Tales of the Nexialist Organization

Halforganic Theory (FK 25th Anniversary Edition) von Fragment King   Inhuman is one banging smasher of a track I recorded (dramatic voice) "In The Year 2000"! Influenced by tech step drum n bass, as it was called in the day, particularly of the No-U-Turn label variety and their luminary Ed Rush, I managed to have my AKAI sampler bang those beats while the sequencing in combination with my synth collection at the time yielded some excitingly noisy results. The title itself is inspired by none other than the uncanny INHUMANS of Marvel Comics fame. I first read a story with them in one of the giant sized Marvel Treasury Editions where they battled the Incredible Hulk. The recording is a fitting soundtrack to the comic book.

Live At SI von Fragment King This track is special to me in a number of ways. Black Iron Prison was only played live, since it is the superimposition of the sequencing parts of two independent tracks. There is no "original" studio recording version. It was exclusively released on the LIVE AT SI tape cassette issued by Nexialist in 2001 in the "Halforganic" series. Live, it turned into a juggernaut that paved the way towards the angry metal noise machine that Fragment King would soon become. And then, the title ... it is, of course, a reference to Philip K. Dick and his novel VALIS. Dick writes about the idea of the Black Iron Prison in a way that resonated with me as a reader. The feeling of being caged in is a powerful and pervasive one – the superimposition of multiple forms of incarceration of the mind and the soul – and music seems to be the only force that can liberate one from this feeling. Dick states: "Once, in a cheap science fiction novel, [Horselover

The Navidson Record von M. Kammerbauer When I discovered Mark Z. Danielewski's "House of Leaves" in a bookstore during my early zeros US "interlude" I was completely fascinated by his idea of a house that was bigger on the inside than on the outside – and the way the book was structured and designed. My copy eventually fell apart, drenched by water and warped by reading it on the train. Back then, it inspired me to design a set of recordings that eventually became "Schismotecture" or "The Navidson Record". The featured track is from those recordings and the title, "The Five An A Half Minute Hallway", is another reference to Danielewski's book. This one and the other tracks of the album proper (the Bandcamp version features a further architectural audio experiment from a different project, "Game Piece for Architecture") feature an ambient and noisy blend of industrial with a mysterious character evoking the emotions tri

Science Fiction was a source of inspiration for many tracks, pieces of music and soundscapes that I recorded since 1996. To my surprise, eventually Science Fiction became interested in these projects in return. Erich Herbst, the long-time editor of the ESPost Science Fiction fanzine, interviewed me a while back. As it turns out, he is an open-minded fan not only of Perry Rhodan – the German Science Fiction flagship since 1961. He is also an avid listener of progressive, electronic and adventurous music. We quickly became acquainted at monthly SF fan meetings in Munich and started talking about shared passions – the Perry Rhodan series, architecture, music. One result was an interview Erich published in the ESPost, which just so happened to be the most extensive fan repository for all recent information on the Perry Rhodan series and fandom. It was also the fanzine with the largest number of subscribers. As its editor-in-chief, Erich curated the ESPost for 25 years before retiring in 20

Lost Recordings Vol. 1 von Maxim Camera As a teenage Science Fiction reader, I naturally stumbled across Alan Dean Foster's Flinx novels, beginning with the Tar-Aiym Krang. What a name! And what a civilization – different species cooperating in space, exploring, solving cosmic mysteries ... Of course, that had to be an inspiration. The IDM-electro influenced tracks created in 2004-2005 were perfectly suited to reflect that inspiration. Today and therefore, I give you "Krang". The cover shows the German Heyne edition of the book, precisely the version I read back in the day.

