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Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Hysteria
Label:	AFTERHOURS (JAPAN)
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	AH 017 CD

"An assemblage of intriguing electro/acoustic elements, Hysteria is the newest offering from Munich's esteemed Kammerflimmer Kollektief, (translation: The Shimmering Collective). Pulling from influences such as 60's free jazz masters John Coltrane and Eric Dolphy, to 70's experimentalists Robert Wyatt and AMM, Kammerflimmer Kollektief combines the knowledge of form with the whim of improvisation. Incorporating samples, analog synths, and a plethora of stringed instruments, (including an acoustic jazz ensemble), Hysteria taunts the fine line of control between abstraction and realism, with a beauty that's stunning at times." Limited stock.

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Hysteria
Label:	QUECKSILBER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	QUECK 007CD

"Re-release of this long-deleted Kammerflimmer Kollektief classic feat. 15min+ of new studio recordings. An assemblage of intriguing electro/acoustic elements, Hysteria is the newest offering from Karlsruhe's Kammerflimmer Kollektief. Incorporating samples, analog synths, and a plethora of stringed instruments (including an acoustic jazz ensemble), Hysteria taunts the fine line of control between abstraction and realism, with a beauty that's stunning at times. Kammerflimmer Kollektief began as the one-man experimental excursions of Thomas Weber. Trapping ambient noise, live and synthetic drums, guitars, strings, upright bass and keyboards into interlocking rhythmic explosions, Weber expanded the group to a live six piece in 1999 and has been brilliant and busy ever since. From their Karlsruhe, Germany home base, this ensemble effortlessly blends experimental electronic elements and moody free-form jazz to stunning effect. File under: cosmic country."

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Remixed Part 1
Label:	STAUBGOLD (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	STAUB 063EP

After the successful and critically-acclaimed release of Kammerflimmer Kollektief's Absencen album in spring of 2005, Staubgold now offers the first in a series of two remix 12"s featuring four beautiful and kicking mixes, done by Jan Jelinek, Aoki Takamasa, Nôze and David Last. Kammerflimmer Kollektief have been compared to Amon Düül, Four Tet, The Notwist, Styrofoam, the Morr Music roster, etc. Musique concrète, soundscapes, country, free jazz, the scores of yet unmade films -- all these components make up Kollektief's art without ever being there simply for their own sake, a fact which they communicate to the listener.

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Remixed
Label:	STAUBGOLD (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	STAUB 070CD

This is the sixth album by this German sextet, based in Karlsruhe. With previous albums on Staubgold, Quecksilber, Afterhours, and Temporary Residence, they have been compared to Amon Düül, Four Tet, The Notwist, Styrofoam, the Morr Music roster, etc. Musique concrète, soundscapes, country, free jazz, jazz, the scores of yet unmade films etc., all these components make up Kollektief's art without ever being there simply for their own sake, a fact which they communicate to the listener. After the successful and critically acclaimed release of their Absencen album in 2005, Staubgold now offers a killer collection of remixes, previously only released on two limited edition 12" EPs. Besides the eight mixes by Jan Jelinek, Sutekh, Aoki Takamasa, Secondo, Radian, Nôze, David Last and Lump200 which appeared on the vinyls, this CD also includes two exclusive bonus mixes by Hans Appelqvist and David Last again, now under his Pocket Pet alias.

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Jinx
Label:	STAUBGOLD (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	STAUB 077CD

