Label: Dunkelheit Produktionen

物体音の名作が30年越しで初復刻!!1980年代からHands To名義と並行してテクスチャー重視のフィールド&物音録音を制作し続けている当店大推薦の作家Jeph Jerman。オリジナルは1995年に米Animist Recordingからカセットフォーマットで出版、Hands To名義の後期名作[Klangfiguren]がCDで再発。若干のアレンジと処理のみで仕上げた素朴な音風景が美しく、錆びついた摩擦、崩れ落ちる振動といった、物音フェチ及び素材感の強いコンクレート好きにも激推し。









Attention lovers of audial art, sophisticated noise and musique concrete! Dunkelheit Produktionen presents two full-length CDs by Hands to in an ambitious campaign to make these amazing compositions available to a wider audience.

Although Hands to and its mastermind Jeph Jerman may not be quite as known within die hard Power Electronics or Harsh Noise circles, the legacy of this unique musician speaks for itself. Having released music under the moniquer of Hands to as well as his own name, this visionary has been an unsung hero of his craft, creating genre-shaping classics and pushing boundaries, extending his sounds into realms unknown. There have even been extensive visual documentations of mastermind Jerman sitting in front of peculiar utensils like bowls filled with metal balls conjuring up tasty and refined sounds like the sonic alchemist he is.

„Klangfigurenn“ is the perfect showcase for the talents of Hands to. Rusty scraping dance over waves of crumbling oscillations as wonderful symphonies are formed out of a seeming nothingness. Although the elements can always be traced to a concrete source (hence: musique concrete), there is a certain level of skill in the arrangement and treatment that presents aspects of dark drones and piercing highs that may resemble the more brutish sides of Harsh Noise. Like some kind of audial storyteller, Jerman mixes the beauty of nature with a Noiseman's handywork to form „Klangfiguren“ - a true work of art. Get it now!