Pharmakustik
We Pass Through Each Other In Dreaming
Chain Letter Exhortation Series, #5
Electric Fluxus
* Limited edition of 150 copies * The audiomaterial for ‚Electric Fluxus‘ was recorded at Eberhard Kranemann’s studio ‚Kunsthaus Boltenberg‘ in summer 2021. The duo produced several hours of music during intense interactive sessions that were later selected and edited by Pharmakustik. Soundwise ‚Electric Fluxus‘ can be characterized as mindexpanding audio-landscape, continously morphing and progressing…ranging from calm psychoacoustic segments to more dramatic tunnels of eruptive interactions in…
Schubkraft
“Kontraktion” and “Extruder” are the results of various tape-sessions by Conrad Schnitzler and Siegmar Fricke in Con’s former studio Leberstrasse in Berlin.The soundscapes on both records (produced in November 1986 and July 1987 with EMS-Synthi A, Korg MS 10 + MS 20 + delays) contain all the machinistic energy and infernal industrial sound-eruptions similar to Conrad’s first three albums “Schwarz”, “Rot” and “Blau” and to the rumbling train wheel rhythms of “Zug” (from the “Red Cassette” 1974).
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Extruder
LImited to 150 copies on clear vinyl. Extruder is the second unreleased album from the 1987 collaboration between Conrad Schnitzler and Siegmar Fricke who composed and made several tapes of session-material during their musical meetings in Berlin. All recordings produced, arranged and mastered by Siegmar Fricke at Pharmakustik studio. The album contains high doses of hydraulically driven energy generated by the complex analogue equipment. Microformed soundpools of cold extrusion collide with vol…
Kontraktion
The album “Kontraktion” is the result of two long sessions that have been recorded on tapes by Conrad Schnitzler and Siegmar Fricke in Con’s former studio Leberstrasse in Berlin. The five soundscapes (produced in November 1986 and July 1987 with EMS-Synthi A, KORG MS 10+20, delays) contain all the machinistic energy and infernal industrial sound-eruptions similar to Conrad’s first three albums “Schwarz”, “Rot” and “Blau” and to the rumbling train-wheel-rhythms of “Zug” (from the CON-album 1978).…
Plasmoglitch
Machinistic processings by Le Syndicat and Pharmakustik, recorded between 2008 and 2014 in France at the Noisecraft Workshop and in Germany at Pharmakustik studio. The original concept for these recordings was developed by Pharmakustik in 2008. The final mix and arrangements were done by Le Syndicat in 2014. This project was dedicated to the gourmets of acoustic scramjets, rotational speed, sensoric rhythmofractures and metallurgical decompostition.
Neurochemie
'Neurochemie' is one of the most intriguing albums we've found on France's excellent Rotorelief label. It counts as part of ongoing research by Siegmar Fricke, a long-standing fixture of the European tape music scene who has collaborated with the likes of Maurizio Bianchi and Giancarlo Toniutti since 1985 (Siegmar Fricke started in 1981 making musique-concrete-experiments with magnetophones and shortwave-radio signals, recorded on various cassettes, followed by intense activities in th…