This is the sixth full-length release from Karlsruhe, Germany's Kammerflimmer Kollektief, recorded by Tobias Levin at Electric Avenue Studio. This band is still a "collective," although within the last years and extensive touring through Europe, a group of three core members emerged from the original line-up: Thomas Weber (guitar, electronics, piano), Heike Aumüller (harmonium, vocals, synthesizer, percussion) and Johannes Frisch (double bass and percussion). Whispering, a laid-back pop rhythm and something that sounds like an overwound gramophone, the eight songs on Jinx leave the wide-screen cinemascope soundscapes of the previous albums behind. With their serenity, these songs sound almost like a sediment of the band's earlier approach. This becomes evident in a track like "Nest" (which is reminiscent of the folk-jazz-approach of early Pentangle albums), or the beautifully minimalist yet very touching country-epic "Live At The Cactus Tree Motel." Faced with this music, the usual groping for stylistic comparisons and genre attributions appears more helpless than ever. This is mainly due to the focused use of instrumental improvisation on this album. In their dialogue with the sound impulse, the musicians re-endow data-folk with a body and electronic music with its metaphysics. This becomes evident on both the title track and in "Both Eyes Tight Shut," where in a repetitive swing, Aumüller's voice persistently fishes half-words from the vortex of sound particles. On "Gammler, Zen & Hohe Berge," a tiny echo from the beat on a small wood block that is electronically slowed down, dies away. Time drips through the spheres, quietly. Jinx -- the mythological bird that heralds bad luck -- comes to you when you return from the quest for happiness in the computer game world of virtual identities. With Jinx, the Kammerflimmer Kollektief has created a touching soundtrack for these moments -- when you leave the simulated wonderworld of commerce like "Second Life," when you log off your avatar and suddenly find yourself confronted with the disdainful universality of your own thinking.

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Jinx
Label:	STAUBGOLD (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	STAUB 077LP

LP version. This is the sixth full-length release from Karlsruhe, Germany's Kammerflimmer Kollektief, recorded by Tobias Levin at Electric Avenue Studio. This band is still a "collective," although within the last years and extensive touring through Europe, a group of three core members emerged from the original line-up: Thomas Weber (guitar, electronics, piano), Heike Aumüller (harmonium, vocals, synthesizer, percussion) and Johannes Frisch (double bass and percussion). Whispering, a laid-back pop rhythm and something that sounds like an overwound gramophone, the eight songs on Jinx leave the wide-screen cinemascope soundscapes of the previous albums behind. With their serenity, these songs sound almost like a sediment of the band's earlier approach. This becomes evident in a track like "Nest" (which is reminiscent of the folk-jazz-approach of early Pentangle albums), or the beautifully minimalist yet very touching country-epic "Live At The Cactus Tree Motel." Faced with this music, the usual groping for stylistic comparisons and genre attributions appears more helpless than ever. This is mainly due to the focused use of instrumental improvisation on this album. In their dialogue with the sound impulse, the musicians re-endow data-folk with a body and electronic music with its metaphysics. This becomes evident on both the title track and in "Both Eyes Tight Shut," where in a repetitive swing, Aumüller's voice persistently fishes half-words from the vortex of sound particles. On "Gammler, Zen & Hohe Berge," a tiny echo from the beat on a small wood block that is electronically slowed down, dies away. Time drips through the spheres, quietly. Jinx -- the mythological bird that heralds bad luck -- comes to you when you return from the quest for happiness in the computer game world of virtual identities. With Jinx, the Kammerflimmer Kollektief has created a touching soundtrack for these moments -- when you leave the simulated wonderworld of commerce like "Second Life," when you log off your avatar and suddenly find yourself confronted with the disdainful universality of your own thinking.

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Wildling
Label:	STAUBGOLD (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STAUB 097CD

German music conglomeration Kammerflimmer Kollektief presents another release for Staubgold, Wildling. Cemented into the core trio of members Thomas Weber (guitar, electronics, piano), Heike Aumüller (harmonium, vocals, synthesizer, percussion) and Johannes Frisch (double bass and percussion), the Kollektief is at its most impassioned and emotive. Aumüller sits on the floor, making music, singing in a type of English which can only be understood by people who truly listen. Frisch fondles his double bass like Kate Bush did in her video to "Babooshka." But while Kate Bush didn't play, Frisch does while simultaneously playing around with it, winding himself around the instrument. On the other side sits Weber, bent over his guitar, occasionally operating the electronics in front of him, while his other hand plays the guitar. What one sees there is vulnerable and strong at the same time. The Kammerflimmer Kollektief has made itself strong, had made itself strong even before it merged into a band and then as a band, it grew even stronger. And more vulnerable. Where the music used to be beautiful, it is now powerful and momentous. Dietmar Dath speaks the truth when he suggests that one should listen to this music loud -- because in this way it acquires even more depth. The Kammerflimmer Kollektief is as lucid and precise as those moods which Austrian writer Robert Musil (who is above suspicion of a being a romanticist) called "daylight mysticism." The lyrics and the music want to be heard, they want to be explored, even suffered. Sound builds songs which are made of sounds, and yet they're no longer songs. Wildling is the trio's strongest and most vulnerable album to date. It is a solipsist which floats solitary in its own space, somewhere between the orbits of jazz, Krautrock, pop and hell. This space is an earthly heaven, which we are permitted to inhabit -- if we only can hear, with our ears as well as our heads.

