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Hartmut Geerken

Hartmut Geerken (born 15th of Januray 1939 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German musician, composer, writer, journalist, playwright, and filmmaker. He is widely travelled. Worked for the Goethe Institute in Cario (1966-72), Kabul (1972-1979), and Athens (1879-1983). The years in Egypt seemed to be particularly musically significant as he brought The Sun Ra Arkestra there in 1971, and also co-founded the The Cairo Jazz Band and The Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble.

Hartmut Geerken (born 15th of Januray 1939 in Stuttgart, Germany) is a German musician, composer, writer, journalist, playwright, and filmmaker. He is widely travelled. Worked for the Goethe Institute in Cario (1966-72), Kabul (1972-1979), and Athens (1879-1983). The years in Egypt seemed to be particularly musically significant as he brought The Sun Ra Arkestra there in 1971, and also co-founded the The Cairo Jazz Band and The Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble.

Einem Luftigen Akustischen Kosmos Entgegen
Collaboration performance by this two infamous german visual artists, writers & sound-poets, recorded at Lyrik-Kabinett München, June 1991. This is Carlfriedrich Claus' only sound-collaboration ever. Both artists prepared a 60-minute backing-tape and wrote a detailled score for live-performed poetry and voice-operations. In addition to these fixed compositions they left room for spontaneous improvisation and the use of small cymbals ('tschinkas'). This is like nothing else. Very serious, …
The Heliopolar egg 1976
This is one of the ultralimited edition of 26 copies (numbered from A to Z) with a different artsy cover, with one piece of Wayne Jacob (Michael Ranta's alter ego) original painting, and on back Hartmut Geerken original Lomographies; hand-colored, stamped and signed. It comes with ORIGINAL flyers/booklets, as well as a full LP, NOT one-sided as the regular edition...Again, truly monumental last ever Qbico release is a feast of exotic instruments, skilful playing and spirituality. No less than si…
Amanita
Pratically impossible to make it brief here, HGeerken: author, composer, musician, film-maker, performer, actor, mycologist, archivist, stager of exhibitions, publisher of numerous authors from the circle of literary expressionism and dada, lumberjack, bumble-bee-keeper. during his six-year stay in Egypt in the 60's he is co-founder (together with Salah Ragab and Edu Vizvari) of the Cairo Jazz Band as well as founder and head of the Cairo Free Jazz Ensemble. played in various music groups: Embry…
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