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The Origins Of The Nexialist Organization

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How and why did the Nexialist Organization come into existence? It may have started with my childhood in the US Tri-State Area, where my father managed a racing team for the Pocono, Indy 500 and Can-Am races, with the high-octane deep bass growl of the Porsche 917 as soundtrack. It may have started in my teenage years after relocating to Germany when I discovered all forms of underground music from Grindcore to Industrial. It may have started in my years as an architecture student when I discovered Iannis Xenakis and how to create sequences using a PC. It was a small step from tape experiments to DAT demos, from live sets to vinyl releases – under the alias of Fragment King. Moving to the US after my uni years came with a plan: record music and release it. The Nexialist Organization was born and the Halforganic Series came to life. Many collaborations took place during these years and continued when I returned to Germany. The music shifted into metallic realms by using electric and bas...
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URBAN DRONES

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Since a share of my work is urbanism in its audible, acoustic dimension, here are some Mayday listening suggestions: CRITICAL VOID is an urbanist research project turned into a site specific sound performance with bass drones and percussion rhythmajik: CRITICAL VOID by Z'EV, Fragment King (M. Kammerbauer), Alexandra von Bolz'n WELL TEMPERED ROOM is a multi-track electroacoustic ambient recording as a dedicated sonic environment: Well Tempered Room by M. Kammerbauer THE NAVIDSON RECORD revisits the mysterious, endless house of Mark Z. Danielewski's novel "House of Leaves" as a IDM ambient drone soundtrack: The Navidson Record by M. Kammerbauer GENERATING SPACE contains IDM ambient drone explorations intended as the reverse-engineered acoustic phenomena of imaginary architecture: Generating Space by Torso LIVE AT SI is a live performance recorded in Brooklyn in 2001: Live At SI by Fragment King LIVE AT A2 was recorded live during the Architekturwoche ...
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WERKSHOW: 25 Years of the Nexialist Organization – The Video Documents

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"Architecture as text, text as sound, sound as architecture." This principle defines the Nexialist Organization since its inception in the year 2000. To mark its 25th anniversary, WERKSHOW looks back at decades of transdisciplinary inquiry and sonic constructivism. WERKSHOW is a comprehensive archive that goes far beyond a standard "best-of" compilation—it is a sonic DNA analysis of more than a quarter-century of work. Inside the Vault: 100 Tracks & 10 Films This release is the definitive sonic and visual DNA code of the Nexialist Organization, documenting the evolution from human-machine synthesis to spatial analysis: Digital Edition: Features 30 curated tracks, including 10 exclusive "Anomalies". The Full WERKSHOW: The physical edition contains the complete archive of 90 audio tracks and 10 films in addition to the Digital Edition. Physical Archive: A custom night-black USB edition (strictly limited to 10 copies). Exclusive Art: Includes a custom art...
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WERKSHOW – 25th Anniversary of the Nexialist Organization

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WERKSHOW: 25 Years of the Nexialist Organization – A Monumental Archive Release Spanning Universes! Architecture as text, text as sound, sound as architecture: This guiding principle has defined the Nexialist Organization since its inception in the year 2000. To mark our 25th anniversary, I am looking back at decades of transdisciplinary inquiry and sonic constructivism. With WERKSHOW, I am releasing a comprehensive archive that goes far beyond a best-of compilation—it is a sonic DNA analysis of more than a quarter-century of work. Inside the Vault (100 Tracks & 10 Films): This release bundles milestones that document the evolution from human-machine synthesis to spatial analysis: Full albums, including Angel Position: The "opus magnum" recorded under the Fragment King alias as a synthesis of lyrical defiance and conceptual critique; Generating Space: An experimental study in sonic architecture under the alias Torso, where digitally processed sound explores imaginary spat...
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NXO25 – Critical Void with Z'EV

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Critical Void encapsulates everything the Nexialist Organization set out to do: create projects at the intersection of architecture, music, and visual design through shared creative methods and theoretical inquiry.  A site-specific audio analysis and performance, Critical Void examined the planning crisis of Munich’s MaximiliansForum through sound, dialogue, and documentation. Critical Void performance, MaximiliansForum München. Photos: Andreas Graf  Critical Void is an analytical audio work based on an urban study of Munich’s MaximiliansForum and its complex planning history. Developed by Z’EV and Mark Kammerbauer, the project combined interviews, archival research, and live performance into a sonic investigation of urban transformation. The MaximiliansForum, located beneath the intersection of Maximilianstraße and Altstadtring, was originally conceived as a traffic tunnel but repurposed as a pedestrian underpass and later as an art space. Its ambiguous spatial identit...
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NXO25 – Writing and Recording Music with Z'EV

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Working with Z'EV was key to the Nexialist Organization – aimed at creating projects at the intersection of architecture, music, and visual design through shared creative methods and theoretical inquiry. We collaborated on recordings and performances from our first meeting in 2005 until his passing in 2017. Marcelo Aguirre (Spastic Dementia, Evil Spirit, Æternum Sacro) was key to facilitating a collaboration between us. THE.BÄND initially featured Z’EV, Alexandra von Bolz’n, Marcelo and I, as Fragment King. The project combined percussion, bass, and voice into an extreme, physical form of metal-drone performance art. The Bänd emerged in 2008 from a collaboration between legendary percussionist and sound artist Z’EV, drummer Marcelo Aguirre,  vocalist Alexandra von Bolz’n, and bassist Fragment King. Their partnership began with a live performance in Berlin and developed into a long-distance creative exchange between Germany and England. Critical Void, Munich, 2013. photo: Andreas ...
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NXO25 – Improvising with Z'EV

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Playing live with Z’EV was precisely what the Nexialist Organization set out to do – creating projects at the intersection of architecture, music, and visual design through shared creative methods and theoretical inquiry.  At Gallery Wallywoods in Berlin in 2008 an improvised performance took place uniting percussion legend Z’EV, Alexandra von Bolz’n, Marcelo Aguirre, and Fragment King in a visceral half-hour of physical sound energy.  On September 13, 2008, Nexialist members joined experimental percussion pioneer Z’EV for a live performance at Gallery Wallywoods in Berlin. The line-up featured Marcelo Aguirre (Evil Spirit, Spastic Dementia) on drums, Alexandra von Bolz’n on vocals, and Mark Kammerbauer (Fragment King) on treated bass guitar. The ensemble performed a single, thirty-minute piece of throbbing, droning intensity — a physical encounter between rhythm, noise, and space. Superfast grindcore percussion collided with detuned, slow-motion bass riffage, accompanied b...
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