herzblut
studio b featuring robin
Robin Hoffmann - vocals
Sibyll Kalff - bass
Heinrich Vater - guitar
Andreas Bausch - drums
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New Rock City Beat Squad
34 pieces by studio b
Sibyll Kalff - vocals, bass
Donald Lessau - guitar
Heinrich Vater - guitar
Uwe Arenz - guitar (g)
Slomo Gerhards - trombone
Andreas Bausch - drums
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robert mitchell
this is a special
robert mitchell music & poetry
complitation, a special edition
for the IAO PROJECTS
with various pieces from
missippi goddamn
"don-t float" & "ding dong damn"
and studio b featuring robert mitchell
"desperate is beauty because beauty dies".
cover by sibyll kalff,
compiled and edited by sibyll kalff
and albert wang,IAO PROJECTS.
this special edition is available
as a download at IAO PROJECTS
download section
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robert mitchell
robert mitchell reciting "the end"
- in the background the free improvised music
of studio b. "a music & poetry" classics"
the end - poems by robert mitchell, 59 pages,
publisher: pineapple press, ny city,
January 1, 1961
ASIN: B0007EB88M
EP 13:55
"his (mitchell's) work is in the idiom of his
time but it is rooted in the finest and most
disciplined traditions of the english language....
he writes with honor, freshness, distinction
and clean astonishment... his beautiful book
(the end and other poems, 1962), whose stunning
lyricism is the child of such passion and literacy,
balls and mind, seems a lonely orphan in this
arid age of poetry."
davis grubb author of "the night of the hunter"
"mitchell's poems are angry and outspoken but are
firmly rooted in the contemporary. what non-readers
would call anarchy and nihilism in his poetry,
is nothing more then the vision of the urban
apocalypse, and it is a terrifying one...
what redeems man in the time of filth and terror
is the continuing recognition that "some unfulfilled
act lies about us all" and that "we must continue
to create our human love."
the norfolk pilot, norfolk, virginia
this special edition is available
as a download at IAO PROJECTS
download section
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rainbeat
sibyll kalff - vocals
donald lessau - tibetan soundbowls
joker nies - bass, thaigongs and
selfmade claydrums
recorded and mixed by joker nies,
bex studio cologne, early 90ies...
time: 5:46
cover by sibyll
download it at: Iao PROJECTS
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Studio B
Exile from Mainstream
stranded 019 (2006)
wild horses / too bad / starbucker star /
smile so sweetly / love'n'sex / dandelion
game / no time on hand / je t'aime / beast
of burdon / smile / lies / rip that joint
/ satisfaction / the singer, not the song
/ we love you / yeah chile / tumblin' dice
/ bitchin' / boogie in the ballroom /
can't be broke (ventilator blues) / good
times / long long time / coming down /
just another mad mad day on the road /
fingerprint file / when blue turns to grey
If you think you've heard some of the
titles on this album above before, well,
you're probably right. After setting the
beautiful poetry of Mr. Robert Mitchell to
music, Cologne's fabulous Studio B. tried
the next trick: set renowned song lyrics
to poetic improvised music. Inspiration
for the band's efforts were the collected
works of god's very own Glimmer Twins.
These words haven't sounded so fresh and
alive in a long time. Stadium rock is bad
for your health. Everybody knows it, but
seldom does anybody send his or her tunes
on holiday to let them recover from all
too well known arrangements. This CD is an
exile from mainstream indeed. At least for
the song lyrics involved. Enjoy the fresh
air of improvised first takes!
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Sibyll Kalff / Stefan Bohnenberger
Tent Sessions Volume Two
stranded 018 (2006)
looks like rain / stupid is teacher /
chaos / neither reason nor unreason / evil
/ get away / reprise / spread ya wings / a
1000 miles / I saw / lost it here / go
ahead / schukran / warm light / blue
guitar III / filth / does a rose give a
damn / how can you understand me / NY
train / that I have known the dead /
leavin' / walking blues / hush darling
I was sure that there had to be some more
gems on these 9 plus CDs that are the
genuine Tent Sessions. But what I found
while listening to all of them, was even
more than I had expected. Not only is this
CD an equally touching follow-up of Volume
One, but it's a friend for life! Due to
the fact that stranded013 is already a
coherent representation of the two
artists' project, I was too happy to
emphasize the diversity of moods and
styles Stefan and Sibyll worked on, when I
compiled Volume Two. And still all 23
improvised songs on this album add up to a
daring, courageous and very, very
beautiful piece of art.
