AUSLAGE - VERWIRRT MIT STEFAN GOLDMANN ▼ ////////
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Hier kommt das perfekte Setting für die exzessive Verwirrung von Basslines, Nachtvolk und positiver Energie! Plus Basswatschen, Konfetti, Nebel und Strobo. Alles klar?
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Das neue Jahr hat kaum begonnen und schon steht das erste Highlight vor der Tür. Das KOLLEKTIV DENKFABRIKAT lädt am 11. Jänner zur nächsten Runde von VERWIRRT in die Auslage. Nach Wien geholt hat man dafür ein wahres Multitalent der Elektronikszene. STEFAN GOLDMANN aus Berlin. Seines Zeichens DJ, Produzent, Labelhead von Macro Recordings und Kolumnist für das Programm des Berghain. Außerdem glänzt er in seiner mehr als zehn Jahre dauernden Karriere mit Releases auf Cocoon, Ovum, Systematic, Innervisions oder Perlon, hat eine Residency im Berghain und ist in Clubs rund um den Globus zu Hause. Ein Mann der genau weiß, wie man Musik macht.
Verwirrt wäre aber nicht Verwirrt, wenn im Line Up nicht irgendwo eine Premiere stecken würde. So auch diesmal. GABS LIVE wird den Besuch aus Berlin unterstützen. Der musikalische Wiener hat in den letzten Monaten mit gleich zwei Releases auf Traum Schallplatten (Extrawelt, Dominik Eulberg, etc.) für ordentlich Furore gesorgt und präsentiert bei Verwirrt zum allerersten Mal seinen Liveact. Man darf gespannt sein!
Support von Veranstalterseite kommt von Denkfabrikat Evergreen DISCOMASTER CONSOLE, sowie dem enorm talentierten SPIELKAMERAD.
Es ist also angerichtet und einer weiteren denkwürdigen Nacht im Rahmen von Verwirrt steht nichts im Weg!
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STEFAN GOLDMANN
Macro / Cocoon / Perlon
BERLIN - DE
GABS LIVE
Traum Schallplatten / LWZ
DISCOMASTER CONSOLE
Kollektiv Denkfabrikat / Vienna Wasted Youth
SPIELKAMERAD
Kollektiv Denkfabrikat
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Info:
VERWIRRT mit STEFAN GOLDMANN
Samstag, 11. Jänner 2014
Club Auslage
Lerchenfelder Gürtel 43
1160 Wien
5 ,- <23:59 H > 10,-
www.fb.com/denkfabrikat
www.denkfabrikat.net/verwirrt
www.club-auslage.at
Flyer: Vali Merl
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STEFAN GOLDMANN - biography
Changing techno from within, Stefan Goldmann has created his uniquely own version of contemporary art music. Neither constrained by the pitfalls of academism nor those of electronic club music functionality, his work topics range from micro details of production to macro concepts of exposing terminal points of entire musical genres or technical formats. His investigation into remixing might serve as an example here, including both, a remix that does not change the score at all while cutting up dozens of recordings (Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps), and one that replaces every sound bit until the original work is no longer present except for a ghostly structural shadow (Fennesz: Remiksz).
The choices and handling of methods and material often resemble the movements of an occupational force that swiftly takes strategic positions others misevaluated. These positions may be structural (such as specific tonal or rhythmic formations) or technological (such as “branding” the sound of a piece of gear by excessively exposing its sonic characteristics in a new context – think of the Fuzzprobe pedal in The Maze). The scope of his work seems vast, yet it is all essentially derived from the aesthetic and technical parameters of techno: sample, loop, edit, grid rhythm, track. Unified by a sharp focus in defining distinct aesthetic phenomena (as opposed to an “experimental” approach that discovers by chance), seemingly disparate outings form a cohesive, almost hermetic body of work.
For this reason DJing sets of house music is an activity pursued with the same rigor as scoring a ballet or conceiving performance formats such as Berghain’s Elektroakustischer Salon (a now monthly events series at Berlin’s emblematic music venue). The desire to reach beyond the obvious becomes as important as the need to move on rather than to dwell on the same subject repeatedly.
