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label: morr music
artist: manual
title: ascend
format: lp/cd
art.no.: morr music 027
streetdate: 06.05.2002
» tracklisting
1. midnight is where the day begins 2. astoria 3. out for the summer 4.
cassy 5. the distance 6. am 7. as the moon spins around 8. keeps coming
back
» info
the world is a small place. thankfully there are people out there who are
capable of making it look and sound a little bigger than it is. one of these
people is jonas munk jensen from odense, a small town in denmark, who calls
himself manual to work on a kind of music that, like most great works of
art, transcends reality to become something that could only exist in the
mind. these sounds seem to come from out of a better world where beauty
matters above everything else. in morr music manual found a platform on
which he finds for himself what his music essentially needs and that is time
and space.
after having released his debut ep on the danish hobby industries label, the
network of sympathy and fine musical tastes soon found a way to connect
loose ends between odense and berlin, resulting in until tomorrow, manuals
first full length, a moody masterpiece between great gestures and finely
tuned understatement.
ascend, the title of manual's second album shows the way this music is
going. at any time it is uplifting in a melancholic way, it directs into the
inner self or into some far distant nowhere. all these emotional paradoxes
stand in a tradition of many a great sound-sculptor starting with 4ad-acts
such as cocteau twins, the swathing surrealism of my bloody valentine, the
intense lethargy of talk talk up to the sheer beauty of slowdive. with these
traditions in mind the music is carefully transferred into here and now
while never losing a certain sunken quality. what more could titles like as
the moon spins around or the distance give away? it's all there.
although jensen is still only 20, he has some years of experience in making
music. while in a way still juvenile enough to be real mood music, the
tracks are mature in their reduction on essential components which give them
a lot of depth and spaciality. all those soothing, opalescent sounds may
come from out of old analogue synthesizers but jonas' indie-heart is still
beating on the right side. one or the other subtle guitar part bears witness
to that. same goes for limp, jensen's other project in which he shares his
vision with three friends to follow a similar path with different measures.
their debut album orion was also just recently released as morr music 025
and is the perfect companion to manual's body of work.
morr music - a number of small things ( a.n.o.s.t. 004)
artist: teamforest
title: home
format: 7"
art.no.: a.n.o.s.t. 004
streetdate: 26.04.2002
» tracklisting
1. home 2. i cannot care as much as i'd like to
» info
great stuff can come into existence when the elements for a seemingly
unlikely combination are chosen unconsciously. with a little bit of luck
this can make sense as is the case with teamforest's debut single for morr
music's very own 7"-series a number of small things. a meeting of a long
forgotten new zealandish lo-fi-pop attitude with rattling electronica beats
and sounds plus a few not so very hip instruments like banjo or synthie
trumpets can actually result in something like a classic pop song with a
finely tuned melody with just the right melancholic note. it gets its own
special charms through the use of the electronic elements with the lo-fi
attitude in mind - it's about the spontaneity of the moment that ideally
lasts forever.
the b-side shows an even moodier aspect of teamforest. pure electronic
melancholy with a slight shimmer of hope, all the while it grooves
relaxingly like a respectful tribute to boards of canada.
the man behind teamforest is one philipp bueckle from dortmund, germany who
has so far released a handful of singles on various labels, contributed to
some compilations and did remixes for acts as different as missouri and
kinderzimmer productions. his previous projects include the postrock-band
jefferson and the noise-drone of forest.
artist: isan
title: clockwork menagerie
format: 2lp+7"/cd
art.no.: morr music 028
streetdate: 10.06.2002
» tracklisting
1. autolung 2. betty's lament 3. calf 4. comb 5. cubillo 6. damil 85
7. eeriel 8. eusa's head 9. phoeb 10. remegio 11. rron 12. schema 13.
titled, not tithed 14. uim + 7" tracks: bask to barics & angora wub/wub
mohair
» info
when everything falls into place, something great can come to happen.