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Teufelskamin
Label:	STAUBGOLD (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STAUBANA 009LP

LP version. What is a "Teufelskamin?" A "Devil's Chimney" is a natural geological phenomenon, a natural rock formation built by tidal powers. Take for example, the natural shaft on the Crozon peninsula in Brittany, France. Waves push into this pit and spit out a giant jet of seawater. Watch out! It's a cold, Satanic soup coming from Hell's kitchen. When chef Satan starts cooking, wet showers come out of his hut, not dry smoke. At least the devil cooks with water. What is cooking when the old Kammerflimmer Kollektief invites you to sit on their Teufelskamin? There is a familiar electric guitar that takes you on a ride into black mountains. There is the ground making the sound of the breath of an Indian harmonium. There is the gentle, dark push from an upright bass. And there is the female voice amplifying wordless moods over wordless songs. For years now, the Kammerflimmer Kollektief have skillfully sailed waves of various musical genres. On Teufelskamin, a spooky guitar sound, a sort of "Surf Noir" is the new ingredient. And bravely, they call out for Albert Ayler's helping ghost. Kammerflimmer Kollektief has created a great, authentic dish over a nice long-running fire, and like the devil, they cook with water. Cool, cool water. Heike Aumüller, Johannes Frisch and Thomas Weber stir up some salty beauty from which no one can escape.

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Teufelskamin
Label:	STAUBGOLD (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	STAUBDIG 016CD

What is a "Teufelskamin?" A "Devil's Chimney" is a natural geological phenomenon, a natural rock formation built by tidal powers. Take for example, the natural shaft on the Crozon peninsula in Brittany, France. Waves push into this pit and spit out a giant jet of seawater. Watch out! It's a cold, Satanic soup coming from Hell's kitchen. When chef Satan starts cooking, wet showers come out of his hut, not dry smoke. At least the devil cooks with water. What is cooking when the old Kammerflimmer Kollektief invites you to sit on their Teufelskamin? There is a familiar electric guitar that takes you on a ride into black mountains. There is the ground making the sound of the breath of an Indian harmonium. There is the gentle, dark push from an upright bass. And there is the female voice amplifying wordless moods over wordless songs. For years now, the Kammerflimmer Kollektief have skillfully sailed waves of various musical genres. On Teufelskamin, a spooky guitar sound, a sort of "Surf Noir" is the new ingredient. And bravely, they call out for Albert Ayler's helping ghost. Kammerflimmer Kollektief has created a great, authentic dish over a nice long-running fire, and like the devil, they cook with water. Cool, cool water. Heike Aumüller, Johannes Frisch and Thomas Weber stir up some salty beauty from which no one can escape.

Artist:	KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF
Title:	Cicadidae
Label:	TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED
Format:	CD
Price:	$13.00
Catalog #:	TRR 060CD

"Combining brass and string instruments, electronics, drums, percussion and keyboards, Cicadidae sees the band communicating with each other in the spaces between control and loss of control, intuition and reflection, density and transparency. The childlike brilliance of their melodies renders you weightless, with an occasional thumping pulse to keep you from losing your balance. Formerly drawing comparisons to To Rococo Rot, Amon Düül II and Third Eye Foundation for their cold, dark anthems, Cicadidae finds more in common with the lighter side of the German underground, specifically the mates of The Notwist, Styrofoam, the Morr Music roster and Icelandic darlings, Mum. Cicadidae offers Kammerflimmer Kollektief the chance to not only grab those that have followed all along, but also the folks that have wanted to love them all along, but couldn't shake the feeling of being pushed away. Where before there was a push, now there is an irresistible pull."

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