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previous artist: mudsuckers		there are 2 titles featuring otto muehl in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: jon mueller

$16.81

back in stock as of
december 13th, 2011

first in stock on
april 27th, 2010

threads:
sound-art
sound-poetry
experimental-instruments

best of 2010 !!!

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 !!!

no label press release...

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.

$33.31

back in stock as of
january 1st, 2011

first in stock on
april 10th, 2010

threads:
sound-art
field-recordings
site-specific
concert-recordings
outsiders-deviants
self-released
free-improvisation

best of 2010 !!!

play naked (austria) #play naked 2 lp
aa verlag (austria) #aam 1 lp

otto muehl “aam 1 • aktions analytische musik • musikalische selbstdarstellungen 1974/75” long playing record

eberhardt-blues
freie sexualität
vorstadtblues
mister jealousy

april 2010 release ; kind of out-of-nowhere “grey area” edition of this mythical, “missing link” document from the mid-70s austrian aktionist / commune scene ...

the aao (or aa-komune) was first set up in a single-family house on the praterstraße in vienna in 1970 by otto muehl, running semi-contiguously in locations throughout vienna, krefeld, heidelberg, geneva, and berlin until muehl’s imprisonment in 1991 ... experiments in “free sexuality”, “communal economy”, “common production”, and “self-presentation” were carried out, and the group did all they could to distance themselves from the so-called “hippy communes” ; they kept their heads shaved & adhered strictly to muehl’s (often oversimplified) authoritarian rules, leading to its brandishing as a “psychosect” ...

the recordings herein date from 5 years into the commune’s lifespan, consisting of a selection of the vienna group’s communal music-making sessions ; while someone’s pounding away at a piano in an almost schlager-esque style, various members come forward with testimonials & stream-of-consciousness rants, often climaxing in a fury of screaming and breakdowns ; all done in various states of undress, natch ... needless to say it’s at once painful to listen to & wholly engrossing ; offering an incredible insight into the group’s mind-set ...

this is a to-the-letter repro of the original lp ; included is a booklet (translated from the native german into english & french) explaining the group’s manifesto, along with a complete transcription / lyric-sheet ... even the casual fan / follower of vienna aktionism & the mid-70s free-wheeling euro-commune spec will see this as the seminal document is is ; highly recommended !!!

play naked press release...

austrian reissue of otto muehl’s aa commune most sought after record from the 70's. "musikalische selbstdarstellungen 1974/75". crazy group-therapy sessions, improvised music with different commune members coming forward and 'singing' about their parents, free-sexuality, mister jealousy, and how two-people-relationships kill sex-life, etc.. record comes in fullcolour cover (reprint of the original), stamped label, plus 10-page a4 booklet with transcription of all text in english, german and french.

limited edition of 250 copies.

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