Christoph Heemann
Christoph Heemann is a German composer and sound artist, born in Aachen in 1964. He started in 1983 with the tape collage group H.N.A.S., and since the 1990s he has built solo works from field recordings, acoustic instruments and electronics, often heard as films for the ear. He is known for his drone duo Mirror with Andrew Chalk and for a long line of collaborations in experimental music. Christoph Heemann co-founded H.N.A.S. (Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa), which released collage albums between 1985 and 1993.
The rings of Saturn
Originally only available as an artist-released CD, "The Rings of Saturn" spans a lengthy narrative of music prepared over the years 1997-2008. Infusing early field recordings along with recently completed studio compositions, this new album of "cine…
Bloomington, Indiana... Autumn
Recently reworked and remastered, this LP was recorded in the 1990s, uniting Lee Ranaldo and Jim O'Rourke (before the Sonic Youth years spent together, of course) with German tape music specialist (and H.N.A.S. member) Christoph Heemann. 'Bloomington…
Saiten In Flammen
Saiten In Flammen, a new album by Charlemagne Palestine and Christoph Heemann follows their collaborative work on Palestine's heavy-metal-piano workout The Apocalypse Will Blossom with a more textural approach. As on The Apocalypse... the only sound …