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Robert Mitchell and Studio B
Desperate is Beauty because Beauty Dies
(CD-R) stranded 016 (2004)
Passing of the Wings/For Franz Kline/To the
Airport/Dream and Inference/Uneasy and
Discontent/When Sense is Blank to Fair a
Skin/I Look at a Print/Horizon/My eyes are
Getting Colder/Grains of Age/Haiku
American/The End
Yikes! A great new CD! Robert Mitchell, my
favourite New Yorker poet and lead singer
with Missippi Goddamn (see other records
for details) left a couple of recorded
readings when he visited Cologne in 2000.
Studio B, a new all-star band - Sibyll,
Donald and Slomo of Horse Cock
Kids/Missippi Goddamn/Spunx-fame, former
Furthur and outrageous painter Andreas
Bausch and guitar wizz Heinrich Vater -
textured the vocal tapes with sounds and
improvisations. The result is an
atmospheric and funky album. Short of
playing time, but rich with beauty! Easily
ranks among the finest music that STRANDED
could possibly offer.
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Sibyll Kalff, Stefan Bohnenberger,
Jürgen Zehnpfennig
Tent Sessions Remixes (CD-R)
stranded 011 (2003)
Music Is Prophecy/A Little Innocence/Poetic
Reality/Truth Of Yes
Four songs out of the "tent sessions" have
been remixed by Jürgen Zehnpfennig in 2002,
and I'm proud and happy to release them
now! The music contained here is among the
most disturbing, subversive and beautiful
that I've heard in ages. Artists like these
cats can create a whole world in a second
or tear down every imaginable wall that
keeps you from your freedom of expression.
Maximally recommended!
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Sibyll Kalff, Stefan Bohnenberger
Tent Sessions (CD-R)
stranded 013 (2003)
Music Is Prophecy/Your Results May Vary/So
Long Ago/The Man With The Blue Guitar/Wanna
Forget So Much/Leave This Town/Extra
Lucid/Subterranean Homesick Blues/Georgia
Skin/Paperback Lady/A Little
Innocence/Lullabay/Poetic Reality/Train
Station/Hoodoo Lady/Trix Ain't A
Walkin'/Truth Of Yes/The
Pack/Opposition/Warm Light/Sleeping Song
Sibyll Kalff and Stefan Bohnenberger
recorded 9 hours of free improvised
sessions in 2001 and cut them down to a CD
of 22 outstanding songs. Beautiful, fragile
and intense music, that cuts through the
superficial and insists on the possibility
of love and friendship even in the darkest
moments and situations. Not only if you
love Nico's "Chelsea Girls" you can make
two new friends here.
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Missippi Goddamn
Ding Dong Damn (CD-R)
(2000)
Kingdom Of Nepal / Ding Dong Damn / Light
In Your Eyes / Do Not Go Gentle (Blaze Like
Meteors) / Choo Choo Train (From Memphis To
Mobile) / A Little Man Who Was Not There /
River
Second effort of the same project, except
for Don X., who wasn't available. The only
recordings featuring both Andreas Bausch
and me on drums. We all had big fun
recording this!
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Spunx Distorted
Bitches Blew (CD-R)
(2000)
5 pieces of wild and groovy improvised
music in appropriately rough sound. Ilias
on drums and Slomo on trombone take the
spirit of the HORSE COCK KIDS (Donald on
guitar, Sibyll on bass) even further out
into space. And you can definitely dance to
it!
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Spunx Distorted
Three Waves (CD-R)
(1999)
recorded 6th october 1999, c-city, blue room
slomo gerhards - trombone
donald lessau - guitar
sibyll kalff - bass
ilias vassiliadis - drums
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Horse Cock Kids
Jayrock (CD-R)
prod. 1992-98 on Horse Cock Planet, Cologne
released september 2000
total cd time - 70:56
Sibyll: voc, bass, casio, perc, etc.
