Autechre Asmus Tietchens / Kouhei Matsunaga

[Tauhid]

 

http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec334

 

 

 

100 copies on white vinyl: kouhei_asmus_white.jpg

Limited edition split 12" curated by Kouhei Matsunaga. Side A features two new tracks from the legendary

German sound artist Asmus Tietchens. Side B features two new pieces from Kouhei Matsunaga. 500 copies. First

100 copies are on color vinyl.

Last summer Important released some highly praised records with Kouhei Matsunaga including a collaborative

CD with Sean Booth (Autechre) and Mika Vainio (Pan Sonic), a split LP with Mika Vainio and a full length

CD of his own solo work. The breath and quality of Kouhei's work was apparent across these three releases

and his compositions for this split LP serve to create connections between his beat based work and his more

abstract soundscapes. Kouhei's most recent solo work was just released by Skam.

Asmus Tietchen's contributions to contemporary electronic music is immense. The two pieces making up his side

of the record have been sculpted from stochastic sequences of pure sine waves as well as guitar samples given

to him by Dirk Serries (Fear Falls Burning) not for the purpose of collaboration but for processing purposes.

Sonic events orchestrated by a sonic master.

[chassis]

Do want.

 

Did Imprec have another release a while back with a NHKyx track on it? It was like 100 white, 100 grey, 100 purple or something.

 

Fuck sake, this is always shipped from America. Why isnt there a UK dealer.

[chassis]

Yeah, this is what I was on about.

 

http://importantrecords.com/imprec/imprec300

 

Excited about this though. Mixing beat work of NHKyx with soundscapes.

[awepittance]

his stuff under the Koyxen alias is pretty good too. I'd be thrilled if he did some kind of collaboration with Sean Booth or Gescom/Autechre on an album with beats instead of mic dragging noise for 60 minutes

[Tauhid]

Yeah the Imprec300 release:

 

http://importantreco...mprec/imprec300

 

Edit: Ah just saw your post, chassis.

[chassis]

Anyway, I ordered it because I'm pretty excited about it.

[Tauhid]

The Asmus Tietchens side sounds great too. Pretty accessible stuff coming from him.

[chassis]

The Asmus Tietchens side sounds great too. Pretty accessible stuff coming from him.

 

You have it? How long has this been out?

[Tauhid]

No I just listened to the samples on the release page.

[Guest iep]

fear falls burning and tietchens in a sparse thing. it's gotsto sink still, not convinced yet.

[chassis]

No I just listened to the samples on the release page.

 

Im an idiot. Did NOT see that.

 

Sounds awesome

[Guest narkeworld]

Tietchens new album is out this month on Line. I should have made a separate thread for this but I think it will work OK here. Not many people are into Tietchens here, or are they? He's the man.

[Tauhid]

I've seen his name all over the place and have had a general interest in seeing what he's about, though I was turned off by certain albums either because they weren't melodic enough for me, or they were just way too experimental (i.e. Sinkende Schwimmer). I guess I'm been looking for something that has some semblance of melody or tones that are more pleasing to the ear.

[chassis]

Just played it once. Its very dense. But surprisingly I think I prefer the Tietchens side. Both are very cool though.

[Guest bopdd]

I've seen his name all over the place and have had a general interest in seeing what he's about, though I was turned off by certain albums either because they weren't melodic enough for me, or they were just way too experimental (i.e. Sinkende Schwimmer). I guess I'm been looking for something that has some semblance of melody or tones that are more pleasing to the ear.

 

Have you checked out his Sky period albums like Biotop or Litia? They are very accessible and melodic. Also the first two Hematic Sunset LPs (a moniker for Tietchens) released in the late 90s might be up your alley, as well as his debut album on Egg, Nachtstucke. These are all great places to start. If you love them as much as I did, you should check out the rest of his catalogue. You might find yourself going back to his more experimental stuff and gaining an appreciation for it. Regardless, if melody is your thing, Sinkende Schwimmer is just about the worst place to start.