Ralf Wehowsky
Ralf Wehowsky is a German composer of electroacoustic music who also works as RLW. He came out of the German post-industrial scene of the early 1980s as a member of the group P16.D4 and a founder of the Selektion collective and label. His work centres on transforming and recomposing recorded sound, very often in exchanges of material with other musicians. Ralf Wehowsky made his first recordings with the group, first called Permutative Distortion and then P.D., which released the double LP Nichts Niemand Nirgends Nie! as P16.D4 in the mid-1980s. He made his solo debut as RLW with Acht in 1992.
eaRLy W one (LP)
Great collection released by Swill Radio in 1999 of early pieces from the early 80's by German experimenter Ralf Wehowsky, member of P16.D4 and Permutative Distorsion among others and head of the seminal Selektion label.
Fireproof In 8 Parts + Part 9
2007 release ** Oversized cardboard sleeve. "With his fourth solo-release, Reto Mäder aka RM74 takes us on a fevery missionary journey which is driven by an unholy quest for saturation and leads us into the dark places where tortured souls dwell. Unp…
Einschlagskrater
Split 7” by Norbert Möslang and Ralf Wehowsky on Meeuw Muzak!
Spuren & Gegenworte
“Spuren & Gegenworte” began with a quasi-telepathic collaboration between KM and RW. Both recorded a track on May 3, 2021, from 8:00 PM to 8:10 PM. These recordings were subsequently transformed, combined, juxtaposed, and further modified over the co…
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*200 copies limited edition. * First collaboration between Ralf Wehowsky (Germany) and Richard Francis (New Zealand). On a trip from Auckland over Worpswede to Eggenstein Richard Francis visited Ralf Wehowsky on the weekend of September 28th and 29th…
Agnostic Diaries
The common factor linking these recordings are projects that were never fully realized. The basic recordings started in 2005, however the period of reworking and transformation (2016 to 2017) is more important. All vocal parts and general revisions w…
Walküren am Dornenbaum
This three year-long collaboration begun in 2006 when Korber and Wehowsky embarked on intense recording sessions in Eggenstein, where the latter resides, lasting several days. The output from these sessions forms the basis of this work, augmented by …
Midnight Crossroads Tape Recorder Blues
Bruce Russell : acoustic guitar, vocal, analogue Tape treatments, mixing and composition. Ralf Wehowsky : sitar, digital sound processing. Recorded 2003-05, Lyttelton, New Zealand and Eggenstein, Germany. Digital mastering at the Temple of Music. “It…
Avanto 2006
Three-way split release featuring an extended piece each by Tony Conrad, Ralf Wehowsky, and Jim O’Rourke. Tony’s piece works a lone processed violin to glorious effect; the solo variant of his “four violins.” Ralf’s is a musique concrète piece built …
Cases
Musique concrete realized 1999/2000 in Chicago and Mainz. Released in a 6-panel digisleeve.
Sights
Back in stock. Take two collaborators, one a German sound artist noted for his painstaking micro-engineered computer compositions, the other a New Zealand noise terrorist with a reputation for making albums over his morning tea breaks. Put them in a …
Verklärte Tage
Released in Digipak. Tracks 1-5 recorded late 1998 until 1999, track 6 recorded late 1996.
Gelbe tupfen
This is another of Ralph Wehowsky's collaborative project based on recycling recorded material. In fact it's the "Christmas Carol" wheeze mentioned in Dan Warburton's interview with Wehowsky in The Wire 259. Gelbe Tupfen is a split album: Domenico Sc…
Midnight Crossroads Tape Recorder Blues
Recorded 2003-05, Lyttelton, New Zealand & Eggenstein, Germany. Digital mastering at the Temple of Music.
Un océan de certitude
long out of print, one copy only available - Un ocean de certitude' V223 is a triple set: a disk each by Gunter and Wehowsky and one collaboration. Gunter's piece 'Deceptive likeness' is a minimal work, which while at a low volume is not quite sublim…