It’s already underway, but take a look at the schedule for Radiophrenia, a “temporary art radio station” in Glasgow running from August 29th to September 11th. It’s on 87.9FM in Glasgow, but chances are you’re somewhere else in the world and can tune in here.
finds (12)
Alex Ross’s article in the New Yorker, “The Composers of Quiet,” is a beautifully considered and written introduction to the Wandelweiser network. (The print version will come out next week.) Suddenly my best friend wants to hear Continuum Unbound, and another friend writes, “I want to run away to wherever this is going on.” I’ve just posted a resource guide that should be helpful in finding and hearing more, and there are several relevant guides in the works.
So the timing is excellent for ErstDist’s late summer sale: “you select 7 items, and you pay for 5, with the cheapest two of your choices being free.” This is by far the major distributor in the US for these recordings. The sale also includes Erstwhile and Gravity Wave releases, and runs until next weekend.
resource guide 27: Wandelweiser
This resource guide is more generalized than most others. It’s an overview of sources and a buying guide. I’ll link to more specific guides as they become available.
Portals:
wandelweiser.de
wandelweiser.lucyrelins.co.uk
Overviews:
Michael Pisaro: Wandelweiser
Alex Ross: The Composers of Quiet
Contemporary Music Review Special Issue: Wandelweiser
Samuel Vriezen: Componistengroep Wandelweiser
Yuko Zama: Silence, Environment, Performer
Marc Medwin: The ErstWand Series
David Grundy: Listening at the Limits
Distribution:
France:
Metamkine
Germany:
Edition Wandelweiser Records
Edition RZ
Rumpsti-Pumsti
Japan:
Ftarri
Record labels:
(ww releases are listed as a finding aid where necessary)
Another Timbre (index of musicians)
at18, at37, at45, at56x6, at62x2, at77, at86x2, at91
erstwhile records
014, 060, 061, 066, 068, 071, 072, 075, 080, EL009, EL012
Irritable Hedgehog
Wandelweiser Bündel
Composers:
Antoine Beuger | resource guide
Dante Boon | website
Daniel Brandes | website
Johnny Chang | SoundCloud
Jürg Frey | resource guide
Mark Hannesson | website
Eva-Maria Houben | website
Carlo Inderhees
Marcus Kaiser | website
Radu Malfatti | website
Anastassis Philippakopoulos
Michael Pisaro | resource guide
Burkhard Schlothauer | website
Sam Sfirri
Craig Shepard | website
Thomas Stiegler
Taylan Susam | website
Stefan Thut | website
(Viola Torros)
Manfred Werder | website
Alfred Zimmerlin