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Zeitkratzer

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experimentalnoisefree improvisationAvant-Gardedrone

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Zeitkratzer was founded in 1999. Its concept of a European soloists ensemble is unique worldwide. The nine musicians, the light and the sound engineer live in different European cities from Vienna via Amsterdam to London and meet for working phases at Berlin. Here, new projects are developed - in recent years as a steady guest of the Volksbuehne Berlin. Zeitkratzer finances itself through free projects and international concerts and thus is independant of institutional investors. This freedom allowed idiosyncratic and pathbreaking programs that made zeitkratzer internationally recognized. The repertoire comprises works and projects by and with such different musicians as Karlheinz Stockhausen, Lou Reed, Carsten Nicolai, John Cage, Keiji Haino, Jim O’Rourke, James Tenney, Helmut Oehring, La Monte Young, Merzbow, Alvin Lucier, … as well as many interdisciplinary cooperations. Zeitkratzer has realized all those projects with different musicians and artists without ever worrying about preserving the “purity” of new music. Music, especially so-called new music, thrives on continuous contamination. The idea of „pure taste“ as an independent aesthetic category was revealed by Pierre Bourdieu to be a medium of social distinction. “Thus, pure taste is based on nothing else but a rejection or rather disgust for the objects that ‘force us to enjoy’, such as disgust for such crude, vulgar taste that is also appealing in this forced enjoyment.“ (Pierre Bourdieu (1987). Die feinen Unters

top songs

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Ruckzuck

1,701
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Down Home Kami-Sakunobe

821
3

Aria I

633
4

500 Year Orbit

577
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Sloppy 42nds

393
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Music For Piano With Magnetic Strings

392
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Spule 4

385
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Hobo Train

373
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Munkisi Munkondi

371
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Aria II

367

albums

Performs Songs From The Albums "Kraftwerk" And "Kraftwerk 2"

Performs Songs From The Albums "Kraftwerk" And "Kraftwerk 2"

Zeitkratzer . Terre Thaemlitz . Electronics (Electronics (2) )

Zeitkratzer . Terre Thaemlitz . Electronics (Electronics (2) )

Zeitkratzer. Keiji Haino. Electronics (Electronics (3) )

Zeitkratzer. Keiji Haino. Electronics (Electronics (3) )

The Shape of Jazz to Come

The Shape of Jazz to Come

Stockhausen: Aus den sieben Tagen

Stockhausen: Aus den sieben Tagen

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Zeitkratzer. Keiji Haino. Electronics

Zeitkratzer . Terre Thaemlitz . Electronics 2

Zeitkratzer . Terre Thaemlitz . Electronics 2

Zeitkratzer: Volksmusik

Zeitkratzer: Volksmusik

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Performs Songs from the Albums "Kraftwerk 2" and "Kraftwerk"

Lou Reed Metal Machine Music

Lou Reed Metal Machine Music

Karlheinz Stockhausen [old school]

Karlheinz Stockhausen [old school]

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Zeitkratzer . Electronics. Carsten Nicolai (Electronics (1) )

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