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VAN BEBBER / LEMKE rec. 89 prison Studio, Verl Claus van Bebber : records, voice, guitar, pipes, percussion, drums, chain, water Helmut Lemke : tapes, voice, reeds, trombone, peas, typewriter, toys, water	no title 1989 LP elc 12001 only a few copies left a new CD/Vinyl is due	this is the first product released in 1989. Claus van Bebber & Helmut Lemke met 1982 when they co-founded the arist group "Heinrich Mucken" with among others D. Schlensog and M. Vorfeld They started their duo in 1986 which was then called “Just Married". There they improvised on traditional and self-made instruments. This LP documents the music of that period. Today Claus and Helmut still collaborate under the name “van Bebber - Lemke Duo” concentrating on the exclusive use of turntables/prepared records which are plaxed by Claus while Helut plays a self-made multi tape-desk player. Find more information under Concerts Collaborations
CLAUS VAN BEBBER rec. 92 Nur/Nicht/Nur Studio Kleve Claus van Bebber : records	"Schallplattenkonzert" 1992 8cm CD elc 12003	Schallplattenkonzert literally means "record concert," as in a performance on turntables. Indeed, turntables and records have been Claus van Bebber's favorite medium of expression over a few years. This one-track 3" CD was recorded in December 1992 and released in 1993 on Helmut Lemke's imprint Edition el C. Bebber uses surface noise, prepared records, and selected electronic and classical records sped up, slowed down, or played backwards in order to build an impressive multi-voiced piece. His music is not as anecdotal as Christian Marclay's or as abstract as most of Martin Tétreault's late-'90s output. It draws from the inherent cross-referentiality of the medium itself (surface noise, the recorded sound itself, the noticeable effects of speed manipulation) in order to create a metaphorical, alienated, and somewhat very poetical piece that transcends any and every genre (the records themselves are made unrecognizable) and self-destructs in the last 90 seconds. Any person interested in experimental turntablists like Marclay, Tétreault, or Otomo Yoshihide should try to track down this CD. François Couture in "All Music Guide"
HELMUT LEMKE   rec. 92 Tunnelbaustelle des Ostwestfalendamms, Bielefeld Helmut Lemke : long strings, reeds, tapes, voice	"Tubuläre Tänze" 1992 8cm CD elc 12004	The EP Tubuläre Tänze (Tubular Dances) was released as a 3" CD on Helmut Lemke's own label, Edition El C. Tubuläre Tänze is a six-part suite involving voice, saxophone, bass clarinet, sampled sounds, assorted percussion, and miscellaneous instruments, all performed by Helmut Lemke (or so it seems). There is very little dancing in these strange and haunted short pieces. From the light percussion work of "Tänze 1" to the loud string scratching of "Tänze 3," the listener experiences a surreal "tour de chant." Take "Tänze 3" for instance: metal (guitar?) strings are scratched while someone sings in a self-mocking crooner voice and a jazzy saxophone is heard in the distance. "Tänze 4" is built on a quasi-rhythmical loop and is the closest the music gets to a "dance," while "Tänze 5" is a free improvisation with all the aforementioned elements....Inquisitive minds will find it enjoyably puzzling. François Couture in "All Music Guide"
ERWIN STACHE   rec. 93 naTo Studio, Leipzig Erwin Stache : machines, tapes, piano	"Musik im gebogenen Raum" 1993 8cm CD elc 12005	out of print
LEMKE / MÜLLER rec. 91 Nur/Nicht/Nur Studio, Kleve Andreas Müller : voice, e-guitars, bass Helmut Lemke : voice, reeds, harp, tapes	"Monophobie der Pelikane" 1993 CD elc 12002
40 SEKUNDEN OHNE GEWICHT   rec. 93 Electronic Music Studio, Akademie der Künste, Berlin Andreas Müller : gitarre, bass Patrick Laschet : metallschlagwerk Sven Schippling : percussion Michael Nick : schlagzeug Kai Hirsch : saxophon Dirk Specht : synth, tapes, electronics	no title 1993 2 8cm CDs elc 1210/11
DIRK SCHAEFER   Musik zu Filmen von Matthias Müller 1989 - 94	"Filmmusik" 1994 8cm CD elc 12006
LEMKE / MÜLLER   rec.94/95 Nur/Nicht/Nur Studio, Kleve Andreas Müller : Stimme, Gitarren, Bass Helmut Lemke : Stimme, Tapes, div.	" I-II-III-IIII " 1994 4 10"-vinyl Box elc 12012-15 limited edition
