Karl Bösmann - Euphoria Mitte

"Karl Bösmann irritates. His name alone, which reminds of Kafka's wayfarer to America, Karl Rossmann, is ambiguous. A mixture of sinister and "typical german", where you can think of one of Alexander Kluge's "Case Histories", which show in particular austerity the deceitfulness of fate. In fact his debut "Das Kind in der Kuche" (2004) exactly met this impression. Since 1999 he is working around a spectrum from avantgarde to contemporary music, playing with nearly all elements of these genres without sounding clichéd. Musical influences range from AMM and Aube through Nurse With Wound and Organum to Ghédalia Tazartès and Xenakis, and so set his ambitions at a very high level. His soundscapes - published by labels such as Tosom, Domestic Violence Recordings, Verato Project and Youdonthavetocallitmusic - oscillate between programme music and abstraction, leaving no doubt about the maturity and intensity of his talent. In more prosaic words, Bosmann follows no rules. His impulse is to experiment, and to create timeless solid buildings of tones. Bosmann constructs, in the good old tradition of electroacoustic music, with instruments played by himself, and completely without the fashionable chic of a laptop: minimal repetitive passages, especially drones that vibrate in themselves, that flash, shimmer and take a character and 3D-quality of its own. Phill Niblock and Ligeti could come to the back of your mind, a resonance that is an honour to both sides."
Rigobert Dittmann (Bad Alchemy)

Tracklist:
1. Binäre Verbindung (9:31)
2. Fieldrecording Collage Art Exhibition Italy 09 I (4:08)
3. Le Coucher Du Soleil Romantique (11:17)
4. Fieldrecording Collage Art Exhibition Italy 09 II (3:44)
5. Japanese Garden (7:16)
6. Baile/Hair (2:23)
7. Around The Sun (6:54)
8. One Hour Howard Beach Train Extrakt (2:15)
9. Dante (8:18)
10. Anekdote II (1:52)
11. Movimento (12:37)