Roedelius

thanks for letting me know about Ubi Bene. it's pleasant. I like how easily Achim has taken to iOS apps. favorite ones of the recent crop are Lauschen and Lazy Arc with Tim. the last two tracks on the latter are really something.

I don't love all of Ubi Bene - first few tracks are great but some of the latter, quieter stuff is pleasant at best, maybe a little hokey. But - "Summer Breeze, Turning" is a gorgeous guitar number.

This man is a treasure - and one of the sweetest personally influential artists I've had the pleasure to meet and talk with. I'm glad he's not tinkering away in some sort of obscurity. Look forward to listening to these new ones!

@dark_shark: Brian Eno: For Achim, September 3-6, 2015, Berlin #HansJoachimRoedelius https://t.co/be3fgR5P2f http://t.co/BL2ni2uMCf

Roedelius' third album since July - this time it's Mueller Roedelius, Imagori.

I highly recommend checking out this fantastic interview with Roedelius looking back on his life & music.
http://www.residentadvisor.net/podcast-episode.aspx?exchange=266

Let's see: child movie star, Hitler Youth, deserter from the East German army, in prison for two years, personal masseur to celebrities (including Henry Miller??!?!), jilted Florian Schneider's sister... fairly uneventful life really.

godDAMNit now that's a chapter of fan fic I now have to change...

New Qluster: Echtzeit

Been digging deeper into Roedelius' back catalog. I've picked up "Flieg Vogel Fliege", "Wenn Der Sudwind Weht" and now "Selbsportrait II". I love the simplicity, the melodies and the abstractness of it all. I can't remember which other album I checked out but it had a bit too much that brought to mind traditional German music. Plenty more to dig into!

Yeah, I've been going through a phase myself! Just finished his biography, which was awful, but nevertheless provided a decent discographical map, especially wrt to the latter-day stuff. I just downloaded both Weites Land and A Friendly Game. Haven't listened to the former yet but the latter sounds like an especially weird ECM release or something. I dig it!

Psyched to see him with Horse Lords in Bawlmer next month.

Whoa Roedelius and Horse Lords! Weird combo but so appealing. That'll be a great show. What kind of stuff does he perform live? Does he have a band?

Saw this link on Facebook, earlier today.

https://www.gofundme.com/hjr2017

yeah i can't wait for that show, Wume are great too

Omg Wume are playing too?! They are A+++

Two new Roedelius albums in 2017 so far:

Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Arnold Kasar: Einfluss - Roedelius on piano while Kasar adds some electronic atmospherics. It's ok on first listen but I don't really feel like I need much more of Roedelius' piano work.

Roedelius/Hauswolff: Nordlicht - minimal drone. Can't think of the last time he made something in this vein!

saw him tonight! he seems in good spirits, his wife read a poem (that he wrote) in german. he read a poem (written 25 years ago acc to him) in english. his set was half computer, half piano. very enjoyable. i think he is just doing whatever because he is 82 (he mentioned his age as "almost 83"). <3 <3 <3

it sounds like you had a better experience than i did when i saw him a few years ago:

saw him last night in l.a. @ the echo. good enough show, but the echo is such a bullshit, unprofessionally run venue. at the echoplex downstairs they had a bass-heavy electro band who started about halfway through his set and basically ruined it. he played on in reasonably good spirits for another twenty minutes before he was done, but it pretty much sucked.

― omar little, Friday, October 28, 2011 7:24 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

At the DC show, my friend commented that he thought they could have done a better job booking him at better clubs. Sounds like you agree.

― Naive Teen Idol, Friday, October 28, 2011 8:39 PM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah the echo was a bad choice. the crowd was great and cool for the most part, but between the bass interrupting his set (he stopped and said "what is zis? fuck! i don't even want to play!" - albeit in a very charming fashion) and the sound of the hand dryers in the women's bathroom right next to the stage intruding on his music periodically, it was kind of disrespectful to his aesthetic. like i said, the joint is run poorly ime, but this was sort of a last straw for me.

― omar little, Saturday, October 29, 2011 4:34 AM (five years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

yeah tbh the venue was perfect -- usually they book jazz shows and i have never had a problem there with sound.
last night it was so quiet i could hear the man next to me breathing (through his nose, it was distracting) and no one coughed or sneezed or let their phone go off.

he also took a video of the audience after his set - idk if he posts them somewhere or what

I'm looking forward to seeing him in Montreal soon. He posts somewhat frequently on his Facebook page. I haven't seen anything like that video.

Bummed he isn't playing Boston on this tour.

Just threw in Triptych in Blue, one of his collabs from 2016 w Andrew Heath and Christopher Chaplin. All electronic, pretty nice.

saw him the other night in sf.. same thing as above, bad venue. the acoustic piano bit was beautiful.

New album with Tim Story, Lunz 3. It's nice.

87 tomorrow. Happy birthday, you great man.

Played an impromptu kraut/kosmische set in a record store last week and totally forgot to bring Roedelius. Entschuldigung und herzlichen Geburtstag, HJR!

LOL 87. What a man, what a life story! HBHJR!

After a full immersion in his Sky records, I need to explore further. There's some good pointers in this thread and I usually look at rateyourmusic.com to see what's rated higher.

was just listening to this thing yesterday — https://roedelius-official.bandcamp.com/album/tape-archive-essence-1973-1978
so great ... those versions of "by this river" are sublime.

HBD legend. I've been getting deep into Selbstportrait III lately; the two long tracks on side 2 inhabit a rarified zone-out space that I want to live inside. And the shorter tracks on side 1 are just delightful (though "Fieber" is about as sinister as he gets)

And he just keeps going. New album came out last week.

3 nights at Cafe Oto in July

Huzzah!