Offal – Nachlese von Nexicon In 2002 Nexicon (Lee Bartow, Tim Spann, Mark Kammerbauer) recorded multiple hours worth of sessions that were released drip by drip, first on vinyl and then digitally. "Symboflex Transmission" is part of the most recent release of intensively edited and reworked recordings, amended with new ambience and superimposed sounds. The title is a reference to the Perry Rhodan series and, in paricular, the "M87" story arc. Introduced in that story arc, the Symboflex Partners (Symboflex-Partner) are symbiotes that control the Second Level Conditioning operators (Zweitkonditionierte) or Second Vibratory Force (Zweite Schwingungsmacht) of the "Time Police". The Symboflex Partners are worm-like creatures with white skin that are attached to the neck of the four-armed, three-eyed Second Level Conditioning operators. Through the symbiotes, the First Vibratory Force establishes control over its second tier operators. The track is an industrial

Lost Recordings Vol. 1 von Maxim Camera IX was recorded in the 2004-2005 period where the Fragment King project was shifting from IDM, electro, breakbeat and drum n bass inspired noisy tracks into a GODFLESHian industrial machine. IX belongs to an album project that refers to the IDM roots. The track is minimal, elegant, cosmic and, of course, inspired by the Ixians of Frank Herbert's DUNE novels and their home planet, IX. The image shows my favorite edition of the book, the German 1980s Heyne version with the original John Schoenherr artwork.

The Cellmaker's Sinister Jazz von Fragment King When I recorded "Weird Side Of The Force" in 1999 the first of three Star Wars prequels had just been released. A number of things happened. A friend at the time said, "we watched it on a computer on a very small screen, I didn't like it." As it turned out, she had real issues, aside from watching the film online through a dialup modem. Athletes! Then, upon watching it myself in the movie theater, of course, "Episode 1" turned out to be a really weird film. Obi-Wan's bizarre hairdo, Jar Jar Binks, "Kid Vader", everything happening on Tattooine (remember, a galactic backwater planet) ... OK. George Lucas wanted it that way, good for him. Everybody watched this film and the two following prequels. So, I find the title of this track quite fitting.

Lost Recordings Vol. 1 von Maxim Camera The track "Antimutant" is once more inspired by the Perry Rhodan series, and in particular the culture of the Báalols – also known as the Antis. As Antimutants, they can cancel out the psi-abilities of other mutants. When issue number 96, where they first appeared, was reprinted for the fifth time in 1984, it also featured my very first letter-to-the-editor on the reader's page. (covers taken from Perrypedia.de and RP49.de)  

Lost Recordings Vol. 1 by Maxim Camera Where there is Stato I ... there is Stato II! The inspiration to this track was, once more, the "central control planet of the SWARM" of the Perry Rhodan series, or rather its backup. Yes, they had a second one of those in stock! (covers taken from Perrypedia.de and RP49.de)

Lost Recordings Vol. 1 von Maxim Camera Stato I is part of a selection of tracks that were created in 2004-2005 in the spirit of the original electronic- and digital breakbeat-driven Fragment King recordings. It was also created under the influence of Science Fiction and, in particular, the Perry Rhodan series. Specifically, the title refers to the control planet of the intergalactic SWARM structure created by the Cosmocrats to distribute intelligence throughout the universe – Stato I.  (covers taken from Perrypedia.de and RP49.de)

Lost Recordings Vol. 1 von Maxim Camera The Culture novels written by Iain M. Banks were an immediate inspiration to the track titled "Use Of Weapons" – specifically the novel under the same name. It's main character, Cheradenine Zakalwe, who is recruited by the Culture's Special Circumstances division, was perhaps the most interesting literary figure I encountered when I first read the novel in the mid-90s. The track itself was created during the 2004-2005 era where FK shifted between the electro- and/or breakbeat-oriented vector and the industrial metal-influenced vector.

Lost Recordings Vol. 1 von Maxim Camera Created in 2004-2005, "General Systems Vehicle" is part of an album that split off from the Fragment King vector at the time and shows how the project would have developed if I hadn't reinforced the industrial and metal influences and, instead, continued with the electronic and/or electro recordings. The name of the track is, of course, inspired by the GSVs described in the Culture novels by Science Fiction author Iain M. Banks. I had read plenty of SF as a teen and in my early 20s, until I began producing music with computers, samplers and synthesizers. In the mid-zeros I encountered the Culture novels in an international bookstore and immediately became a fan. The grand panorama of his space opera complete with exotic characters was exactly what I needed.

