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Artist:	GESELLSCHAFT ZUR EMANZIPATION DES SAMPLES
Title:	Circulations
Label:	FAITICHE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	FAITICHE 002CD

This is the second release on Jan Jelinek's Faitiche label. The Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples translates to: "Society for the Emancipation of Sampling." G.E.S. is no official entity, but rather a rough idea, an association without membership or manifestation committed to one primary and pragmatic notion: financial backing and legal support in case of active breaches of copyright associated with the process of sampling. The audio collage that comprises Circulations emerged from random recordings of pop songs played through the PA of a fairground carousel. Picture the scene: bumper cars racing to Bruce Springsteen's "Born In The USA," a carousel turning to Marvin Gaye's "Sexual Healing," but also think about the projector sounds at the cinema or the sine generators in a sound installation: all of these are recordings of public space, and yet, they contain not only the ambient sounds of their specific point of origin, but also a discrete and distinct recognizable moment. We will always be able to decipher and disassociate "Sexual Healing" from the random noise of public space, irrespective of location. But, to what extent does the act of making a recording affect potential copyright claims? Are Marvin Gaye's publishers entitled to royalties because the recording of a merry-go-round conveys traces of "Sexual Healing?" Circulations aims to restage this particular recording premise. Playback devices are placed in public space, broadcasting the desired sampling material, and the recordings of them bear witness to free ownership. Even where authorship is still recognizable, the resulting field recordings relegate music to a casual, circulating background element -- just one event among many, equal to ambient acoustics, casual conversations and traffic noise. Circulations choreographs a recording situation and, at the same time, the utopia of a space unfettered by copyright. This could be a potential solution to the criminalization of sampling: take your sources and sample them in public space. The CD contains 20 beautiful, ethereal miniature collages, assembled almost entirely from such recordings. In some cases, the public aspect is palpable, in others, it is hardly noticeable, depending on the degree of processing. To pre-empt disappointment: neither Springsteen's "Born In The USA" nor Gaye's "Sexual Healing" have found their way into these collages. The author himself purports to be an anonymous member of the G.E.S.

Artist:	FUJITA & JAN JELINEK, MASAYOSHI
Title:	Bird, Lake, Objects
Label:	FAITICHE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$18.00
Catalog #:	FAITICHE 003CD

The Faitiche label presents a collaboration between Berlin-based vibraphonist Masayoshi Fujita and Faitiche label-head/electronic musician Jan Jelinek. Queried on his favorite word in the German language, Masayoshi Fujita will pick "getragen" for its semantic signifiers, its inherent sense of "expansive, deep, quiet and sombre." And yet, "getragen" leaves plenty of room for interpretation. Does this definition apply to Bird, Lake, Objects? Only to a limited extent. Compared to previous Faitiche releases, Bird, Lake, Objects is certainly the most "getragen" of them all. From a distance, these tracks seem rather introspective, cautious even -- and reflect the recording situation: deliberately pared down, reduced to a single microphone in space and a separate track for all other instruments -- each movement and action chronicled by the treacherous mike. This presented multiple issues and external influences during the recording process: fire engine screams, street noise and footfalls became part of the recordings and part of their improvisatory nature. Each movement required careful orchestration, fully aware of its irrevocable nature. Space itself was always present and an audible entity, except on "Stripped To RM" (recorded without a microphone or vibraphone track). This record is a contemplative, aural meditation combining washes of ever-expanding electronic crackles and pulses with the gentle, droning resonance of the vibraphone. Masayoshi prepared his instrument with pieces of metal, strips of foil and similar objects. The resulting new sounds, akin to distortions, help to expand the vibraphone spectrum without eroding the instrument's intrinsic character or even abandoning it altogether. Besides his extremely reduced and deliberate style of playing, it is this aural redefinition that makes Masayoshi Fujita's craft so remarkable. Masayoshi's wood prints on the cover and booklet of Bird, Lake, Objects present concise, abstract and monochrome landscapes that are a visual complement to this music.