robin saville and antony ryan from leicester did a lot more than was
actually planned when they were founding their integrated services analogue
network. they not only found themselves a very nice little corner in the
world of electronic pop music but also unconsciously helped to launch the
label they now preferably release their records on. like this one.
this compilation of early material coming from long-out-of-print singles and
compilations was a long time coming. mostly because there should be many
more people out there who should be able to listen to these tracks than
those lucky few who were able to get the original copies in the short while
they were available. for instance there's eusa's head, isan's first ever
recording which surely had to be rescued from collector's vaults. it's nice
to hear the first steps of a group that nowadays tends to remix people like
depeche mode. but this is no highly official or definitive collection but
more a collection of favourite tracks you should be able to listen to at all
times.
these tunes seem to come from a different era when small labels like
earworm, liquefaction empire, bad jazz or wurlitzer jukebox were continually
presenting interesting and exciting new bands, mostly on neatly packaged
limited edition 7"es. one of these was the melodious masterpiece damil 85,
isan's debut-7" for wurlitzer jukebox, which at the time seemed as
mysterious as it was great. nobody knew where this was coming from or who
this dubious dr. ivanovich was who did things that may not have been
necessary.
for a fact, isan do exist but they're not so much a working unit as may have
been supposed by many. robin saville and antony ryan actually live and work
separately from each other and just found a liking for releasing their music
under the same banner. this principle works astonishingly well. as different
as their respective styles may be - it's up to the listener to guess who did
which track - the tracks seems to be secretly interlinked in a way that goes
beyond profane explanations.
the music ranges, depending on from out of whose vintage analogue equipment
it comes, between simple melodies on swinging, feather-weight beats and
rhythmically complex and transparent sound installations. may this be the
right balance between pop and art. maybe like an unlikely mixture of plone
and seefeel.
for morr music this compilation the realization of a very old idea. the
tracks gathered here have given essential impulses in the development of the
label's style and ideology. in a way the group and their label follow the
same path and that is to go into the future with the past in mind.
isan sound recordings
damil 85 + cubillo - 7" on wurlitzer jukebox titled not tithed + island
magic - 7" on bad jazz
betty's lament + uim - 7" on bad jazz
beautronics - cd only album on tugboat records
parochi + a gentle man - 7" on static caravan
digitalis - 7 track mini-album on liquefaction empire, re-issued on cd by
darla records
dampen + wistful song for a soaring superstar gull - 7" on elefant records
salamander - cd & vinyl album on morr music
salle d'isan - cd & vinyl 6 track e.p. on morr music
lucky cat - cd & vinyl album on morr music
compilations
eusa's head - from 'splintered roots' e.p. on fragments
remegio - 'leaders in light control' 7" on hummy & joey
autolung - 'nocturnal electrics vol 1' 7" on liquefaction empire
rron - split 7" flexi with metrotone, distributed with 'honey thunder'
magazine in the us
phoeb + calf + comb - split 10" e.p. on atomic recordings with tin foil star
don't bounce it - 'little darla has a treat for you (vol 11)' on darla
records
eeriel - 'will our children thank us' on foundry
damil 85 - 'casablanca' on elefant records
vosill - 'the trip' shifty disco & channel 4
schema - 'tell tale signs of earworm' on earworm
attack of the blue devils - 'gooom tracks vol 1' on gooom records
ghost voices - 'cashier escape route' on city centre offices
strange - 'snowstorm - a tribute to galaxie 500' on elefant
don't bounce it + no op - darla 100 compilation cd
repeat 5 times - 7" distributed with hayfever magazine in germany
p. glitz - split 7" on a.d.s.r.
