Label: Penultimate Press - PP31CD

ここ1、2年で様々な発掘音源が出版されている、2008年に他界したデンマークのフルクサス系作家Henning Christiansen。その一連の作品の中でも取り分けオススメしたいのが本作[Op.192 Umwälzung]。ディスク1、2共に約1時間の収録となっており、その間ほぼ垂れ流しの様な異様過ぎるテープヒス・ランドスケープが展開するというハードコアなノイジー録音。こういった録音をあまり残していないという点でも非常に貴重な一枚です。大推薦。



Op.192 UMWÄLZUNG – fluxorum organum 1990 EURASIENSTAB ist immernoch ANGELPUNKT is a previously unissued work by Henning Christiansen from 1990.

Around the formation of the European Union Henning approached his original Eurasienstab organ recordings from 1968 as a platform to remold a vast amount of audio he made over the subsequent years

This special 2CD release comprises two different mixes of UMWÄLZUNG that were made for Werner Durand in 1990 to be used as backing tapes for a performance at Ballhaus Naunynstrasse in February 1990.

UMWÄLZUNG is unique in Henning’s output as it resides in a more contemporary landscape positioning itself more as a ‘mix’ than a stand alone recording. One which retains the skewered sensibility that only Henning could conjure.

The two hour long versions of UMWÄLZUNG are haunted with tape hiss, weird interference and a deeply melancholic aura that moves from the original Eurasienstab organ recordings through to the somewhat hysterical 180 Hammer Blows Against War Monkeys resulting in an epic and hypnotic excursion.

As unusual and inspired as the best of Henning’s works Penultimate Press, in full cooperation with the Henning Christiansen estate, is extremely proud to release this 2CD in a mini album gatefold sleeve in an edition of 500 copies.