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Asmus Tietchens ,one of the most prolific German composers in the Electronic / Musique Concrete direction since late 70`s, releases 25 years after "Daseinsverfehlung"his 2nd release on Dark Vinyl's sublabel STILLE ANDACHT. "Parergon" (Greek 'collection of small texts') is the sequel of the idea to continue to recycle recyclings of recyclings. That does not mean remixes or deconstructions but much more genuine compositions derived from already repeatedly recycled structures. This approach is in no case hermetic because no circular course happens: There is no way back to the beginning. With digital tools - but w i t h o u t chance operations - one can achieve treatments and processings which lead to a nearly endless multitude of esthetic relevant compositions derived from once defined basic structures. In this connection 'sampling' is not of importance. The pieces of "Parergon" do not intend to provoke pictures or moods, but will give the listener simply something to listen to - it is up to him how he handles this offer. In consequece the pieces have no titles. Instead they have index data which point to certain series. "Parergon" has been composed in dark times, but at the best only the artwork reflects this conditions. The sounds themselves come from the vacuum. (Asmus Tietchens).

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• For fans of: Pierre Henry , Stockhausen, Nurse With Wound, Hafler Trio

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It was twenty-five years ago that Asmus Tietchens released „Daseinsverfehlung' on Stille Andacht, a sub-division of Dark Vinyl, .... On that particular release Tietchens worked with the sounds of hand manipulation of reel-to-reel tapes and all the tracks are called 'Freiband', all of which was of great interest (and influence) for me. All-important for Tietchens is the constant recycling of sounds, using different technology that new developments offer...Tietchens takes a complete piece from the past, creates a couple of transformations and then overlays them onto each other, finally to create a mix out of these various stages of sound processing. A collage if you will, but Tietchens is not into shock techniques, with rapid editing and such like. Everything flows in quite a natural way into each other, almost like ambient music, but then with a slightly more musique concrete background. ... but it's all of great beauty.

     —Frans de Waard, VITAL WEEKLY