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CAN OPENER: Extended Play

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There are many noteworthy EPs – extended plays – out there. Take Metallica's $5.98 EP , the Mad Butcher EP by Destruction, or what was supposed to be the Tiny Tears EP by Godflesh, its four tracks becoming part of the Streetcleaner CD. For the Fragment King Bandcamp page, I released and amended certain recordings as EPs. Let's look at them here, in this CAN OPENER, in terms of chronology of recording: Nullifier EP Nullifier EP by Bazooka + Fragment King Bazooka created this crazed dubstep-metal “Warhead Remix” of the bass-drone industrial dirge “Nullifier”. Bazooka also mastered Nullifier and the other tracks of the Fragment King album Angel Position , originally released on Klangstabil's Megahertz MHz label. This EP includes the intense remix, the album version, and the stripped-down original architecture of the “Minus” version, bare of all electronic ambience. If I Could Only Be What You Want (GODFLESH tribute) If I Could Only Be What You Want (GODFLESH Tribute) ...
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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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CAN OPENER: LIVE AT A2 / LIVE AT SI

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Live At A2 (11 July 2004) and Live At SI (06 September 2001) are signature live recordings from the early Fragment King iteration. These sets are digitally driven yet evoke the industrial grit of distorted guitars.  The Performances Live At A2: This live performance features Powerbook and assorted effects. It was recorded at the Luitpold Lounge on occasion of the A2 architectural exhibition in Munich.  Live At SI: The SI performance took place in the backyard of a Brooklyn townhouse on the weekend before the September 11 attacks. In this manner, it is an audible time capsule of a lost era. For this performance, the entire studio was relocated – samplers and synthesizers, effects and pedals, mixers and cables, and a laptop. The Releases For the two Bandcamp albums, the live recordings were edited into individual tracks. This allows navigating them within the entire Fragment King WERK.   Live At SI was originally released as a cassette tape in the Halforganic ser...
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CAN OPENER: LIVE AT KINO AERO / LIVE AT ELEKTROANSCHLAG

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"Your submission comes without a prize" Fragment King performed live at Kino Aero during the Industrial Festival Prague (9 December 2005) and at Elektroanschlag in Altenburg (30 March 2007). Both performances utilized live-treated vocals, live-treated bass guitar, and digital architectures via Powerbook. These recordings document Fragment King at the precise moment he was executing the ‘Us and Them’ blueprint that GODFLESH had professed. By performing at the intersection of architecture and sound, Fragment King transitioned this aesthetic from a purely musical influence into a rigorous spatial analysis of the modern city—built to last and destined to fail. Through the collision of organic bass decay and cold digital finality, the ‘Man-Machine’ became physically manifest, bridging the gap that would also define JK FLESH's ‘Posthuman’ recordings. The presence of Z’EV in the front row proves that Fragment King was a truant officer of the ‘Grey’ industrial spirit during ...
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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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