Asmus Tietchens
Asmus Tietchens has called his work "absolute music": sound with no story attached, built from tape loops, synthesizers and, later, minute transformations of recorded objects and water. Born in Hamburg in 1947, he began experimenting with tape in 1965, and his first albums for Sky Records around 1980, produced by Peter Baumann of Tangerine Dream, were still oddly tuneful electronic miniatures. From Formen letzter Hausmusik (1984), released on Nurse With Wound's United Dairies label, he moved into abstract sound collage and never came back.
Nachtstucke
'Nocturnes' from Germany's great electronic miniaturist. Tietchens assembles short, enigmatic synthetic pieces, cool, disciplined and quietly unsettling, poised between pop structure and pure abstraction. Essential early Tietchens.
Der Funfte Himmel
Tietchens at his most seductive. 'The fifth heaven' pairs the Hamburg sound-chemist's rigorous electronics with an unexpected melodic sweetness. Shifting synthetic textures, precise and strange: abstract music that still charms.
Senderkennungen
*300 copies limited edition* Senderkennungen marks the first ever collaboration between Hamburg veterans of sound art Asmus Tietchens and Felix Kubin, whose friendship began in the early 1990ies. The double album collects 25 original „Senderkennungen…
Deutsche Elektronische Musik 2 (Record B) (2LP)
Second volume of the Soul Jazz's superb introduction to experimental German rock and electronic Musik from 1971 to 1983, a 2013 2LP set featuring A.R. & Machines, Gila, Neu!, Pyrolator, Sergius Golowin, You, Niagara, Popol Vuh, Rolf Trostel, Electric…
Die Regeninsel
*200 copies limited edition* Dirk Serries collaborated with his dear friend and musical comrade, the legendary experimental composer, Asums Tietchens for the 6th time. Germany’s Attenuation Circuit released the album officially today !
“With Dirk Ser…
E (LP)
1988 album by the great and uncompromising electronic music experimenter in collaboration with his trusty producer partly showing his gentler side, released by HNAS' Dom Records.
Zwingburgen Des Hedonismus (LP)
Re-press on red vinyl of the 1987 one-sided LP with a Fairlight CMI composition by the great and uncompromising electronic music experimenter, released by Multimood in 1987.
Watching The Burning Bride (LP)
Surprising and excellent 1986 experimental collaboration between the uncompromising electronic experimenter and the talented electronic/pop composer (Jung Analysts, The Chrysanthemums, etc.), released by the latter on his Hamster Records And Tapes la…
Dry Lungs II (LP)
Second volume of Placebo Records's series of international compilations of very diverse experimental music, released in 1986 and featuring Croiners, Jeff Greinke, Randy Greif, Monochrome Bleu, Tim Story, Controlled Bleeding, Severed Heads, If Bwana, …
Conclusio
On Conclusio, Asmus Tietchens bends back toward his industrial roots, folding corroded pulses, cold drones and acerbic detail into a suite that feels like “German Angst” hammered into stark, sculptural sound.
25 Years Of Kapotte Muziek
2010 release ** Cardboard sleeve. “2009-2010 sees the celebration of twenty years of Kapotte Muziek, the first musical project of Frans de Waard. Expanded in 1993 with members Peter Duimelinks and in 1995 Roel Meelkop, this trio explores the world of…
Lichthöfe
*300 copies limited edition* The musical material on „Lichthöfe“ is based on modular recordings by Thorsten Soltau. Conceptually these recordings deal with the spaciality of sound and the stereo field, while still maintaining an improvisational chara…
Fundstück September 02
Asmus Tietchens is a sound artist and composer from Hamburg, Germany. He got interested in Musique Concrete by listening to a German radio programme when he was 10 years old. In 1965, at the age of 18, Asmus started experimenting with tape loops and …
The Passing Gods
1993 release ** Featuring: Vidna Obmana, Kapotte Muziek, Asmus Tietchens, Das Synthetische Mischgewebe, PBK, S.Core, Frank Dommert, Hesskhé Yadalanah, Chop Shop, Brume, Hybryds, Temps Perdu?.
MV X: Monochrome Visions 2004 - 2014
2014 release ** "In 2014, the Monochrome Vision label celebrates its tenth anniversary. For this event, we have prepared a collection featuring all the artists we have produced over the years. 48 exclusive tracks, almost 4 hours of music. " Featuring…
Discotheque Bruitisme
2000 release ** Exclusive tracks by German Electronica acts from Hamburg, Berlin and Cologne incl. Mouse on Mars (Sonig), Christoph de Babalon (Digital Hardcore), Hematic Sunsets (Asmus Tietchens), Groenland Orchester (Staubgold), Wrag Naroda, Ostina…
Krautrock Eruption – An Introduction To German Electronic Music 1970-1980
Krautrock, what is it anyway? A genre, a derogative term, a song by Faust, … or: a welcome (and recurring) opportunity to talk about all of this. The music associated with the term in question has eagerly been canonized. From the enthusiastic and idi…
3 Wishes
Split 7” of a cover of a Klaus Nomi song by Stefanie Ressin and a ‘version’ by Asmus Tietchens.
