CNVR20
release date: 15.Jun.2009
© Tomas Korber & Philip Julian
TOMAS KORBER & PHILIP JULIAN - Herbe Zeiten ep.
format: 3" CD-R
duration: 18 minutes, 1 track
limited to 50 numbered copies
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Herbe Zeiten (Harsh Times) is a 18 minutes piece for guitar, electronics and computer.
Tomas Korber:
Born in 1979 in Zurich, Swiss-Spanish composer/improviser Tomas Korber received a musical basic training (theory/clarinet) and guitar lessons, which he quitted after a couple of years. Self-taught schooling in electric-guitar, electronic devices and the use of the computer for musical purposes followed shortly after.
Korber has written compositions and played improvised music since the early 90ties. He has worked solo and collaborated with the likes of Tetuzi Akiyama, Olivia Block, David Daniell, Greg Davis, Dimitri de Perrot, Dieb13, Kai Fagaschinski, Bertrand Gauguet, Graham Halliwell, Jason Kahn, Hans Koch, Lê Quan Ninh, Erik M, Sachiko M, Lionel Marchetti, Mattin, Sean Meehan, Butch Morris, Norbert Möslang, Günter Müller, Toshimaru Nakamura, Otomo Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, Bernd Schurer, Yamamoto Seiichi, Adam Sonderberg, Steinbrüchel, Mark Wastell, Christian Weber, Ralf Wehowsky, Stephan Wittwer, Christian Wolfarth and many others.
He also composes music for film (i.e. under the direction of Franz Dängeli, Kaspar Kasics, Stefan Haupt, Fredi Murer and others), dance and theatre.
Tomas Korber has performed extensively across Europe, Japan and North America.
Philip Julian (aka Cheapmachines):
Philip Julian has been an active part of the experimental music underground since the late 1990's recording various works under the name Cheapmachines which operates at the interface between noise electronics, generative software, field recordings, tape music and long-form drones. Recordings are semi/improvised using contact microphones, amplified metal objects, domestic radio receivers, instrument effects pedals, environmental/found sounds, tape loops, damaged electrical devices, analogue synthesizers, feedback from various sources, turntables & "prepared" vinyl.
Traditional instruments such as guitar, organ and tuned metal instruments (gongs, cymbals, prayer bowls) have also been used as part of the recording process.
He has also created various computer based works using software environments such as Max/MSP, Super_Collider, Pure Data and also using the open source GNU/Linux operating system Debian and the related pure:dyne distribution.
He has collaborated on recordings and performances with Maurizio Bianchi, The A Band, Birchville Cat Motel, The New Blockaders and GX Jupitter-Larsen of The Haters.