artists remixed by isan
seefeel - remix of 'when face was face' for warp 10+3 10 year anniversary
compilation
solvent - 'hergly bergly (less mad any mix)' for 'snow robots 2' cd and
'snow robots remixed' 12" e.p. on suction records
minotaur shock - 'stack on rat (shared conceit)' for motoring britain remix
e.p. on melodic
charles atlas - 'outstretched (municipal sculpture mix) for 'two more hours'
lp on star star stereo
the sensualists - 'the biggest man alive (acromegaly mix) for 'adaptations'
remix album on audiodregs
the notwist - 'scoop remix' for 'putting the morr back in morrissey' on morr
music
horton jupiter - remixed for the horton jupiter-wisdom of harry-piano
magic-isan combo remix ep on liquefaction empire
piano magic - 'the canadian brought us snow' remixed for morr music 'panic
amigo' ep
contriva - 'sure enough' remixed for '8 eyes' on monika
psi performer - '1973' remixed for 'art is a division of pain - remixed 2'
on k2 o
depeche mode - 'goodnight lovers (falling leaf mix)' for 'goodnight lovers'
12" on mute
isan remixed by artists
the notwist - remixed 'dampen' for 'putting the morr back in morrissey' on
morr music
piano magic - remixed 'damil 85' for the horton jupiter-wisdom of
harry-piano magic-isan combo remix ep on liquefaction empire
collaborations
landshipping - 'penguin new writing' (b-side of 'sleep hath arrested us', 7"
on liquefaction empire)
label: a.d.s.r.
release information for a.d.s.r. _ the first release on mr skanfrom´s label
while he´s living in exile in kraftwerk-town!
artist: nu science
title: return back space
format: lp
catalog no.: a.d.s.r.-014
release date: 02.05.2002
after several releases on ultra dub recordings this is the first release on
a.d.s.r. by the finnish band nu science.
on this record henri tani and mikko ojanen create a mixture of neat
electronica melodies made with tons of analog synths and c64-sounds, used in
a more melancholic and silent way than we know it from a lot of other
records that come out within the c64 and 80's hype of the moment. this album
is more an adventure game than a jump and run. tired robots with low
batteries smile amused while riding a space shuttle returning back to
space...
guests on this album were:
op:l bastards' t.a. kaukolampi and mini of polytron
intro on a3 by erkki kurenniemi, a legendary finnish synth wizard
tracklist:
a1 party on
a2 my star
a3 tripodien aika
a4 night life
b1 nuclear center
b2 monopolis
b3 moon rock
b4 party off
a.d.s.r. contact : adsrrecords@gmx.de :::
home.arcor-online.de/skanfrom
label: city centre offices
artist: the remote viewer
titel: here i go again on my own
format: lp | cd
cat.: towerblock 007
streetdate: 03.06.2002
tracklisting:
01. i climbed a mountain | 02. spend more time with me | 03. remote views |
04. here used to be more of us | 05. we found sound | 06. the sound of a
finished kiss | 07. i waited but nothing happened | 08. snow it falls on |
09. leuvenbeat | 10. drunken noise!
craig tattersall and andrew johnson aka the remote viewer have been active
in the uk- indie-scene for a good number of years now. both started as
members of hood (craig played drums, andrew guitar) and recorded four albums
with the band. both craig and andrew realised, however, that it was quite
difficult for them to keep up with the needs for rehearsing etc., simply
because they lived too far away from the band's headquarter in leeds and
decided to leave hood and concentrate on new projects.
while being in hood, craig and andrew released two albums and a couple of
singles of their second project, the famous boyfriend, focusing, as they put
it, on electronic pop sort of thing".
over the years, their interest in electronic music became stronger and
stronger, with the remote viewer, their current project, being the direct
result of that interest. it took them a while to adjust to the new
environment. they played their first ever gig in paris and, coming from an
indie background, they did not really know how to perform their electronic
songs and just played the music off minidisc while having crisps and beer.
in the meantime, however, this changed completely, although we have a
reputation as being a drunken and abusive live act", says craig. at a
recent gig in nottingham andrew fell asleep in the gents toilets and my
girlfriend had to finish the gig for him." in reality, craig is
concentrating on the gear while andrew plays drums or drops samples behind
the turntables or scratches like a proper champion. indie just works
different these days. they released highly acclaimed records on labels like
555, domino and city centre offices, recorded a session for john peel
together with kid606 and helped co-producing the latest mogwai album.
