rlw / tito “mahlzeit” compact disc

• eingedampft: nichts da
  
• aufdemweg (the fall of public man)
  
• haha super specialiteiten
  
• fressen, vergessen
  
• s&m maaltijdroddel
  
• gabentisch grossstadt
  
• dode varkens en mooie moraal
  
• geschissen ist nicht gemalt
  
• vertering
  
• hin
  
• baerenplatte
  
• bauernfruestueck, labskaus und gulaschsuppe

hinterzimmer press release...

rlw & tito – mahlzeit (cd hint 03) cd comes in great looking chipboard sleeve hinterzimmers reto mäder (rm74) and german sound artist ralf wehowksy (rlw) have been in contact since many years, resulting in the collaborative cd ‘pirouetten’ (2006) on north american label ‘crouton’. wehowsky, creator of highly influential industrial improv-group p16.d4 and labelmanager of ‘selektion’, released solo- and collaborative albums on various international labels (table of the elements, beta-lactam ring, streamline, trente oiseaux, anomalous…) since the early nineties. for his new ambitious project ‘mahlzeit’ (german for ‘meal’) he worked together with transindustrial toy orchestra (tito), a loose collective of people from hamburg and amsterdam, working in music and other art forms. current members peter kastner, ine ophof and jan van wissen created their part of the conceptual work with their vast collection of toys and kitchen tools, using electronic devices to transform them into bizarre acoustic situations while wehowsky contributes another strange mix of electronics, instruments, voice and body functions. all in all ‘mahlzeit’ is a collaborative release, but in a special way as some tracks were created by ralf wehowsky using sounds by tito and vice versa, but some were just done by one part of the project, assimilating suggestions from the other part. it mixes electroacoustic composition, early electronic music and bizarre kraut-era avantgarde. the heterogeneous but totally coherent and self-contained ‘mahlzeit’ is not just a great experience and expansion of the musical activity of all involved, but also an album of fine music that is not easy to label..

herpes ö deluxe “keilholen” compact disc

• fern der hoffnung
  
• funkenflug
  
• tief unten
  
• ruhig stellen
  
• im moos
  
• boiled rice
  
• nichsdestotrotz

rm74 “reflex” compact disc

• early morning fog (5:47)
  
• temporal resolution (4:31)
  
• between the devil and the deep blue sea (4:34)
  
• the human factor (3:44)
  
• organ-origami (4:12)
  
• send a message in c flat morse code (4:02)
  
• incremental shift (5:33)
  
• garden of the lower lights (3:48)
  
• ripple tank (4:54)
  
• slowly up and digital down... (4:32)
  
• ... to earth (2:44)

utech press release...

rm74 "reflex" cd reflex is the fifth solo album by switzerland's reto mäder (ural umbo, sum of r, pendulum nisum) as rm74. a creepy, paranoid record of sinister melody and complex structure. electronics, organ, synthesizer, guitars and other instrumentation drifts in and out of bizarre atmospherics. the tracks gain emotional resonance as they move among vexing swells of dense, rotting psychedelia. presented in a heavy matte sleeve printed with dark metallic ink. includes fold out insert. photograph by phillip nesmith. edition of 500.

ural umbo “ural umbo” compact disc

• the lights would stop flickering (4:18)
  
• theme of the paranormal feedback (4:30)
  
• förlåta jag (4:32)
  
• voices from the room below (5:50)
  
• don't eat carrots, my little ghost horse (3:03)
  
• stumbling upon blood and mercury (7:34)
  
• pendulum impact test (4:59)
  
• among the bones (5:04)
  
• mathieu 2004-2009 (7:00)

utech press release...

artist: ural umbo title: format: cd edition: 500 length: 47' trx: 9 catalogue number: urcd040 released: january 23, 2010 recorded: recorded in bern and chicago by reto mäder and steven hess. mixed and mastered by reto mäder at hinterzimmer, bern. roger ziegler (guest musician on 1 and 7). ural umbo is reto mäder (sum of r, rm74) and steven hess (on, haptic) electrifying internal music through a broad spectrum of instrumentation. horns, piano, organ, harmonium, bass guitar, strings, electronics, drums and percussion guide the formation of black, subliminal melodies and slow feedback accompaniments. each piece consumes the organic and dynamically balanced process that created it. with a nod to 1960s horror movie scoring mäder and hess displace sound from the veil of the supernatural and coax it back to our world. presented in a heavy black/white sleeve with white translucent paper overlay. photograph by rik garrett.

sum of r “sum of r” compact disc

• physically deformed (4:57)
  
• our karma is broken (3:51)
  
• bones, beers and muscles (8:24)
  
• ural umbo (4:47)
  
• eleventh rib (3:39)
  
• requiem for a liar (4:19)
  
• pack mule (3:50)
  
• unlisted disasters (2:30)
  
• basics of sleep (13:21)
  
• good night francine (8:00)

utech press release...

artist: sum of r title format: cd edition: 750 length: 58' trx: 10 catalogue number: urcd025 released: november 22, 2008 recorded: recorded, mixed, arranged and mastered by reto mäder at hinterzimmer > bern, switzerland > november 2007 - september 2008. reto mäder: bass guitar, strings, electronics, piano, effects. christoph hess: manipulated turntable. roger ziegler: harmonium, effects. switzerland’s sum of r is reto mäder (rm74) and christoph hess and roger ziegler (herpes ö deluxe) constructing/deconstructing sound in ways that infest and cloud the interior of the mind. the implements: electronics, bass guitar, piano, drums, harmonium and lenco turntables. the science: deep pulsations, organic drones, melodic feedback accompaniment, vinyl loops, analog sound sources, reversed audio, haunting vocal treatments. the sum: a living, breathing organism that sustains varied levels of function without ever losing its holistic unity. presented in a heavy black matte sleeve printed with silver ink. includes silver/black fold out insert. photography by rik garrett.