Interlude

And now, something completely different: A little tune, recorded today...

Prögressor: Complete First Session

After my first two posts with music of the Prögressor (here and here) the artist himself sent me a message of appreciation for what I am doing here, and even provided a little gem for us: The complete very first recording session of Mr. Prögressor! And rumour has it, that he is just about to negotiate with a nice independant label about the release of an album which might serve as an overview over his musical work (with the stress on musical, because as I already told you, he's also a writer and a visual artist). Don't know anything about the status of these negotiations, however... So, if you enjoyed the previous Prögressor efforts or if you are just interested in some manipulated lo-fi-avantgarde-acoustic-guitar-electronic music, have a try and download! (73 MB, mediafire). If you don't know what to expect, you can imagine something somewhere in the realm of Tony Oursler's Poetics or the Henry Kaiser/Sergej Kuriokhin collaboration (although Prögressor himself says, that he's more interested in melodies than them Kaiser/Kuriokhin).
And for those of you who understand German (sorry, most of the titles are totally untranslateable), the tracklist might be of some interest: 1. Akkorde der Scham / 2. Surgeon of Madness / 3. Trägerrakäthe / 4. Nasenschein / 5. Im Labor / 6. Die Labgilde / 7. Arschmänner / 8. Schleimchirurgie / 9. Riffprögressor / 10. Mit Pfiff / 11. Riffprägrösser / 12. Ochsenjuck / 13. Schabernacken / 14. Traumhaft / 15. R-wachen / 16. Pfiffikus / 17. Parasitära / 18. Kinderliteraturm / 19. Schambaum / 20. Hintergrundcoller / 21. Autoklav.

DJ Peinlich: Blush

Remember Prögressor? Well, DJ Peinlich is the techno version of Prögressor, this Russian poet, musician and multi-media artist. And as it's electronic music time on Spring Any Day Now, I thought his "Blush" EP might fit in here. Compare the photos of the previous Prögressor post and this one, and you'll see how much he has changed! His home-recordings (usually done with guitar and piano, with all kinds of oddities and sound manipulations added) are this time enhanced with some electronic breakbeat, but often the original keyboard or guitar material is still discernible. The techno sounds are somewhere in the realm of the Gameboys Orchestra and ironically cite some of the early-90's stupidity of that genre. A nice half of an hour freak-out experience.
Tracklist: 1. Binsenweisheit (introv) / 2. Schlacht / 3. Silben zählen / 4. Woolworth 2000 / 5. Milben zählen / 6. Gähnung / 7. Tuntendrossel / 8. 8dimensionale wirkungsebene / 9. Fauch / 10. Wond / 11. Richtungs- / 12. Raumzeit=Nutte / 13. Stiefelfröndar (intermezzov) / 14. Gauklerwettbewerb / 15. Andreas Hohlkreuz / 16. Siebenarmiger Mann / 17. Stenaphilie / 18. Am Rande des...
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Prögressor: Krudes Klavier

Prögressor is one of the many monickers of a German writer, musician, and visual artist (others include Das Lab, Adefis, and Stanislav Wanzmann). No matter which of the arts he touches, he would do it in a very experimental way. For his experimental music he is mainly using the guitar and some computer manipulations, as for example on his debut album "Das traurige Audium". His literary works often deal with the music business as well. Sometimes he puts his guitar and his pen aside and uses the piano for some of his lo-fi electro-prog experiments and improvisations. One of these is documented on the mini-album (maybe it's an EP?) "Krudes Klavier" (2005), which I am presenting here. Some more recent stuff can be found on his own myownmusic-page.