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| | | no label (usa) #ss 1001 lp otto muehl “psycho motorik” long playing record - ein schrecklicher gedanke
- meine mutter
- klavierkonzert
- mein testament
- jodler
- hygiene
- aestheten-schweinerlei
- an der schönen blauen donau
- jetzt wird's geil
- der fliegende bösendorfer
- kaiser ebersdorf (interview mit einem entwichenen)
| may 2010 release ; to-the-letter repro (albeit, a paste-on ; but a nice one at that) of this scandalously kvlt 1971 “private press” lp by wiener aktionismus (aka “viennese actionism” or just “actionist”) co-founder (along with hermann nitsch, günter brus, and rudolf schwarzkogler) otto muehl ...
starting with some rather inspired sound-poetry, the record whips along at breakneck speed through a bunch of different modes ; muehl is heard screaming about a variety of topics (“a terrible thought” alone covers a wide range of smut) before riding a piano around the room like a 3-legged donkey for a good 5 minutes (listen to the sound-sample for pretty much the whole thing) ... this is followed by a series of proclamations, a muddled bit of group insanity (ala the “aam 1” lp), further baby-speak babble-runes, & a long section miming, then crying along to the strauss’ “blue danube waltz” ...
... the second side continues in said fashion (otto whispers a little pillow-talk before sharing an orgasm or two with a female accomplice, admonishes us for listening ; a group sets out to properly emulate caveman rhetoric ; does his best bernard heidsieck tape-echo impression ; finishes with a round of his beloved shlager) ; at no point do the proceedings dip into also-ran modes - he’s pretty much certifiably insane throughout, pausing not for a second before creeping you out with further guttural grunts & demonic howl-wail(s) ...
absolutely seminal sound-art work ; the last missing piece of the whole actionist puzzle, finally issued for mass consumption ... highest recommendation !!! |
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otto muehl is an austrian convicted child molester, who is best known as one of the co-founders as well as the most exciting participant of viennese actionism. he's the sort of guy who might fuck a swan, and then scream a little poem about it. in the sixties his aim was 'to overcome painting on canvas through staging the process of its destruction'. he made rhizomatic structures with scrap iron ("gerümpelplastiken"), but soon proceeded to the "aktion" in the vein of the new york happenings. gradually, muehl began to distance himself from "aktion". he regarded the "happening as a bourgeois artform, mere art".
this is an exact reproduction of his 1971 "psycho motorik" lp, which documents that very departure. |
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