While being a dedicated agent of change, some recurring lines become visible. A notable constant in his work is the appropriation of musical sources, stretching the meaning of “sample” to its very boundaries. Seemingly independent streams of “found” recordings are set off against the primary musical constructions – huge, unedited chunks such as the choir in Lunatic Fringe rub against independent timelines. In Stefan Goldmann’s remix of Santiago Salazar’s Arcade a traditional Japanese ensemble breaks out of the track’s arrangement and takes over in order to remain on its own – the roles of “sample” and “track” being reversed midway. For his 17:50 album, sampling is reduced to an extrapolation of just the microtonal tunings and pitch bend movements of Chalga music – a pure abstraction with no actual sounds being lifted from the source at all, layering contradicting notions of the ready-made and the carefully sculpted within the very same work.
Another line of work evolves around format-specific compositions. Most remarkably realized with Haven’t I Seen You Before, employing the tape cassette as a means for circular composition, as well as The Grand Hemiola for a double vinyl 12” set of locked grooves at different rotation speeds, forming a polyrhythmic loop construction kit as an open work. This line culminates in the Ghost Hemiola remix of the latter, which reverses the whole process of digitalization: instead of content getting rid of its physical carrier, the carrier is freed from its content.
Ideas are judged by the results they allow. What reads well on paper but doesn’t create relevant results in audio is bypassed. Similarly, he has avoided covering all areas available. Especially where others already excel, he has been happy to step aside or to act as a catalyst only. This is preeminently true for his label Macro, founded in 2007 with Finn Johannsen, which built a group of peers rather than gathering artistic followers. For instance, Macro has become the home for the recorded output of Elektro Guzzi, which have emerged as the leading act of performing techno with live instruments. Similarly, Macro has released music by artists with a long track record and strong standing of their own, such as Patrick Cowley and Peter Kruder. Showcasing the work of individuals covering different areas of a greater whole at benchmark-setting levels is the beauty of Macro’s label policy. Live, these constellations have been presented at label events in Berlin, London, Paris, Washington DC, Vienna and Tokyo. With Macro, Stefan Goldmann has created a context and outlet for his ever moving targets.
Outside the club circuit he has developed works for Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Honen-In Temple in Kyoto, BASF Kulturprogramm, the Norwegian section of ISCM and several other festivals and institutions. In 2012 he was artist in residence at Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto, Japan. Currently, he also writes a bi-monthly column for Berghain’s flyer program.
Hier kommt das perfekte Setting für die exzessive Verwirrung von Basslines, Nachtvolk und positiver Energie! Plus Basswatschen, Konfetti, Nebel und Strobo. Alles klar?
▼
Das neue Jahr hat kaum begonnen und schon steht das erste Highlight vor der Tür. Das KOLLEKTIV DENKFABRIKAT lädt am 11. Jänner zur nächsten Runde von VERWIRRT in die Auslage. Nach Wien geholt hat man dafür ein wahres Multitalent der Elektronikszene. STEFAN GOLDMANN aus Berlin. Seines Zeichens DJ, Produzent, Labelhead von Macro Recordings und Kolumnist für das Programm des Berghain. Außerdem glänzt er in seiner mehr als zehn Jahre dauernden Karriere mit Releases auf Cocoon, Ovum, Systematic, Innervisions oder Perlon, hat eine Residency im Berghain und ist in Clubs rund um den Globus zu Hause. Ein Mann der genau weiß, wie man Musik macht.
Verwirrt wäre aber nicht Verwirrt, wenn im Line Up nicht irgendwo eine Premiere stecken würde. So auch diesmal. GABS LIVE wird den Besuch aus Berlin unterstützen. Der musikalische Wiener hat in den letzten Monaten mit gleich zwei Releases auf Traum Schallplatten (Extrawelt, Dominik Eulberg, etc.) für ordentlich Furore gesorgt und präsentiert bei Verwirrt zum allerersten Mal seinen Liveact. Man darf gespannt sein!
Support von Veranstalterseite kommt von Denkfabrikat Evergreen DISCOMASTER CONSOLE, sowie dem enorm talentierten SPIELKAMERAD.
Es ist also angerichtet und einer weiteren denkwürdigen Nacht im Rahmen von Verwirrt steht nichts im Weg!
