Die Form / Asmus Tietchens – Face To Face Vol. 1 [LP] (1988, Odd Size)

Die Form is the primary project of the French electronic musician and multimedia artist Philippe Fichot. He began his own record label, Bain Total, in 1977 and began recording a number of experimental cassette releases as Die Form, starting with 'Die Form 1' in 1977, with the first Die Form vinyl release ('Die Puppe') appearing in 1982. Whilst the project was still in its infancy, the underlying concepts were still evident -a combination of esoteric electronic experiments with an underlying theme of erotism, death and other 'taboo' subjects, apparent in both the music and the album artwork, which Philippe also produces.

 
Active since the mid-'60s, synthesizer experimentalist and musique concrète producer Asmus Tietchens has been a major influence on several generations of avant-garde electronic musicians and sound artists. Heavily inspired by Karlheinz Stockhausen, he has pursued "absolute music" through rigid formal exercises. His music is often harsh, alien, and abstract, but he's also recorded several albums of strangely playful material, including a handful of early-'80s Sky Records releases as well as later works as Hematic Sunsets. In addition to releasing over 100 recordings (including collaborations with Merzbow, Vidna Obmana, and Thomas Köner), Tietchens has taught acoustics at Hamburg universities since 1990, and he has written liner notes for dozens of albums released by the Bureau B label, particularly reissues of Cluster-related albums. 

 
In this 'Face To Face Vol. 1' Die Form's piece is an erratic, yet nicely structured piece of experimental electronic. Tietchens offers up a reliably industrial, ambient piece worthy of his better output. The album was released in 1988 in Odd Size, a French label specialising in experimental and industrial music, run by Laurent Perrier from his Paris Record shop from 1987 to 1997. [SOURCES: WIKIPEDIA - ALLMUSIC - RATE YOUR MUSIC] 

 

 

Label: Odd Size – OS 04 

Format: Vinyl, LP, Limited Edition 

Country: France 

Released: 1988 

Style: Electro, Ambient, Industrial, Dark Ambient

 

Tracklist:

Animal Instinct (Total Version) 

A1 Die Form – Untitled 

A2 Die Form – Untitled 

A3 Die Form – Untitled 

A4 Die Form – Untitled 

Mysterien Des Hafens 

B1 Asmus Tietchens – Bubendey Notturno 

B2 Asmus Tietchens – Ritual Auf Der Halde 

 

Notes:

Die Form: Recorded at B.T.D.F. Studio. Direct recording to master from samplers and micro composers. 

Le morceau intégral a été exécuté par l'action F/29, au Rex Club à Paris, sur le film Animal Instinct, qui depuis a été coupé et remonté en plusieurs unités. 

Asmus Tietchens: Aufgenommen in den Audiplex Studios, Hamburg. Limited 

Edition of 500. 

 

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