JOHN JASNOCH   rec. 95 Sheffield John Jasnoch : electric guitars & electronics	"That other worldly Feeling" 1995 8cm CD elc 12007	UK resident John Jasnoch is an improvising guitarist/stringed instrument player of no small ability. He was a participant in Derek Bailey's 1988 'Company Week', and has released numerous interesting solo and collaborative projects. This wee little mini-CD contains five pieces which clock-in at about 21 minutes and possess enough brain and ear candy to rival any full-length CD guitar record I've heard in recent memory. [From biography] "[Jasnoch] began playing guitar 1967. After having spent a number of years in various areas of popular music (primarily “folk”, top 40 and Country & Western), became involved with improvised music in 1978. Moved to Sheffield in 1979 and joined Sheffield Free Music Group. Subsequently joined “new-wave/free-jazz” group Bass Tone Trap. Then went on to work extensively with (for example): woodwind player Charlie Collins in a regular duo, in the Modum Quartet, the Bone Orchestra and other ensembles; + Martin Archer in the electro-acoustic duo ASK and the extended sax quartet Hornweb. In 1988, took part in Derek Bailey’s “Company Week” at the ICA London. Went on to play many concerts in UK, mainland Europe and North America both as a soloist and with various ad hoc ensembles (with [for example] LaDonna Smith, Davey Williams, Paul Lytton, Louis Moholo, Jeffrey Morgan, Erhard Hirt, Max Eastley). Current main activities are duo with instrument builder/sound artist Helmut Lemke (The Long & The Short Of It) and duo with drummer/percussionist Rob Dainton. Approach to guitar playing is a multi-instrumental one (as is common with woodwind players) utilising a number of types of guitar and guitar variants. No interest in instrument preparation or alternative tunings – more interested in using conventional guitar language (as I understand it) in a creative way." ...and lemme tell ya folks, Jasnoch delivers. Toss those silly 'Frippertronics' and Steve Vai records and dig into the real deal.
JASNOCH / LEMKE rec. 98 - 99 live in Leeds, Sheffield, Rosedale & Flamborough John Jasnoch : electric guitar,accustic 12 string guitar, lap steel guitar, mandolin, banjo Helmut Lemke : strings, tapes, tenor sax, bass clarinett, voice	"the long and the short of it" 2000 CD elc 12017	"eerie tones and unusual string interaction of the unstructured variety are the product of Jasnoch and Lemke on `the long and the short of it`. The two musicians play a large assortment of instruments in communicating freely on three extended selections...." " (they) are explorers of the unknown who take off with no destination in mind and arrive at never-never land. It is a stimulating but unsettling listening experience." Frank Rubolino "Cadence" march 2001 "A playful, yet edgy, immediacy, is what first jumps out at you on this CD. These live improvisations actually sound improvised – raw, on-the-edge, physically palpable. You can really feel the music being created in the respective environments. Though both players have easily distinguishable sounds and styles: Jasnoch, a fleet-fingered, wiry twang that manages to sound laid-back and propulsive, idiomatic and non-idiomatic, at the same time; and Lemke, a wide-ranging, unpredictable, forceful, almost rambunctious, personality that comes through strongly on each instrument – it is their tandem sound that puts this CD on a higher level than most. It’s a hard-scrabble, bustling sound that builds in intensity as the pieces develop but not in predictable ways. There’s a complex, almost paradoxical, manner in which these two improvise together. Though there’s obvious rapport, their energies don’t always "mesh" in harmonious accommodation. The resultant music therefore has a razor-sharp "aliveness" " to it, a sense of intense concentration, rather than competition, that I find exhilerating. This CD captures that elusive, "in the moment" sound of a good duo gig as well as any I’ve heard."
HELMUT LEMKE rec. 99 Thailand Helmut Lemke : recordings, strings, khen, tapes, voice	"OFF-KLANG" 2000 CD elc 12018
40 SEKUNDEN OHNE GEWICHT rec. 95 Nur/Nicht/Nur Studio, Kleve Patrick Laschet : metallschlagwerk Andreas Müller : gitarre Michael Nick : schlagzeug Dirk Specht : electronics, tapes, sampling	"Merve Discount" 1994 LP elc 12016
LEMKE / RADULOVIC documents the journey to Japan and two performances/installations in Fukuoka and Tokyo	"off strangeness" 1993 ISBN 3-929750-02-3 Katalog & 8cm CD elc 12100
KOVACEVIC / LEMKE site-specific collaboration of sound & photographie	"obviously echoing" 2001 ISBN 3-929750-08-2 Katalog & Maxi CD elc 12101
ARKIVE I-X	Leparello ISBN 3-929750-04-X
ARKIVE I	10-98 Katalog ISBN 3-929750-05-8
ARKIVE II	10-98 Katalog ISBN 3-929750-06-6
ARKIVE III	3-00 Katalog ISBN 3-929750-06-6
umbaut - unlaut	umbaut - unlaut 9 Klangarbeiten für das Veerhoffhaus 2001 Katalog & CD ISBN 3-929750-09-0