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| | intransitive (usa) #int 033 cd
schöne hjuler-memorial-fond (germany) #shmf siko14 cdkommissar hjüler / mama bär “asylum lunaticum” compact disc - hjcvgrimmelshausen (8:59)
- lichtblicke (6:42)
- ehrfurcht (25:17)
- meine erste zeitmachine (13:00)
- de nye rigspolitichefen (10:37)
- lauf in eine herde (1:13)
- asylum lunaticum (8:33)
| june 2009 release ; first widely available release from this now-legendary german couple (yes, he’s actually a cop !!!) collecting something of a “greatest hits” from the legions of “artist edition” cd-r’s, tapes, and lathe-cut records “issued” (mostly ... un-issued) over the last 10-odd years via their der schöne hjuler-memorial-fond ...
a great bringer-up-to-speed for the uninitiated, this offers a broad range of their inimitable styles ; right off the bat there’s komissar doing his best anton bruhin imitation (listen to the sound-sample), mama speaking about 1/4 normal speed through a wobbly cassette over a police-siren, mama singing to her son while riding a bicycle through the countryside for 25 minutes (amazing !!!), komissar bulding “his first time-machine,” etc ...
state-of-the-art contemporary “private universe” antics ; highly recommended !!! |
| | intransitive press release... |
| available june 1, 2009
int033 kommissar hjuler & mama bär – asylum lunaticum cd
intimate, absurd, feral and aggressive in its homemade weirdness, the music of kommissar hjuler & mama bär has been a well kept secret for too long. hjuler & bär have self published their dada esque sound poetry experiments on small edition lathe cut lps, tapes, and cdrs for years, usually adorning them with elaborate junk sculptures and paintings. intransitive is proud to collect their best recordings so far onto a single, widely available cd so that anyone can hear the music without making a major financial investment.
the husband and wife duo uses deceptively simple means – typically just their voices, a cassette tape recorder and a microphone – to create astonishing suburban dramas that are somehow both sweetly charming and staggeringly psychotic, sometimes at the same time. join kommissar hjuler and mama bär as they perform acts of banal heroics, like exploring the basement... taking their son for a bicycle ride... walking with a red shirt into a field of cattle... pondering reforms made to the danish police system... all viewed through the unhinged lens.
kommissar hjuler & mama bär are painters, sculptors, film makers, and musicians based in flensberg, germany, near the danish border. their artwork has been exhibited in galleries and at festivals around the world. they collaborated with like minded artists such as thurston moore, arnulf meifert, john weise, runzelstirn & gurgelstock, jan iwers, and af ursin, among many others.
asylum lunaticum is not just another name or title, it's an almost too harmless a description of the family hjuler/bar. over decades, kommisar hjuler provided me with his sick but mind blowing art. so rare their works are, it's truly time to dig 'em out and show the world! this cd shall do so.
rudolf eb.er (r&g / schimpfluch commune int.) |
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