Donald: voc, guit, drums, casio, etc.
... really homespun & definitely D.I.Y!
There are sections where it sounds like
th' ol' "Rubber Soul" recording sessions,
very "Beatles-zy"... others where you could
swear th' "Doobie Brothers" were reachin'
out to touch yer' ears. ... It's a fun
thang that merits a HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
by Rotcod Zzaj, June 2002
(Rotcod Zzaj)
i do it better babe, than you ever will / number 2 /
you're too late now, come again / you're too late, too
/ take me down / talking in your sleep / t's my
birthday / going to b pretty wild / do nothing anymore
/ burning beat / fast one / how do you do? / it-s not
a crime / it's not deep / i love tv II / i have my day
/ deep inside of me there is nothing / gimme rain /
summer laundry love song / oh yeah! / running to the
milk shop/ j-interlude 1 / jenny / classic punk /
badbadbad / sweet song (synchro mix) / what's
rationalism compared to beer? / oh! / music junkie /
money in my eyes / fly / (don't) wanna work in a
factory / oh yeah! 2 / phantasie friends / where's
your dreams / you eat my dog / my home ain't the same
/ you're too near a million miles / well / sound is
breaking / what is in the air / wordlist / ancient
times / hot days / driftin' / my boy / j-interlude 2 /
you / very song / moon rise
best-of-CD of one of Cologne's
loveliest and most idiosyncratic bands, the
great HORSE COCK KIDS!! Free improvised,
seldom over-dubbed rockers, bits and pieces
full of fun, courage, beautiful singing and
the true heart of rock'n'roll (this side of
Huey Lewis & The News). Maximally
recommended!
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Missippi Goddamn
Don't Flow (CD-R)
(1999)
North Country / Mississippi Puberty / Song
3 / Slow Song / F. Kline / Woodcutter /
Last Song
Similarly brilliant self-published
improvised session recorded in N.Y. in 1999
featuring Siybll Kalff, Donald Lessau, Don
Christensen (of Contortions-fame!) and
wonderful Robert Mitchell on vocals. Poetry
and free form groove never mixt any better
than here!
(Kurt Kreikenbom)
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Danny Cohen, Mike Boner, Horse Cock Kids
Self-Indulgent Music (CD-R)
Tzadik #7403 (Lunatic Fringe Series)
prod. by John Zorn
released 1998
total cd time - 54:39
Songs about sex, degeneracy, puberty,
loss of identity, truth, love and boredom
from three of the most howlingly
original songwriters you have ever heard.
It doesn't get any realer than this.
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Horse Cock Kids
Brix (MC)
prod. on Horse Cock Planet, Cologne
released 1997
total mc time - 60:00
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Horse Cock Kids
Los Pilotos del Infierno (MC)
prod. on Horse Cock Planet, Cologne
released 1995
total mc time - 90:00
Home-brew acoustic nuttery, purely for
fun (sounds like), & with no roots in
the ZERIOUS traditions... listened to
in that frame, it comes off as DEFINITELY
D.I.Y., mid-fi with redeeming qualities.
(Rotcod Zzaj)
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Horse Cock Kids
Horsecochronology 1992-94 (MC)
prod. on Horse Cock Planet, Cologne
released 1994
total mc time - 90:00
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Horse Cock Kids
Boo! (MC)
prod. on Horse Cock Planet, Cologne
released 1993
total mc time - 60:00
Especially produced for the occasion
of the exhibition "Rost ist härter als
Sahne" (rust is harder than cream) at
the "Galerie am Schlachthof", Cologne,
June 18-27, 1993.
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Horse Cock Kids
Bore! (MC)
prod. on Horse Cock Planet, Cologne
released 1993
total mc time - 60:00
Especially produced for the occasion
of the exhibition "Rost ist härter als
Sahne" (rust is harder than cream) at
the "Galerie am Schlachthof", Cologne,
June 18-27, 1993.
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Horse Cock Planet 1993
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