What began as a site-specific recording and eventually turned into source material for an album I was working on at the time – RETREAT –  revealed itself to be an appealing piece in its own right.  The opportunity to revisit the material recorded in 2019 came with a new computer and a new audio setup: I slightly edited the original, nearly 40-minute-long recording (trimming the beginning, the end and a brief intermission in the middle where I adjusted my equipment). And now there is a slab of buzzing bass drone feedback that is the purest expression of how Fragment King (one bass guitar, multiple effects, one amplifier, one room with preferably hard surfaces, and one human) sounds!  This is why I decided to make RETREAT available in a new and limited form and expand on its original 2021 tape release. This new edition of RETREAT features the following:   a 73-minute audio CDr (RETREAT RECALL) with on-disk print, containing four of the original tracks (in their pr...

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...

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 ...

"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...

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...

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...