herzblut
  studio b featuring robin

  Robin Hoffmann - vocals 
  Sibyll Kalff - bass
  Heinrich Vater - guitar
  Andreas Bausch - drums

  

  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
  

  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 
  
  
  

  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 
  
  

  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


  
  
  
  

  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)
  

  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)
  

  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)
  

  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)
  

  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)
  

  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)
  

  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)
  

  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
   
  

  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)
  
  

  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)
  

  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.  
  

  Horse Cock Kids
  Brix (MC)
  prod. on Horse Cock Planet, Cologne
  released 1997
  total mc time - 60:00
  

  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)

  

  Horse Cock Kids
  Horsecochronology 1992-94 (MC)
  prod. on Horse Cock Planet, Cologne
  released 1994
  total mc time - 90:00
  

  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.
  

  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.