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The Nexialist Octomeron

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Since I wear a cap with the Nexialist Octomeron and people asked me what it is about, it's my turn here to elaborate. The Nexialist Octomeron is a geometrical shape with eight corners. It was developed as a graphic symbol in the course of the ANGEL POSITION album project. Its origin is a photo of a building in the Dutch city of Almere. The moment I saw the Woontoren Silverline residential tower by Claus en Kaan Architecten in 2006, I knew it would be relevant to me at some point in the future. In 2007 I began writing and recording songs for what later became the ANGEL POSITION album produced for my music alias, Fragment King. The planned CD release of the album with MHz Records required illustrations, and one particular inspiration was soon found in the BLEACH anime. In one episode, Gin Ichimaru releases his Zanpakutō and, in follow his Bankai form, Kamishini no Yari. It cuts through the surrounding city with such force that the severed parts are lifted from the structures that su...
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Playing today ... Rot

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Above Us (FK 25th Anniversary Edition) von Fragment King "Rot" was recorded in Berlin sometime between 2008 and 2010 within the "Angel Position"-sessions. While the track wasn't part of the "Angel Position" album (mastered by maverick hardcore drum n bass and dubstep producer Bazooka, released on MHz in 2014 and re-released in a special edition in 2022 with graphics by Liis Roden), it was part of the "Here Music Dies" cassette release on Annihilvs, which was a mirror image of sorts of "Angel Position" by including alternate recordings from that session. "Rot" is inspired by the incredible Anime series "Bleach" and, in particular, by one of main character Ichigo Kurosaki's adversaries, the Arrancar by the (equally incredible) name of Barragan Luisenbarn, or バラガン・ルイゼンバーン in the Japanese original. His "battle cry", so to speak, is "ROT!" There you go.   Bazooka @Bandcamp Liis Roden @Liisroden...
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CRITICAL VOID Maximiliansforum Z'EV + Fragment King

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Critical Void is an analytical audio work based on an urbanist study of the MaximiliansForum in Munich and its planning history. By employing interviews with key individuals and document research, Z‘EV, Alexandra von Bolz'n and Mark Kammerbauer developed a site-specific audio performance and work that was performed live on site on 24.07.2013. The project was curated by the Kulturreferat of the City of Munich. This is a step-by-step documentation of the project. The location that includes the MaximiliansForum art space can be found beneath the crossing of Maximilianstrasse and Altstadtring in Munich. It has escalators that are currently in disuse. It is denominated officially as pedestrian tunnel. It is by far the largest of its kind in the city. Rumor has that original planning intended a traffic tunnel. So, what happened here? On Wednesday, 24.07.2013 at 19:00 we performed CRITICAL VOID live after a very friendly introduction by Elisabeth Hartung of the Culture Offi...
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