Otte, Hans / Orient: Occident Minimum: Maximum
Album: Orient: Occident Minimum: Maximum   Collection:General
Artist:Otte, Hans   Added:Sep 2005
Label:Pogus Productions  

A-File Activity
Add Date: 2005-10-23 Pull Date: 2005-12-25 Charts: Classical/Experimental
Week Ending: Nov 20 Nov 13 Nov 6 Oct 30
Airplays: 1 1 1 3

Recent Airplay
1. Nov 16, 2005: Brownian Motion
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4. Oct 26, 2005: Brownian Motion
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2. Nov 07, 2005: Asymptotic Freedom
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5. Oct 25, 2005: Umami Jazz Program
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3. Oct 31, 2005: Asymptotic Freedom
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6. Oct 24, 2005: Asymptotic Freedom
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Album Review
Your Imaginary Friend
Reviewed 2005-10-19
German composer from the 60’s, along the lines of John Cage, Reich, Riley, David Tudor: two long tracks from the early 70’s. Cool stuff that explores tape loops, found sound, vocal treatment, and the Moog. Certainly work that influenced Eno and all your other avante heroes. If you like this I highly recommend his 1982 work “The Book of Sounds” (Das Buch Der Klange).

1) 40 minutes: long minimalism combining early Moog, tape loops and found sound, looped woman’s voice auf deutsch “Ich” (translated: first person “I” or “me”) begins to degrade and tone shift, slow, after ~15 minutes turns into a Moog-fest for ~10 min, then returns to the word loops and overtones
2) 14.5 minutes: moog loops, with mournful Oboe melody

Track Listing
1. Minimum: Maximum   2. Orient: Occident