septet of keith rowe, tetuzi akiyama, oren ambarchi, nakamura, otomo yoshihide, burkhard stangl and sugimoto.

3) a studio recording by the duo of günter müller and toshimaru nakamura, recorded that same week. this disc has been carefully sequenced and constructed, and is essentially a regular erstwhile release contained within the larger box.

the box also features a dvd by filmmaker jonas leddington and a 52 page, full-color booklet with photography by yuko zama and twenty separate essays by many of the people involved in the festival.

leddington's dvd contains a 109-minute visual document titled "balance beams," which is built around the festival itself and includes structured excerpts from all twelve sets, commentary from the musicians, behind-the-scenes footage, as well as images and sounds from tokyo. footage of the stangl/kurzmann set includes cuts of viennese filmmaker michaela grill's schnee video, as it was shown live in tokyo.

the dvd extras include 5.1 surround sound audio-only versions of the rowe/lehn/schmickler and müller/otomo sets, as well as three short individual features based on the three nights of outside festival performances that discs 1 and 7 were chosen from, including keith rowe discussing with the other guitarists how he believes a musician should approach performing the graphic score of cardew's treatise.

the box set is a limited edition of 800 copies, and will not be reprinted.

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