++++++++
STEFAN GOLDMANN
Macro / Cocoon / Perlon
BERLIN - DE
GABS LIVE
Traum Schallplatten / LWZ
DISCOMASTER CONSOLE
Kollektiv Denkfabrikat / Vienna Wasted Youth
SPIELKAMERAD
Kollektiv Denkfabrikat
++++++++
Info:
VERWIRRT mit STEFAN GOLDMANN
Samstag, 11. Jänner 2014
Club Auslage
Lerchenfelder Gürtel 43
1160 Wien
5 ,- <23:59 H > 10,-
www.fb.com/denkfabrikat
www.denkfabrikat.net/verwirrt
www.club-auslage.at
Flyer: Vali Merl
++++++++
STEFAN GOLDMANN - biography
Changing techno from within, Stefan Goldmann has created his uniquely own version of contemporary art music. Neither constrained by the pitfalls of academism nor those of electronic club music functionality, his work topics range from micro details of production to macro concepts of exposing terminal points of entire musical genres or technical formats. His investigation into remixing might serve as an example here, including both, a remix that does not change the score at all while cutting up dozens of recordings (Stravinsky: Le Sacre Du Printemps), and one that replaces every sound bit until the original work is no longer present except for a ghostly structural shadow (Fennesz: Remiksz).
The choices and handling of methods and material often resemble the movements of an occupational force that swiftly takes strategic positions others misevaluated. These positions may be structural (such as specific tonal or rhythmic formations) or technological (such as “branding” the sound of a piece of gear by excessively exposing its sonic characteristics in a new context – think of the Fuzzprobe pedal in The Maze). The scope of his work seems vast, yet it is all essentially derived from the aesthetic and technical parameters of techno: sample, loop, edit, grid rhythm, track. Unified by a sharp focus in defining distinct aesthetic phenomena (as opposed to an “experimental” approach that discovers by chance), seemingly disparate outings form a cohesive, almost hermetic body of work.
For this reason DJing sets of house music is an activity pursued with the same rigor as scoring a ballet or conceiving performance formats such as Berghain’s Elektroakustischer Salon (a now monthly events series at Berlin’s emblematic music venue). The desire to reach beyond the obvious becomes as important as the need to move on rather than to dwell on the same subject repeatedly.
While being a dedicated agent of change, some recurring lines become visible. A notable constant in his work is the appropriation of musical sources, stretching the meaning of “sample” to its very boundaries. Seemingly independent streams of “found” recordings are set off against the primary musical constructions – huge, unedited chunks such as the choir in Lunatic Fringe rub against independent timelines. In Stefan Goldmann’s remix of Santiago Salazar’s Arcade a traditional Japanese ensemble breaks out of the track’s arrangement and takes over in order to remain on its own – the roles of “sample” and “track” being reversed midway. For his 17:50 album, sampling is reduced to an extrapolation of just the microtonal tunings and pitch bend movements of Chalga music – a pure abstraction with no actual sounds being lifted from the source at all, layering contradicting notions of the ready-made and the carefully sculpted within the very same work.
Another line of work evolves around format-specific compositions. Most remarkably realized with Haven’t I Seen You Before, employing the tape cassette as a means for circular composition, as well as The Grand Hemiola for a double vinyl 12” set of locked grooves at different rotation speeds, forming a polyrhythmic loop construction kit as an open work. This line culminates in the Ghost Hemiola remix of the latter, which reverses the whole process of digitalization: instead of content getting rid of its physical carrier, the carrier is freed from its content.
Ideas are judged by the results they allow. What reads well on paper but doesn’t create relevant results in audio is bypassed. Similarly, he has avoided covering all areas available. Especially where others already excel, he has been happy to step aside or to act as a catalyst only. This is preeminently true for his label Macro, founded in 2007 with Finn Johannsen, which built a group of peers rather than gathering artistic followers. For instance, Macro has become the home for the recorded output of Elektro Guzzi, which have emerged as the leading act of performing techno with live instruments. Similarly, Macro has released music by artists with a long track record and strong standing of their own, such as Patrick Cowley and Peter Kruder. Showcasing the work of individuals covering different areas of a greater whole at benchmark-setting levels is the beauty of Macro’s label policy. Live, these constellations have been presented at label events in Berlin, London, Paris, Washington DC, Vienna and Tokyo. With Macro, Stefan Goldmann has created a context and outlet for his ever moving targets.
Outside the club circuit he has developed works for Nationaltheater Mannheim, the Honen-In Temple in Kyoto, BASF Kulturprogramm, the Norwegian section of ISCM and several other festivals and institutions. In 2012 he was artist in residence at Villa Kamogawa in Kyoto, Japan. Currently, he also writes a bi-monthly column for Berghain’s flyer program.