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ARTIST
TITLE
Gravol
FORMAT
LP

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CATALOG #
TA 174LP TA 174LP
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RELEASE DATE
6/6/2025

Published January 2024 on occasion of the 30th anniversary of the label and the 50th anniversary of the artist, this is the first solo vinyl release by Daniel Löwenbrück on Tochnit Aleph. Mastered and cut by Rashad Becker, Berlin. Manufactured at RPM Records, København. Artwork by Roger Ballen. On "Grievance Studies," all instruments, objects and body-functions were performed, recorded and mixed by DL in 2006-2023, with additional material from Doreen Kutzke (yodeling voice), Rudolf Eb.er (snoring), Dave Phillips (strings), and with various field-recordings, made sometimes somewhere by DL. On "Prinzendorf Requiem (für Hermann Nitsch)," the animals of Prinzendorf Castle recorded by DL in 2013. Church-bells of Prinzendorf Castle were performed and recorded by DL in 2014. Drums and percussions were performed and recorded by Jakob Hoyer in 2023. Composed, edited, and mixed by DL 2022-2023.

"GRAVØL meditates on two extremes, each of which seemingly remain determined to present their reveries without affectation or even play. The first side, 'Grievance Studies', is a disquieting elixir that takes components from the archive and previous live-actions and builds into a harrowing primordial soup. The logic of this piece would suggest that it leads to its object. Löwenbrück instead renders it impermissible. The second side, 'Prinzendorf Requiem (für Hermann Nitsch)', presents a work of memorial for the recently deceased Hermann Nitsch. Through a celebratory cacophony composed of recordings made by the artist at Nitsch's Prinzendorf Castle, and with additional drum and percussion work specifically made to realize the piece, Löwenbrück's tender yet joyous composition blunts the melancholy with a warmth that he has rarely made space for in previous work." --Patrick Quick