Ansgar Wilken
È Ora Di Farlo
*300 copies limited edition* Ansgar Wilken and Chris Dreier are Berlin-based visual artists as well as seasoned practitioners in many, often improvised, contexts of experimental music. Dreier started her experimental sound practice in the 1980s as a member of the legendary collective Die Tödliche Doris. Ansgar Wilken started his career out of Bremen, where he was a member of the post-rock band Ilse Lau and started his own label Happy Zloty, which is still active today. This album is the second d…
The Last We Can Do Is Wave To Each Other
*150 copies limited edition* "[...]Ansgar Wilken uses an arsenal of sounds that is as simple as it is far-reaching, including objects and utensils whose inherent sounds sometimes sound almost computer-generated. Whether (or where and how what kind of) electronics are used is often difficult to determine, if only because the musician himself is somewhat electrified and can unexpectedly fall into machine rhythms while playing. Wilken's clapping opens up musical worlds in which, instead of virtuosi…