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previous artist: pierre leguillon		there are 6 titles featuring thomas lehn in stock. they are listed below.		next artist: franck leibovici

$13.44

back in stock as of
february 7th, 2009

first in stock on
december 18th, 2003

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
guitar-themed
live-electronic
analogue-synth
digital-musics

erstwhile (usa) #erstwhile 021 cd

mimeo / john tilbury “the hands of caravaggio” compact disc

the hands of caravaggio (49:24)

erstwhile press release...

keith rowe: guitar, electronics
kevin drumm: guitar, analogue synthesizer
phil durrant: software granular samplers and treatments
thomas lehn: analogue synthesizer
kaffe matthews: computer
jérôme noetinger: electroacoustic devices
gert-jan prins: electronics, fm modulations, radio
peter rehberg: computer
markus schmickler: digital synthesizer, computer
rafael toral: guitar with analogue modular system
markus wettstein: amplified metal garbage
cor fuhler: inside piano
john tilbury: piano

mimeo, the music in movement electronic orchestra, is a band composed of twelve of europe's premier electronics improvisers. due both to logistical and financial constraints, they have only performed together a handful of times since the establishment of the current lineup in 1998.

after the remarkable success of their epic, 24-hour long performance in vand'ouevre in may of 2000, the band did not assemble again until almost a year later in bologna, for the angelica festival (thanks to festival organizer massimo simonini). the concert was a singular one, as mimeo was joined by the noted pianist john tilbury, nonpareil feldman interpreter and longstanding member of amm. the performance was built around a concerto for piano and electronic orchestra, titled the hands of caravaggio and loosely inspired by the caravaggio painting the taking of christ, as interpreted by keith rowe.

the piece begins with a low test-tone drone from cor fuhler, working inside the piano, followed by tilbury's entrance a few minutes later. next, jérôme noetinger sets off a flare, signaling the introduction of the electronics. the accumulation of electronics gradually reaches critical mass, at times obscuring the piano altogether. but tilbury is never completely hidden for long; space opens, and the piano emerges. as the piece evolves, the musicians discover a more delicate counterbalance to work within, which ultimately dissipates into silence.

liner notes for this release can be found on the 021 catalog page on the erstwhile web site. these include an essay by michael graubart on the history of the concerto and the hands of caravaggio's place within the tradition, as well as notes from some of the musicians involved, including rowe and tilbury. the stylistic range of the music is echoed in the artwork, which intertwines the original caravaggio, a painting and a graphic score by rowe, and original work from erstwhile designer friederike paetzold.

$13.44

back in stock as of
february 7th, 2009

first in stock on
july 18th, 2005

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
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analogue-synth

erstwhile (usa) #erstlive 002 cd
erstlive (usa) #erstlive 002 cd

keith rowe / toshimaru nakamura / thomas lehn / marcus schmickler “erstlive 002” compact disc

(38:47)

double-duo session, featuring lehn & schmickler matching wits with rowe & nakamura ...

erstwhile press release...

keith rowe - guitar, electronics
toshimaru nakamura - no-input mixing board
thomas lehn - analogue synthesizer
marcus schmickler - synthesizer, computer

erstlive is a new series of releases from erstwhile records, documenting notable live sets associated with the label. the discs are designed to simulate a concert experience, each in the same template design using two colors chosen by the musicians involved, with a photo of the concert on the back cover. each will be in an edition of 800 cds and not reprinted. the initial releases will be chosen from the amplify 2004 festival which took place in cologne and berlin in may 2004.

erstlive 002 is from the quartet of keith rowe, toshimaru nakamura, thomas lehn and marcus schmickler, the final quartet performance in the cologne half of amplify 2004: addition, also in may 2004. this was the quartet's first performance together.

$15.12

back in stock as of
january 25th, 2008

first in stock on
august 9th, 2006

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
analogue-synth

file under:
free-improv

grob (germany) #grob 205 cd

chadlehn “c inside” compact disc

crossroads 1 (12.59)
crossroads 2 (06.34)
crossroads 3 (07.13)
crossroads 4 (11.09)
crossroads 5 (08.20)
intersection (01.42)
line out (02.42)

grob press release...

chadlehn - c inside (05.2000)

eugene chadbourne, deering goodtimes banjo, modified guild slim jim acoustic electric guitar, various objects
thomas lehn, ems synthi 'a' analogue synthesizer

the virtuous string player eugene chadbourne and the ingenious synthesizer player thomas lehn met in the summer of 1999 to celebrate an impossible event: the confrontation of a banjo with an analogue ems-synthesizer... both know well, as if dreaming, how to move between material extension and its demolition in the best tradition of european improvised music and country songs, as only chadbourne can recite them. as if they had never done anything else...

it doesn't matter if they weave dense interactions and lump them into great noise or consciously go separate ways and seem to play without the other-their exchange is always direct, constantly the other knows the right answer. spontaneous improvisation in full completion: c inside actually documents the first meeting of these master musicians.

thomas lehn
eugene chadbourne

$14.15

new to stock as of
march 17th, 2008

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
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musica genera (poland) #mg ga 001 cd

ivar grydeland / thomas lehn / ingar zach “szc zcz cze zec eci cin” compact disc

zecin
szcin
szczec

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "szczec"

musica genera press release...

ga 001 : ivar grydeland / thomas lehn / ingar zach
"szc zcz cze zec eci cin"

recorded at teater kana at the musica genera festival in szczecin/poland on 28th of may 2005

thomas lehn - analogue synthesizer
ivar grydeland - guitar, guitar banjo
ingar zach - percussion

$12.61

back in stock as of
may 6th, 2010

first in stock on
july 18th, 2009

threads:
electro-acoustic-improvisation
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perdition plastics (usa) #per 009 cd

mimeo “music in movement electronic orchestra” compact disc

nickelsdorf 5 (17:21)
nickelsdorf 3 (7:20)
den haag -2.2 (6:06)
den haag -1 (6:53)
den haag 1 (8:07)
wuppertal 1.2 (19:20)

click the play button to hear an excerpt of "den haag -2.2"

1999 release ; domestic issue of the grob-label “queue” disc, itself the debut from this keith rowe organized “orchestra” of electro-acoustic improvisors - an interchangable lineup (which differs from track to track here) involving peter “pita” rehberg, gert-jan prins, marcus schmickler, jérôme noetinger, cor fuhler, thomas lehn, christian fennesz, justin bennett, phil durrant, yannis kyriakides, and richard barrett, as recorded in germany & holland back in 1997 ...

these early meetings of the group have a certain “go for it” vibe that, imho, was smoothed out in later concerts (take it or leave it - personally i’m into the high percentage of “pile-ups” herein) ... but then again, aside from thom lehn (who sounds fantastic throughout - listen to the sound-sample for a few choice bleeps), i have a hard time making out most of the individual players, due to the number of redunant software & hardware processing & sampling algorithms being used at once throughout (remember, this was 1997 - i mean the g3 mac powerbooks could barely handle a single 16-bit 44.1k i/o stream w/ real-time processing ; much has changed in the intervening years) ...

while not the best representation of this particular group, it was most certainly the first disc of eai that many of us in the states got to hear, and such as it has a “time capsule” place in my heart ...

perdition plastics press release...

$134.41

back in stock as of
february 7th, 2009

first in stock on
december 18th, 2003

threads:
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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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