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TA 133LP
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2020 restock. 2015 reissue of Rolf Julius's first and only LP, originally published by Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin, in 1985. From Brooke Wentz's liner notes: "Rolf Julius (1939-2011) was the archetypal 'sound artist.' He painted with sound, he colored with pitch, and his work demands the attention and open-mindedness of those who embrace modern art. He collected found sounds, and mixed them with prerecorded single tone notes which were then, electronically modified and filtered through tiny loudspeakers, transformed into music. Depending on the surface texture where the loudspeaker has been placed -- wall, floor or outdoors -- these objects resonate and 'breathe' sound. His music is a mixture of all these sounds; a carefully calculated and conceived creation. He sculpted sound to define space, creating a musical environment where subtle changes occur."
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RZ 4001CD
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2001 release. (halb) schwarz is the first CD to collect a wide range of Rolf Julius' diverse compositions from several years. The Berlin-based sound, installation, action, and sound artist began experimenting with various forms of contemporary music in the 1970s. (halb) schwarz deals with the world of "small sounds," a term coined by John Cage to designate sounds so subtle that they are usually barely discernible. From the standpoint of a 100% pure Central European aesthetic it's all about weeds, rubbish, noise, hisses, crackles, whines, drones -- all sounds that would be eliminated by tradition-conscious sound engineers, at great technical expenditure.
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