Oordeel
This collaboration was bound to happen someday! Out of mutual respect and admiration for each other’s work Asmus Tietchens and Frans de Waard decided to work on some music together. The result is “Oordeel" (dutch for "judgement") – eleven tracks of d…
Lumières
Asmus Tietchens is a sound artist and composer from Hamburg, Germany. He got interested in Musique Concrete by listening to a German radio programme when he was 10 years old. In 1965, at the age of 18, Asmus started experimenting with tape loops and …
Ptomaine 2
Asmus Tietchens is a sound artist and composer from Hamburg, Germany. He got interested in Musique Concrete by listening to a German radio program when he was ten years old. In 1965, at the age of 18, Asmus started experimenting with tape loops and t…
Die Nacht Aus Blei
2024 Stock. Asmus Tietchens' Die Nacht aus Blei is a novel by German writer Hans Henny Jahnn (1894–1959), first published 1956. – The special edition of the CD was designed by german artist Christian Blau. It can only be opened by damaging it. Atmos…
The Shifts Recyclings
2024 stock. Shifts is a solo project by the omnipresent Frans de Waard, founder of Kapotte Muziek, Beequeen, Goem, as well as other solo projects including Quest, Captain Black, and more recently, Freiband. Shifts started life in 1995 with the purpos…
Motives For Recycling
2024 stock. The fashionable term “remix” is often based on a misunderstanding. To re-mix a piece of music means to mix all tracks of a multi-track recording in a new way. Putting the complete piece (the sum of all tracks) through the wringer means “r…
Integral
“Integral” marks the second collaboration between German electronic music pioneer Asmus Tietchens and sound artist Fabio Perletta. The album follows 2017's “Deflections”, released by German label aufabwegen. Recorded by Fabio Perletta and Asmus Tietc…
Diskretion. Funktionsmusik Für Verrichtungsboxen
*300 copies limited edition* Hematic Sunsets are gone - here come the Statische Musen. A new outlet by Asmus Tietchens for musical endeavors that are more formlular or genre based The four long-form tracks of Diskretion explore "ambient" in the broad…
Mr. Mercator / Herrlichkeit (Ken Charlton) / Tiefland
Dieter Moebius (Cluster, Harmonia) and Asmus Tietchens share an outtake of their album Moebius & Tietchens with us for this Record Store Day exclusive 12". Joe Watson (Stereolab) aka Junior Electronics recorded a new song and reworked the Moebius & T…
Die Höfner Akten
Tip! New collaborative work by two veterans of the European experimental scene, Dirk Serries + Asmus Tietchens. Dirk Serries and I have long been colleagues and friends. Since the 1990ies we have exchanged sound materials to be reworked and published…
Weltuntergang
*Limited Edition of 200 copies.* Autopsia is a cult art project dealing with music and visual production. Its art practice began in London in the late 1970s and continued during the 1980s in the art centers of the former Yugoslavia. Since 1990, Autop…
Die Stadt Compilation
Recorded during an evening organized by the Die Stadt label on the 28th of March 1997 at the Lagerhaus in Bremen (Germany). Originally released as limited and numbered edition of 222 copies.
Ptomaine 1
Asmus Tietchens is a sound artist and composer from Hamburg, Germany. He got interested in Musique Concrete by listening to a German radio programme when he was 10 years old. In 1965, at the age of 18, Asmus started experimenting with tape loops and …
Eins und Zwei und Drei und Vier: Deutsche Experimentelle Pop-Musik 1980-86
Spunky wave kraut from early ‘80s Germany, portraying the sound of the country’s first proper youth movement, with Conrad Schnitzler, Der Plan, Palais Schaumburg, Asmus Tietchens, Holger Hiller, Populäre Mechanik and many more
Music For The Williamson Tunnels (A Collection Of The Sound Of Dripping Water)
Music For The Williamson Tunnels: A Collection Of The Sound Of Dripping Water As Brian Eno made music for environments rather than from them (Music For Airports) these CDs are best listened to within the strange damp world of the Williamson Tunnels i…
Seuchengebiete 4
* In process of stocking * Part 4 in the series of hydrophonic pieces, Seuchengebiete, by Asmus Tietchens Seuchengebiete 4, the continuation of Asmus Tietchens’ almost legendary series of treated water sounds, consists of six Hydrophonies. The sonic…
Neues Boot
** Edition of 200 ** TAL presents the first musical collaboration between Hamburg based Asmus Tietchens and Japanese artist Miki Yui, operating out of Düsseldorf for almost 20 years now. Highly respected and hugely influential artist Asmus Tietchens …
NNOI#2 Split
Edition of 300 copies, gatefold sleeve. "This record unites two German greats of the electronic avant-garde of the last 40 years & brings together two worlds that exist like the sides of a coin facing away from each other & yet are firmly connected a…
Raum 318
Asmus Tietchens is a sound artist and composer from Hamburg, Germany. He got interested in Musique Concrete by listening to a German radio program when he was 10 years old. In 1965, at the age of 18, Asmus started experimenting with tape loops and tu…
s/t
**Released in a limited edition of 500 numbered copies** A compilation of live recordings specially released for a Die Stadt label night feat. Released in conjunction with a live performance on the 29. April 2012 on the MS Stubnitz in Bremen.
Initial…
Leuchtidioten
This new release features two 'rhythmic' tracks that were recorded during the 'Teilmengen' sessions (which appeared on CD as 'a-Menge' and 'b-Menge' on Ritornell) but were not used for these albums as Asmus Tietchens regarded them as too different to…
Monoposto
"17th and final part in the re-release series of all early Tietchens albums between 1980—1991. Originally released on Dom Elchklang in 1991. This new version incl. 3 Bonus tracks and is another joint release by German labels Die Stadt and aufabwegen.…