Artist:	BOGNER, URSULA
Title:	Sonne = Blackbox
Label:	FAITICHE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD/BOOK
Price:	$38.50
Catalog #:	FAITICHE 005CD

The world first learned of unknown housewife/mother/pharmacist/electronic experimentalist Ursula Bogner's work in 2008. Since then, her identity has been surrounded by rumors, her graphic work has been exhibited (CEACC, Strasbourg, France, 2011 and elsewhere) and her compositional instructions have been performed (by Mo Loschelder, Andrew Pekler, Kassian Troyer, Jan Jelinek, among others). The release of Sonne = Blackbox brings together all of these aspects in one CD and book: compiled by Andrew Pekler, the CD presents Bogner's early experiments with voice and tape music -- a previously-unknown, emotional side of her music is revealed here through her singing. The 126-page book contains, along with drawings, photos and other curiosities from Bogner's life, an introduction by Jan Jelinek, texts by Momus, Andrew Pekler, Tim Tetzner and Bettina Klein as well as interviews with the orgone researcher Jürgen Fischer and the ethnographer Kiwi Menrath. Sonne = Blackbox attempts to locate Ursula Bogner, the sound experimentalist within broader cultural history. A central theme is the phenomenon of fake: how did the erroneous suspicion of fakery come about in the case of Ursula Bogner and what is a post-fake? Answers in this book. No Neo (Ursula Bogner, 1971, Maas Media Vol. 43, ISBN 978-3-940999-25-2); Deluxe edition in a card-box: with CD (FAITICHE 005) and book (MAAS MEDIA). Text in English/German; Introduction by Jan Jelinek. Texts by: Momus, Kiwi Menrath, Jürgen Fischer, Bettina Klein, Tim Tetzner, Andrew Pekler. Book and CD in card-box. Pages: 126; Bound: 14 x 21 cm with numerous photographs, drawings and compositional instructions. CD compiled by Andrew Pekler. Total time: 35:12 mins. Last copies.

Artist:	BOGNER, URSULA
Title:	Sonne = Blackbox
Label:	FAITICHE (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	FAITICHE 005LP

Limited repress. LP version. Subtitled: Voice And Tape Music. The world first learned of unknown housewife/mother/pharmacist/electronic experimentalist Ursula Bogner's work in 2008. Since then, her identity has been surrounded by rumors, her graphic work has been exhibited (CEACC, Strasbourg, France, 2011 and elsewhere) and her compositional instructions have been performed (by Mo Loschelder, Andrew Pekler, Kassian Troyer, Jan Jelinek, among others).

Artist:	FARBEN
Title:	Xango
Label:	FAITICHE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	FAITICHE 006EP

Faitiche proudly announces the release of the second Farben 12" single. Xango gathers four new recordings that exhibit a sketch-like quality and make do without complex arrangements. While "Eroten Reiten Auf Einen Delphin" is based on a previously-unreleased theme by Ursula Bogner, the remaining three tracks perfectly exemplify the spontaneity and simplicity of Jan Jelinek's current recordings. Farben's erstwhile wish to translate the sexiness of a Burt Bacharach song into club music is taken up again on "Xango."

Artist:	GESELLSCHAFT ZUR EMANZIPATION DES SAMPLES
Title:	More Circulations
Label:	FAITICHE (GERMANY)
Format:	7"
Price:	$12.00
Catalog #:	FAITICHE 007EP

Faitiche presents four new recordings from the Gesellschaft Zur Emanzipation Des Samples (G.E.S.). On More Circulations, G.E.S. instigate the following recording situations: audio playback devices are placed in public spaces in order to play the desired sample material. The resulting recordings document collages from public spaces: a hotel lobby in Lanzerote, a registry office in Berlin, Copenhagen's Tivoli garden, a beach on the Portuguese coast, the old town of Geneva as well a Mercedes Benz on the way to Eindhoven.

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