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G.B. Beckers’ languid, etheric minimalist guitar and drum machine suite ‘Walkman’ [1982] resurfaces in its entirety on the inestimable Music From Memory. Big tip to fans of The Durutti Column, Gigi Masin...“Music FroM Memory’s latest release sees the reissue of G.B. Becker’ ‘Walkman’ album from 1982. A painter and musician from Achen, Germany, Günther Beckers created his third album ‘Walkman’ to coincide with an exhibition of his latest body of artwork in 1982. Released on his very own ‘Milky Music’ label with a run of just 500 copies and original pieces of artwork included with some copies, most copies of the album however remained amongst art collectors and with the painter himself. Rediscovered a few years ago through a friend of Music From Memory in the archives of a local radio station where all but one of the stations copies has beed destroyed, it has been an album the label have been in love with since the first listen.Touring as a guitarist with ECM affiliated musicians such as Alex De Grassi, William Ackerman, Ralph Towner & Larry Coryell to name but a few, Günther Beckers also would record on a number of releases of Klaus Schulze’s cult electronic music label ‘Innovative Communication’.Always exploring new ideas and the possibilities of technology within his music, Günther would record the ‘Walkman’ album utilising the ‘Kunstkopf’ technique of sound recording. Kunstkopf of ‘Dummy Head’ recording is a 3D audio recording technology that enables listeners to define each source of sound as if they were in the original recording situation itself. using two microphones which are usually mounted in the ears of a mannequin (giving it the ‘Dummy Head’ name in English) the technique exploits certain basic principles of human spatial hearing.Listeners to ‘Kunstkopf’ recordings are in fact encouraged to listen to such recordings on headphones, as the 3D perception is often greatly diminished on speakers. With the title ‘walkman G.B. Becker was very much hoping the album would be enjoyed on headphones, even portably through a Walkman. Minimalist variations around acoustic guitar, guitar synth, rhythm box and with wordless female vocals, G.B. Becker’ ‘Walkman’ drifts in and out of moods; it is a unique and at times hauntingly beautiful album, which the Kunstkopf recording technique further adds to the albums at times often otherworldly feeling.”

After a one year sabbatical on the label imprint Amond enters a new path to the peak of Mind Everest and delivers an outstanding five track EP called ?Fluent State?. The release is another debut of one of the crews members and filled with playful synthesizer melodies, emotive arpeggio loops and stumbling, tape distorted low fidelity tunes. Each release comes in a black screenprinted sleeve with an embossed photographic fine art print by Katrin Koenning.

Après Childhood Of A Circle, un court métrage primé dans les festivals du monde entier, Kadavre Exquis d'associe à Laura Sicouri, avec LSD ABC, un nouveau film d'animation qui se dote pour l'occasion d'une soundtrack additionnelle sur le label Enfance.Il y a une chose que l'on se demande tous chez Enfance : Quand est-ce que l'on réalise vraiment que l'on est passé à l'âge adulte?On cherche encore la réponse mais on ne la trouve pas, et Kadavre Exquis non plus. Toutefois ce que l'on connait tous, c'est ce sentiment de traversée, le fait d'être perdu entre ces deux rives si importantes de la vie que sont l'enfance et l'âge adulte. Alors on rame, certains plus que d'autres, en trainant nos maux. Les mots, d'ailleurs sont comme des maladies incurables, toujours présents.Avec LSD ABC, Laura Sicouri & Kadavre Exquis nous montrent qu'a défaut de vouloir nous soigner des mots, il leur suffit de prendre nos très chères 26 lettres pour nous embarquer dans un sacré trip, tout en couleurs et en sensations. Bienvenue sur la croisière de l'entre-deux âges, celle à la musique plus qu'entière.A tel point qu'il s'agit de la premier sortie physique d'Enfance.