"here i go again on my own" is the second remote viewer album to date. the
ten tracks are all very personal, intimate moments full of fragile warmth
and quiet melancholy taking you by the hand as soon as the guitar comes in
and plays along to colorful melodies and small clicky beats. this is an
album sounding like a dreamy day spent alone in the countryside, when you
look down a hill and whisper songs from another world.
file under indietronics.
artist: bitstream
titel: crab nebula | stream one
format: 7"
cat.: block 015-7"
streetdate: 06.05.2002
bitstream is the brothers steve and dave conner, born in the mid 70's in a
small town in northamptonshire, england.
dave spent his early years drawing wildlife and began playing keyboards at
the age of seven. dave's melodic ability was soon realised by his musical
family and he began taking organ lessons for a few years but saw the
traditional elements as too stale. the move into sampling and synthesisers
came quickly. by his early teens dave began making cassettes using samples
of natural, mechanical and electronic sounds ranging from beating tupperware
to even sampling the motor of a friend's mum vibrating dildo! all the sounds
were being layered with melodies and speech synthesis.
steve's first musical adventures were as a scratch dj and at the age of
eleven he was winning scratch battles with djs twice his own age. after
exposure to choral geniuses, such as penderecki and ligeti steve realised
there was still some work to be done (about a 100 years worth!) and let
djing take a back seat (though occasionally surfacing under the name dj
daddy longlegs). he decided to study harmony from 16th century counterpoint
to modern day freer 12 note tonalisms... he works as a freelance computer
aided design engineer and has designed components for jaguar's xk8 and
cosworth's performance engines.
content with making music for themselves and friends the brothers only began
releasing music a few years ago due to a friend's insistence to 'get
something out'. the tracks are created individually but when heard together
give a rounded musical experience. last year saw the creation of pylon
studios - a base from which they can transmit their erratic output.
ps: both tracks on this 7" are killer and will be followed by more material
next year on cco.
label: hobby industries
artist: dub tractor
titel: hum ep
cat.no.: hi 011-ep
format: ep
date: 26.04.02
» tracklisting
a 1 hum(part 2) 2. press button for music (part 1).
b 1 hum(part 3) 2. press button for music (part 2). 3. on the use
»info
dub tractor is anders remmer from copenhagen/denmark, who has been involved
in various projects and bands for the last 20 years. starting out
experimenting with a limited instrumentation, going through to a periode of
playing drums and writing a great deal of the songs and music in how do i,
he moved into electronic production when buying an early w30 sampler and
drum machines. from there dub tractor was started and closely after he
formed future 3 together with jesper skaaning/ acustic and thomas knak/
opiate. while busy producing ambient/dubby songs for several albums in both
projects, he also found the time to produce more techno/house stuff as
jet... ending in a total of 3 dub tractor albums, 3 future 3 and 2 jet
albums mainly for april records in copenhagen... in the meantime the mp3
webpage : www.systemf3.com has been a consisting digital outlet for these
projects, but at the same time dub tractor has found the time to release a
split ep for cco late 2001.
the music on this release are not what would be considered normal dub
tractor, as anders normally has a way of finding a deep dubby bass and
mixing it with gentle and thin/clear repetetive melodies.
the bass and melody has both been reduced on demand, but the touch of
production is still intact. hum and press button for music both surfaced
when anders was invited to take part in two art projects :
hum(part 2)was commissioned for a headphone installation in berlin and press
button for music (part 1) was for an installation in copenhagen .. simple a
small object you needed to activate to listen to his music!!!
dub tractor is about spaciousness .. not a 100% minimalist soundwise,
but still trusting the idea of less is more". where his melodies normally
catch you immediatly , these productions needs a few listens to get into ..
