konrad sprenger “versprochen” long playing record

• freier im wald
  
• lethe
  
• lügner
  
• das helle fell am hinterteil des hirschs
  
• geht von alleine weg
  
• fenchel
  
  
• t > r > p > s
  
• saubere hände
  
• blinder fleck
  
• polendina
  
• alle dinge eine weile
  
• wanderheuschrecke
  
• die artischocke und die blaue banane

schoolmap press release...

konrad sprenger “versprochen” vinyl lp, edition of 300 copies. three years after releasing his first solo record, “miniaturen” on his own label “choose”, berlin-based konrad sprenger (aka jörg hiller) now releases “versprochen” on the italian “schoolmap” label. as if coyly playing off the various connotations of the title, which could mean “pledge”, “promise” or a “slip of the tongue” in german, sprenger delivers a more mature product. rather than going for the short, abbrieviated, cut-off statements found on his first release, he’s now opting for a deeper and longer spatial and temporal scale. these thirteen pieces with evocative titles allow time for dramatic development, along the way passing through dark emotional timbres which are then reflected in dirk bell’s neo-gothic cover portrait art as well as in the choice of font. sprenger spends years in studio production on his work, and the compositions show his attention to detail in their luminosity and almost tactile presence. the range of musical styles is as diverse as on his first record, yet the pieces seem less like ironic quotations and short forays and more like personal statements and explorations into various genres. as always with sprenger/hiller, the instrumentation is infinitely surprising, including classical, folk instruments and electronics performed by professional musicians as well as the friends from other disciplines with whom he’s worked together for many years. sprenger has produced recordings by such diverse artists as ellen fullman, arnold dreyblatt, robert ashley and terry fox – and has performed for years as konrad sprenger with such luminary bands as ethnostress and ei and the art group honey-suckle company. arnold dreyblatt, 2009 with contributions from thomas ankersmit, gavin russom, ernst karel and many others. mastered and cut by rashad becker at dubplates & mastering, berlin. cover painting by dirk bell.

“improvised music from japan extra 2006 special berlin issue” book and double compact disc set

• adeline rosenstein / andrea neumann - pas perdus (2:23)
  
• annette krebs / steffi weismann - le vol (3:46)
  
• kommando raumschiff zitrone - roger (7:14)
  
• michael thieke unununium - schaum (3:38)
  
• lucio capece / axel dörner / robin hayward - inflie (7:37)
  
• tunar - antwort auf den regen (8:23)
  
• alessandro bosetti - african feedback: extracts 1 to 8 (4:13)
  
• tony buck / andrea neumann - without title (8:13)
  
• sink - ausland 1 [excerpt] (7:43)
  
• marzipan marzipan - ennio (1:28)
  
  
• kalkl & leidenschaft - leningrad sunrise (13:14)
  
• boris hauf - it's a dirty job but somebody's got to do it (5:44)
  
• phillip sollmann - room two (8:44)
  
• thomas ankersmit - negatieve bijdrage (5:00)
  
• ignaz schick / jason forrest - blood orchid (11:22)
  
• burkhard beins - for ian curtis (3:08)
  
• rechenzentrum - a capitalistic landscape (4:20)
  
• blumm & tau - eskimono (4:34)

“the end of the fear of god” compact disc

• rlw - 7up 2002
  
• n.o.g. - final chant for god
  
• norbert möslang - 4183
  
• rudolf eb.er - trottelgott
  
• sudden infant - fear of richard gere
  
• strotter inst. - rubbish planet remix
  
• soviet subliminal seduction - the fuck of(f) god
  
• suntour - love song
  
• andrew phillips (4) - don't fuck our children
  
• schurer - fantasie in cmaj
  
• unholy grave - absolution
  
• kevin drumm - first class people
  
• bela kiss - pharma-zootic
  
• evil moisture* - umbilical retribution
  
• hecker - easy jxeluspl jxel funnn pre mix
  
• yamatsuka eye* - 7 seconds no tone
  
• r.h.y. yau - prisoner of your ideals
  
• the idealist - the deconstruction and ressurection of under the chainsaw
  
• gorebitch - pelzfotze bitch
  
• massaccesi - i'm positive that i've seen my hands running through a sea of bodies
  
• kure kure takura - our beed god re-trip butt on frog
  
• dylan nyoukis - under the chainsaw
  
• mike patton & kid606 - circle a
  
• genetic transmission - untitled
  
• eric boros / jason flowers - wo-po-po-po
  
• stress - world under my fingernail
  
• jason kahn - running through the blood
  
• fear of smallcock - untitled
  
• imperative - positive
  
• shoji goto - a sunset with 4 painter
  
• glands of external secretion - (make) 7 up (yours)
  
• jim o'rourke - fog rmx
  
• dropdead / outosushi - pneumatic slaughter
  
• k2 - junk grinder of the master
  
• doris tomasoni - nasse fotze
  
• kouhei matsunaga - a lot of fog or 2 fog
  
• eva revox - sphincteral descaling
  
• merzbow - fear of god
  
• kein babel - gloria
  
• blackjewishgays - bjgrmxfog
  
• eva d. - il fece del signore
  
• ommyth - controlled by fear
  
• medieval moisture - f(urbies) o(n) g(lue)
  
• humectant interruption - bird bite
  
• saicobaba - 11:25 am - 11:26 am
  
• rabid dogs - p.c.u.n.t.
  
• j.c. - fear of fnord
  
• dave noyze - chemical induced oscillatory machination of a circle
  
• dj killroy vs von wurstfinger - one day fly (killfinger remix)
  
• rm74 - eintagsfliege
  
• raionbashi - i81b4u
  
• viscious circle - freakers...
  
• ecrase-merde - amuse - guele
  
• atta - absolution
  
• shite minor - schwere geburt
  
• voice crack - 7714
  
• thomas ankersmit - untitled
  
• silvum - catalogue more rubbish bodies
  
• runzelstirn and gurgelstock - lasset uns beten
  
• takedown uav - for lack of all else: youth devour divinity
  
• the haters - rubbish remix
  
• russell haswell - fog micromedley
  
• the nautilus deconstruction - rubbish away
  
• chicken & money - c&m love fear of god
  
• bloodstar vs saalschutz technopunk - pelzfotze
  
• pita - xxx229fog
  
• seaman staynes & master baits - watersports whilst foggy
  
• zbigniew karkowski - trig
  
• machine gun tv - untitled