The Cellmaker's Sinister Jazz von Fragment King Mechanica is another Perry Rhodan-inspired recording from the Fragment King 2000 production era mostly comprised of electronic, upbeat, drum-n-bass influenced tracks. Original liner notes: dream flesh twitches as the bleep people manipulate their switchboards. open canals of time. a room with no interior, pictures on the wall substituting for missing objects inside. the sound of a girl laughing on tape, her image projected on the wall from a slide. now we are in dream-synch. gravity turns around, the world folds. The title is a reference to PERRY RHODAN issue 120 (covers taken from Perrypedia.de and RP49.de) .  

The Cellmaker's Sinister Jazz von Fragment King   Created during FK's 1999-2002 electronic sequence-and-programming-driven era. Original liner notes: "dream flesh twitches as the bleep people manipulate their switchboards. open canals of time. a room with no interior, pictures on the wall substituting for missing objects inside. the sound of a girl laughing on tape, her image projected on the wall from a slide. now we are in dream-synch. gravity turns around, the world folds." The title is a reference to PERRY RHODAN issue 133 (covers taken from Perrypedia.de and RP49.de) .

Halforganic by Instantbul Original 2001 liner notes: "Halforganic is a collective of group, duo and solo projects sharing a common vision. Hardcore is our mentality, structure our power, distortion our expression and diversity our strategy. Flesh and machines in unison. We are halforganic." Review in Debug (nex000): "Halforganic is a sound collective of sorts, consisting of multiple acts (Instantbul, Torso , Fragment King, N.Deiker, Pathomechanical and various constellations thereof). The tracks oscillate between noisescapes, dark analogue electro-breaks, chipmonster-drumandbass, and dark worlds bordering electronica. Darkness seems to be a necessity, just as the city center of Stuttgart, and Fragment King sometimes peeks through the modestly morbid vision with some silly ideas, with a solid joy for the dissonant and clattery. Get your warm stuff on, it'll be a cold winter."  

Furnace Lodge (FK 25th Anniversary Edition) by Fragment King   Written and produced by Fragment King / Mark Kammerbauer. Monolith is part of multiple recording projects created during 2002 and 2007 predominantly within the Pathomechanical, Anatomic Music and Grey Album sessions in Ridgewood/USA, Weimar/Germany and Berlin/Germany. These three sessions strongly characterize the material produced in their context, by including guitar/ bass guitar/ vocals and effect treatment, the "digiscrub"-method of digitally deconstructing session material, and the coherent "studio"-approach to the various audio recording formats and media. Monolith was originally recorded in 2002 within the Pathomechanical sessions and remixed/ remastered in 2007.  

RETREAT by Fragment King In 2021, FK returned with a new set of recordings titled RETREAT, comprising five new pieces that draw from digital beats and sounds, treated vocals and site-specific bass guitar feedback and drone sounds, recorded in Munich/Germany between 2019 and 2021. The digital package includes all 5 streamable tracks – including TORCH SONG – plus a sixth exclusive track, DOUBLE INFINITY II, and two remixes by 2W and SNOWBEASTS, originally commissioned by ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX, as well as a video edit of the original bass sessions for RETREAT recorded at BUNKER in 2019. ANNIHILVS POWER ELECTRONIX also released an exclusive cassette tape edition with exclusive artwork and commissioned two remixes by 2W and SNOWBEASTS, available on on their Bandcamp label page .

The Cellmaker's Sinister Jazz von Fragment King Originally released on the Nexialist "Halforganic" compilation (nex010). 2020 TCSJ Extended Edition Bonus Track.  

Anatomic Music 2004-2024 Anniversary Edition von Fragment King Recorded at White Furnace Lodge and produced in 2004 within the Anatomic Music sessions. Original liner notes: anatomic music is a composition and recording project employing specific design strategies inherent in architectural design. for one, the origin of the compositions is an exploding singular moment in time unfolding itself outside its nontopological point of origin (the human brain) into the topological space surrounding any sound projection device. in this sense, anatomic music captures the idea of the "entwurf", the design strategy as originated in thought as opposed to the design originated in pure necessity. the idea constitutes the paradox instrument of event before motivation and thus becoming meta-motivation. the metaphoric motivation of the innards , the only space the individual truly controls, drives the digital and performative concept of the music pieces, beginning from the "w