but so does most other nice music :)
future plans :
talks of a dub tractor album for cco, producing new future 3 songs + an
album with new project, system, for scape late summer 2002.
label: karaoke kalk
artist: wechsel garland
title: liberation von history
format: lp/cd
cat.no.: kalk#21/cd12
release date: now
tracklist:
gift
das love klischee
verbluten
eins aus tausend
the master
twoheaded horse
liberation von history
better sight
steps
"liberation von history" somehow reminds one of a jumbled up jigsaw puzzle.
you are easily tempted into trying to fit together the obvious pieces in
your mind according to your customary logic - until those few little pieces
turn up that just wouldn't fit in, and you realise that it isn't meant to be
rearranged at all, that, rather, it's those stereotypes lodged in your head
that are to be tidied away.
on "liberation von history", wechsel garland is playing a lot with seeming
contradictions. the two very different facets of his music whose cohesion
is not immediately accessible correspond to the album's two sides: while
side one sounds sad and melancholic, side two appears very at ease and
liberated from musical conventions.
jörg follert has come a long way since his "wunder" album. with "liberation
von history", he in a way liberates himself from the stereotypes or clichés
that had then been attributed to him. you will nonetheless find everything
you used to love about his music, everything that fascinated and enticed
you, here again - only different, taken much further.
the album features guest performances by jens massel (the person behind the
karaoke kalk projects kandis, fumble and senking) at the bass, jacques
palminger (member of the hamburg-based band universal gonzales) and finally
the voice of japanese singer hirono nishiyama.
artist. märz
title. love streams
format. lp/cd
cat.no. kalk#22/cd13
release date. 21.may 2002
tracklist:
introductory
things can only get better
the cricket song
the help song
interlude #1
chelsea boys
the hysteric song
the rain rains
interlude #2
love streams
everybody had a hard year
bars 1234
sometimes you think all has been said about some music, and maybe there is
always a bit of truth in that. however, the good thing about music is that
it is never confined to one 'true' moment but is with us in many different
ones. and just like these moments change, the perception of and emotional
response to the music you are listening to change as well. the music of
märz again creates new sensations and emotions once you let yourself be
captivated by it - some moment or other: at home, in the park, in the
evenings in the company of friends.
some things on love streams will sound familiar, yet new - as if having
moved to a another neighbourhood, which is neither better nor worse than
the old one.
the overall composition of each separate piece and of the encompassing
whole is so self-contained and dense and at the same time so close to us
that one feels like sinking into it. this fascination might best be
compared to that of some classic singer/songwriters, who by way of the
lyrics let us share in their pain, melancholy, joy - and their personal
revelation. only here, it's not the words but the music that is doing this
to you. maybe this is 'new folk'.
label: suction
artist: lowfish
title: maintain the tension
cat#: suction014
format: 6-track cd-ep/12"
date: 28.05.2002
hello. hot on the heels of his recent 12" for detroit's ersatz audio label,
lowfish (aka gregory de rocher) returns to suction records for "maintain the
tension," a new 6-track ep of precision drum machine electropop. this is
suction014. the title refers to a certain set of glorious knobs on one of
lowfish's prized vintage synthesizers, but we won't bore you with the
details.... lowfish's recent output has taken a turn towards
dance-floor-friendly electro, but don't be scared of lowfish's dj-friendly
beats! this is classic suction robot pop, and lowfish's rich & timeless
synthpop melodies make these clubhits more akin to depeche mode circa 1981,
than to gigolo records circa 2002, that's for certain. "speak and spell"
comparisons aside, this is utterly modern electronic dancemusic that is
beautiful, engaging, & beyond trends. forget electroclash, this is
electroclass! robot music from canada. thankyougoodbye.
next suction release ::: coming 27.08.2002:
artist: g.d.luxxe
title: vendetta e.p.
