FROM BLUEPRINT TO RUINS

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...