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01. Gunther Beckers - Klangschwaden
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02. Gunther Beckers - Walkman
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03. Gunther Beckers - Kichina
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04. Gunther Beckers - Torso
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05. Gunther Beckers - Farbflugel
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06. Gunther Beckers - Flugzeit
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07. Gunther Beckers - Herzschlag
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08. Gunther Beckers - Farbwalzer
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09. Gunther Beckers - Vollmond
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ARTIST
BECKERS, GUNTHER
TITLE
Walkman
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
MUSIC FROM MEMORY
CATALOG #
MFM 035LP
MFM 035LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
10/5/2018
Music From Memory's latest release sees the reissue of
Gunther Beckers
's
Walkman
album from 1982. A painter and musician from Aachen, Germany, Beckers created his third album
Walkman
to coincide with an exhibition of his latest body of artwork in 1982. Released on his very own Milky Music label with a run of just 500 copies and original pieces of artwork included with some copies, most copies of the album nonetheless remained amongst art collectors and with the painter himself. Rediscovered a few years ago through a friend of Music From Memory in the archives of a local radio station where all but one of the stations copies had been destroyed, it has been an album the label have been in love with since the first listen. Touring as a guitarist with ECM-affiliated jazz musicians such as
Alex De Grassi
,
William Ackerman
,
Ralph Towner
, and
Larry Coryell
to name but a few, Beckers also would record on a number of releases of
Klaus Schulze
's cult electronic music label Innovative Communication. Always exploring new ideas and the possibilities of technology within his music, Beckers would record
Walkman
utilizing the
Kunstkopf
technique of sound recording.
Kunstkopf
, or 'dummy head' recording is a 3-D audio recording technology that enables listeners to define each source of sound as if they were in the original recording situation itself. Using two microphones which are usually mounted in the ears of a mannequin, the technique exploits certain basic principles of human spatial hearing. Listeners to
Kunstkopf
recordings are in fact encouraged to listen to such recordings on headphones, as the 3-D perception is often greatly diminished on speakers. With the title
Walkman
, Beckers was very much hoping the album would be enjoyed on headphones, even portably through a Walkman. Minimalist variations around an acoustic guitar, guitar synth, rhythm box and with wordless female vocals,
Walkman
drifts in and out of moods; it is a unique and at times hauntingly beautiful album, which the
Kunstkopf
recording technique further adds to the album's often-otherworldly feeling.
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