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Artist:	FRIEDMAN & JAKI LIEBEZEIT, BURNT
Title:	Secret Rhythms
Label:	NONPLACE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	NON 009CD

"Burnt Freidman and Jaki Liebezeit, both masters of deferral and playable un-playability, are living proof that freestyle-paced-hearts need neither race nor rattle. Operating expansively on utterly different levels on the other side of redundancy, they reduce hypertonic levels yet generate agitation through unpredictability. With two more musicians at their side, Josef Suchy and Morten Grønvad, they constitute a musical organism and the extraordinarily brilliant and dynamic sound quality invite both jazz aficionado and clubber to bask luxuriantly in the seductive live ambience. On Playing Secret Rhythms Burnt Friedman congenially transfers his typical emotionally operative method to the task of processing the instrumentalists' live musical elements to produce an elegantly resonating G4 assembly. By casually inserting keyboard and steel-drum sections, Friedman floods the constructions with their own bizarre beauty -- and a considerable portion of systole dub reminding us of his work with the Nu Dub Players. His partner on Playing Secret Rhythms is Jaki Liebezeit, a master of the pause and the stop, who is famous for the cyclical and liberating beat he produced as the drummer in the legendary Krautrock outfit Can from 1969 to 1978. He has trimmed back his drums: the pedals have gone and pure drum-skin remains. Friedman and Liebezeit are backed up by electric-guitar fusion legend Josef Suchy who collaborated previously with Friedman on his albums Con Ritmo and Plays Love Songs and Morten Grønvad who has proven his virtuosity in Señor Coconut among others. Plays Secret Rhythms knows no rules of play -- intuition and imagination permit no boundaries."

Artist:	FRIEDMAN & JAKI LIEBEZEIT, BURNT
Title:	Secret Rhythms 2
Label:	NONPLACE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	NON 019CD

This is the follow-up to Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit's first collaborative album Secret Rhythms, which came out on Nonplace in 2002. Employing the universal, secret rhythm of the 4/4 bar, Friedman & Liebezeit have been playing live all over the world, improving their cyclic grooves and creating new ones. The 8 tracks on Secret Rhythms 2 are no overt spectacular high-brow arrangement hellraisers -- while being tight and containing a large amount of curious suspense, these secret rhythms are playful, open, transparent, sequential, hypnotic even. In this respect, Friedman & Liebezeit lean to the world music side, without giving in to the temptation of any jazz instrumentation or even improvisation. The first two pieces on Secret Rhythms 2 were released in May 2005 on the vinyl-only LP Out In The Sticks (NON 017LP) and appear here in completely new versions. The only vocal track on this album "The Librarian" is a collaboration with David Sylvian. The song appears in a different version on the album Snow Borne Sorrow of the band Nine Horses, consisting of Sylvian, Steve Jansen and Burnt Friedman on the label Samadhi Sound. In addition to Friedman & Liebezeit, guitarist Tim Motzer weaves funky touches all the way through. Lined up for the group's live appearances and studio recordings is Hayden Chisholm on clarinet and melodica. Other guest musicians are Morten Grønvad (vibraharp), Daniel Schroeter (bass guitar) and Joseph Suchy (electric guitar).

Artist:	FRIEDMAN & JAKI LIEBEZEIT, BURNT
Title:	Secret Rhythms 2
Label:	NONPLACE (GERMANY)
Format:	2LP
Price:	$16.50
Catalog #:	NON 019LP

Double LP version. This is the follow-up to Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit's first collaborative album Secret Rhythms, which came out on Nonplace in 2002. Employing the universal, secret rhythm of the 4/4 bar, Friedman & Liebezeit have been playing live all over the world, improving their cyclic grooves and creating new ones. The 8 tracks on Secret Rhythms 2 are no overt spectacular high-brow arrangement hellraisers -- while being tight and containing a large amount of curious suspense, these secret rhythms are playful, open, transparent, sequential, hypnotic even. LP version contains 2 variants to the CD: instrumental version of "The Librarian" (minus the vocals of David Sylvian) and an exclusive track: "Caracoles".

Artist:	FRIEDMAN & JAKI LIEBEZEIT, BURNT
Title:	Unlimited Edition
Label:	NONPLACE (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	NON 024EP

Burnt Friedman and Jaki Liebezeit (Can) present two new pieces as a pre-taster of their third album. Both musicians share a preference for so-called secret rhythms, which means that the rhythms are not hidden but less common, often foreign to Western culture. The two adventurous arrangements unfold an uncommonly hypnotic effect for respectively 10 minutes: a monstrous production, tapped from the instruments with the maximum possible degree of immediacy, and psychedelicized by Friedman's notorious dub technique.

Artist:	FRIEDMAN & JAKI LIEBEZEIT, BURNT
Title:	Secret Rhythms 3
Label:	NONPLACE (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	NON 025CD

This is the third release in Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit's collaborative Secret Rhythms series, following Secret Rhythms 2, released by Nonplace in 2006. Jaki Liebezeit, together with Burnt Friedman continues to pursue a vision of new music. If it is still possible to establish a link with Liebezeit's past as a founding member of Can (1968-1978), then it lies in the spirit with which he seeks, then as now, new musical forms. The post-Can Liebezeit not only created his own cycle-based drum system but also developed an innovative drum set that concentrates on the essentials. Friedman and Liebezeit came together in Cologne in 2001, having recognized that they were on the same musical wavelength, sharing a preference for so-called "secret rhythms," which means that the rhythms are not hidden, but less common -- often foreign to Western culture. Friedman's amorphous sequences and placeless sound particles adhere to the same understanding of rhythm, allowing the two heterogeneous sound generators to perfectly intermesh and form a unit both acoustically and electronically. While the solo parts (vibraphone, guitar, and keyboard) set the tone of part 1 and 2 was colored by the singing of David Sylvian, the seven instrumental titles on part 3 dispense with soloist actions and dominant actors. All the voices and elements, which perform a circling movement forward like links in a chain, enjoy equal rights. Electronic and acoustic sound like they have always belonged together. "Die Ehrliche Haut" and "Wirklich Version" first appeared on parts 1 & 2 respectively, but were re-edited on a dub plate and slowed down. Burnt Friedman takes the credit for production, overdubs, and arranging the pieces on all three albums. Recorded in stages in the studio or rehearsal space over the course of months, the material finally emerges in the concentrated form of 5 to 10-minute songs, although terms like beginning or end have nothing to do with music of this kind. Other musicians include Hayden Chisholm, Tim Motzer, and Joseph Suchy.

Artist:	FRIEDMAN & JAKI LIEBEZEIT, BURNT
Title:	Secret Rhythms 3
Label:	NONPLACE (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	NON 025LP

Previously released on CD by Nonplace, this is the third release in Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit's collaborative Secret Rhythms series. The instrumental titles of SR3 dispense with soloist actions and dominant actors. All the voices and elements, which perform a circling movement forward like links in a chain, enjoy equal rights. The material finally emerges in the concentrated form of 5-10 minute songs, exploring territory beyond the current style reproductions, that is to say: remote from retro or recycling! Secret Rhythms 3 was tapped from the instruments with the maximum possible degree of immediacy, and psychedelized by Friedman's notorious dub technique. Other musicians include Hayden Chisholm, Tim Motzer, and Joseph Suchy.

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