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Press Release:
Artist:
Roedelius
Release: “Snapshots/Sidesteps”
Release Date: April 20th 2007 / Digital May 5th 2007
Distribution: Arabesque UK / RMG Ireland / IRIS (USA)
Contact: Keith Downey psychonavigation@gmail.com
“If
you’re a fan of contemporary electronica, but if Roedelius is an
unfamiliar name to you, then you’re missing out on one of that genre’s
most important well-springs.” // BBC
“An
inspiration to artists as diverse as Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Brian Eno
and Julian Cope. Roedelius has persued his unique and extraordinarily
beautiful vision for half century. He has also lived a life that screams
out to be told in a movie” // Mojo
Hans-Joachim Roedelius has decided to work with Irish electronic label
Psychonavigation Records on his latest musical project entitled ‘Snapshots/Sidesteps’.
A ten track compilation which features collaborations with The Orb, Patrick
Pulsinger, Alec Way, Haeyoung Kim, Fratelli Brothers, Timothy O’Keefe,
Fabio Capanni, David Bickley, Seiichi Suzuki and Werner Moebius. The CD
showcases works produced over the past 10 years and takes the listener
on a journey through many styles of music from Ambient-Glitch Electronics–Dub
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Roedelius
and friends - co & re-mixes 1995 - 2005
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"ad
honorem"(go for) with Japanese Seiichi Suzuki 07:56 (2003) |
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"belvedere"(go
on) with English George Taylor & Fratellis 04:01 (2006) |
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"claire obscure"(go across) with Austrians Patrick Pulsinger & Werner Dafeldecker 11:31 (2005) | Listen | |
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"dynamo"(go in with) with Korean Haeyoung Kim and Greek Nikos Arvanitis 11:10 (2004) | Listen | |
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"elektrum"(go past) with English Alex Paterson and German Thomas Fehlmann 05:03 (2002) (sample : Yuko Matsuzaki) | Listen | |
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"fait
accompli"(go through) with Austrian Werner Moebius 02:58 (2002) |
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"gusto"(go
around) with US-Americans Alec Way and Eric Bonerz 03:31 (2000) |
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"hoc
volo"(go up) with US-American Timothy O’Keefe 08:19 (2003) |
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09
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"in
natura"(go along) with Irelander David Bickley 05:28 ( 1998 ) (sample: Way / Bonerz) |
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"juste
milieu"(go there) with Italian Fabio Capanni 06:41 (1995) |
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From
being a founding member of Kluster in 1969 who’s eponymous debut
pioneered the brick-a-brack approach to electronic music and is still
revered today. To working with a long list of impressive collaborators
such as Holger Czukay (Can), Conrad Plank (Krautrock producer extraordinaire)
and forming Cluster by adding luminaries such as Brian Eno and Michael
Rother (NEU!) to the ranks.
Roedelius’s first prodigious steps into creative life began in his
childhood, when he found himself thrust into roles as a child actor in
six German feature films before the age of ten. The War and its aftermath
then presented particularly difficult times to Roedelius’ life,
with his family forced to evacuate toward the Russian border in 1943.
The post-war atmosphere became less friendly still with a sinister new
civil police known as The Stasi marshalling the then shaping East Germany.
Uncomfortable and incongruent Roedelius fled this regime, selling fake
jewellery and living in a single apartment with refugees for company.
Only to be arrested and interrogated as he attempted to cross the border
to visit family in 1952.
Given time and freedom, Roedelius found himself in the creative outskirts of the different new society in which he was now immersed. Eventually in the 1960s, following hippy expeditions (at one time he was masseuse to the President of the French Republic. “I used to go in and out of the Elysée Palace barefoot – it was part of my "Hippie Healer" outfit, along with the long hair and sheepskin jacket.”) and various dabblings in almost-jazz, Roedelius set out as a professional composer, indulging in experiments with sound that he described as ‘anarchic musical actionism’.
Hans Joachim Roedelius overall impact on many musical genre is immense and he has often been credited as one of the Übermeisters of what became known, affectionately, as Krautrock. He has released over 150 records, encompassing experimental and leftfield departures to more traditional soundtracks and classical compositions and has a loyal fan base of young and old.
For more information on Hans-Joachim Roedelius please visit http://www.roedelius.com
Press
Information:
Keith Downey
PH: 00353 87 6328675