CD - [old school] John CAGE, [old school] James TENNEY, Live Dates

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2 NEW CDs OUT!! [see below] // LIVE DATES
UPCOMING LIVE_DATES:

[27/03/2010] Festival de Printemps @ MONACO, MONACO
incl. J.S.Bach: Johannespassion Cheap Imitation (WP)

[29/04/2009] TRIENNALE KÖLN @ COLOGNE, GERMANY
new cooperation with Markus Popp a.k.a. oval

The internationally acclaimed "hilarious releases" [vital weekly] of
zeitkratzer records will continue with the new series [old school]. The
first two CDs, dedicated to the music of John Cage [zkr0009] and James
Tenney [zkr0010] are now released together. The collaboration of  
zeitkratzer
with William Bennett /Whitehouse [zkr0007], recorded live in 2009 in
Marseille/France and Den Haag/Netherlands, will follow this summer.  
Later in
2010, the [old school] series will continue with two more releases,
dedicated to the music of Alvin Lucier [zkr0011] and Morton Feldman
[zkr0012] respectively.

zeitkratzer [old school] John Cage  //PRESS COPIES AVAILABLE !!!
zkr0009 Cage Cover for web      zkr0009 Label
performed by zeitkratzer, all music by John Cage
CD zkr0009 , Barcode: 881390642922
Release Date: April 16, 2010 , [DOUBLE RELEASE w/ zkr0010 Morton Feldman]
1| John Cage           Four6  [1992]          30:00
2| John Cage           Five [1988]             5:00
3| John Cage           Hymnkus [1986]      30:00
John Cage's compositions have been part of zeitkratzer's repertoire  
since
the very first day. The pieces presented here justify zeitkratzer's
reputation as sound specialists. Avant-garde composer Cage is played  
in a
conservative, precise and sensual way, apart from all philosophical
ambitions, and hopefully as seductive as a Schubert quintet! The "Wire
Magazine" acclaimed: zeitkratzer convinced us that Cage's music can  
still
live with all its complexities, stripped of the debris of its iconic-
ironic
status, if we only give ourselves time, space and ears to hear!
zeitkratzer, directed by Reinhold Friedl || Frank Gratkowski <  
bassclarinet,
clarinet || Hayden Chisholm < clarinet || Franz Hautzinger < trumpet ||
Reinhold Friedl < piano || Maurice de Martin < percussion || Burkhard
Schlothauer < violin || Anton Lukoszevieze < cello || Uli Phillipp <
doublebass || Ralf Meinz < sound || recorded live at Huddersfield
Contemporary Music Festival, UK, November 26, 2006, recorded and mixed  
by
Ralf Meinz and Reinhold Friedl, produced by Burkhard Schlothauer,  
executive producer: Reinhold Friedl

zkr0010: zeitkratzer [old school] James Tenney //PRESS COPIES  
AVAILABLE !!!
zkr0010 Tenney Cover for web     zkr0010 Label
performed by zeitkratzer, all music by James Tenney
CD zkr0010, Barcode: 881390643028
Release Date: April 16, 2010, [DOUBLE RELEASE w/ zkr0009 John Cage]
1|  James Tenney    Critical Band [1988]           17:13
2|  James Tenney    Harmonium #2 [1976]        19:44
3|  James Tenney    Koan: Having Never Written A Note For Percussion  
[1971]
10:22
James Tenney's music has been part of zeitkratzer's repertoire for  
almost a
decade. This CD presents a new recording of Critical Band - Tenney's  
late
classic - with maximum clarity. Also included is the first recording of
Harmonium #2. Both works demonstrate the remarkable power and  
resplendent
sharpness which Tenney achieved by composing with pure tunings. Koan:  
Having
Never Written A Note For Percussion for tam-tam completes this CD with  
an
orgiastic listening experience in the form of a huge crescendo on this
wonderfully simple instrument - from whispering to singing,  
culminating in
shrill roaring and blustering - and it's dark decay. Tenney's music as a
sensual sound adventure!
zeitkratzer directed by Reinhold Friedl || Frank Gratkowski < clarinet  
||
Hayden Chisholm < alto saxophone || Matt Davis < trumpet || Hilary  
Jeffery <
trombone || Reinhold Friedl < piano || Maurice de Martin < percussion ||
Burkhard Schlothauer < violin || Anton Lukoszevieze < cello || Uli  
Phillipp
< doublebass || Ralf Meinz < sound ||
recorded live at Philharmonie Luxembourg, Luxembourg, October 3, 2009,
recorded and mixed by Ralf Meinz and Reinhold Friedl, produced by  
Burkhard
Schlothauer, executive producer: Reinhold Friedl

AVAILABLE AGAIN:

# zkr0003: electronics 3CD Box [with Keiji Haino // Carsten Nicolai //  
Terre
Thaemlitz]
[Rob Young, The WIRE Magazine: "zeitkratzer are creating a New Music,  
worthy
of the name!"]

# zkr0002: Volksmusik
[RADIO FRANCE: "a blastery, impassionate, and fevered delirium!"]

All best
Sarah Wong
Assistant to zeitkratzer
www.zeitkratzer.de