Label: Black Rose Recordings

ドイツのハンブルク出身、10歳でミュージックコンクレートに興味を持ち18歳よりテープループ実験を開始した人気の大ベテラン作家Asmus Tietchens。氏の諸作に大きな影響を与えているルーマニアの思想家エミール・シオラン、そしてドイツ文学者ウルリッヒ・ホルストマン、この2者からのインスピレーションを落とし込んだソロ・アルバム[Schatten Ohne Licht]。本作のテーマは人間が住めない鉱物の世界、即ちディストピアをコンセプトとした作品であり、そのイメージ通り色の無い音塊が全6パートに渡りランダムに浮遊するというもの。

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Black Rose Recordings are proud to present the exceptional new album by Asmus Tietchens.

EM Cioran plays a very important role in most of Tietchen's work and this release is no different. For this release Cioran has a fellow anthropofugal thinker: Ulrich Horstmann. The theme of this release deals with a return to a mineral world without any organic species, and therefore uninhabitable for human beings. This very radical dystopia serves as a foil to the six chapters of "Schatten Ohne Licht". There is something profound about the music. It can be slow and is certainly contemplative. Maybe the music is a sign of the state of our times?

As a pioneer of electronic composition his work spans over four decades and doesn't fit easily into any one category. Early recordings ranged from experiments with tape machines and electronic sound through to experimental pop. Later works were a more sculptural blend of abstract microelectronics, industrial sounds and musique concrete. Never straightforward or obvious, always unpredictable and innovative. His ground-breaking music influences many working in today's electronic music scene. He has worked almost exclusively as a solo artist, but other releases have seen him collaborate with well-known and diverse artists such as Dieter Moebius (Cluster & Harmonia), Thomas Koener, Richard Chartier, and Merzbow.