format: cdep/12"
cat#: suction015
cd/12" tracklist:
1/a1: reasons
2/a2: words
3/a3: garden
4/b1: quiet life (g.d.x.mix)
5/b2: metawelt
info: tba
live dates
pelzig (payola/kollaps)
22.05. akw würzburg
23.05. asta uni essen
24.05. scheune dresden
01.06. seewiesenfestival steyr (a)
17.07. poolbar festival feldkirch (a) tbc
27.07. 000 festival dornburg
the notwist (city slang)
03.05.2002 i-florence - flog (w/ styrofoam)
04.05.2002 i-bologna - covo(w/ styrofoam)
05.05.2002 i-treviso/tarzo - jumpin' (w/ styrofoam)
06.05.2002 i-roma - classico (w/ styrofoam)
07.05.2002 i-perugia - sala dei notari (w/ styrofoam)
05.06.2002 f-paris elysee - monmatre (w/ b fleischmann)
06.06.2002 lu-luxembourg - den atelier (w/ b fleischmann)
07.06.2002 d-dessau - melt open air
22.06.2002 d-neuhausen - southside festival
23.06.2002 d-scheessel - hurricane festival
07.07.2002 f-belfort - eurockeennes festival
08.07.2002 ch-montreux - montreux jazz festival
25.07.2002 ch-nyon - paleo festival
26.07.2002 ch-nyon - paleo festival
27.07.2002 f-clergoux - festival du chateau de sedieres
02.08.2002 e-benicassim - benicassim festival
10.08.2002 d-rees-haldern - halderner open air
11.08.2002 f-st. malo - la route du rock
styrofoam (morr music)
03.05 florence, i
04.05 bologna, i, covo
05.05 treviso/tarvo, i, jumpin
06.05 roma, i, classico
:: all italian dates with the notwist ::
09.05 zichem, b, den hemel (with kreidler)
11.05 ghent, b, de unit
warp magic bus tour (warp)
plaid + richard divine + phoenecia + luke vibert + russel hasswell + other
warp guest
08.05. phonodrom hamburg
09.05. stadtgarten köln
10.05. scheune dresden
11.05. volksbühne berlin *** vs morr music + cco
12.05. pathos münchen
14.05. flex wien (a) tbc
lali puna (morr music)
07.06. melt! open air dessau
08.06. cosmopolis festival lissabon (p)
14.06. sonar festival barcelona (sp)
19.07. b 1 moskau (gus)
20.07. red club petersburg (gus)
couch (kitty-yo)
13.07 dour festival dour (b)
múm (fat cat)
1-jun-2002 sat hasselt zaal belgie belgium
2-jun-2002 sun brussels ab belgium
3-jun-2002 mon france
4-jun-2002 tue paris la nuvo casino france tbc
5-jun-2002 wed france
6-jun-2002 thu france
7-jun-2002 fri france
8-jun-2002 sat amsterdam paradiso holland tbc
11-jun-2002 tue schorndorf manufactur germany
12-jun-2002 wed koeln gebaeude 9 germany
13-jun-2002 thu copenhagen rust denmark
14-jun-2002 fri hamburg schlachthof germany
15-jun-2002 sat berlin knaack germany
16-jun-2002 sun dresden star club germany
17-jun-2002 mon nuernberg k4 germany
18-jun-2002 tue
19-jun-2002 wed muenchen feierwerk germany
20-jun-2002 thu basel nt-areal switzerland
21-jun-2002 fri martigny chateau festival switzerland
22-jun-2002 sat lucerne boa switzerland
23-jun-2002 sun
24-jun-2002 mon ferrara stotto di stelle italy
25-jun-2002 tue fortezza italy
26-jun-2002 wed jumpin' italy
27-jun-2002 thu
28-jun-2002 fri roskilde - blue tent (2500 cap) denmark
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morr music
po box 550141
10371 berlin
morr music
raumerstraße 39
10437 berlin
fon +49-30-44052699
fax +49-30-44044791
info@morrmusic.com
www.morrmusic.com
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