<table align="center" border="0" height="513" width="760"><tbody><tr><td class="style11" align="left" valign="top" width="536"><p class="style6">TOMAS KORBER & PHILIP JULIAN - Herbe Zeiten ep. <br>
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format: 3" CD-R <br>
duration: 18 minutes, 1 track<br>
limited to 50 numbered copies<br>
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<td colspan="2" class="style6" align="left" height="86" valign="top"><p align="justify">Herbe Zeiten (Harsh Times) is a 18 minutes piece for guitar, electronics and computer.<br>
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<strong>Tomas Korber:</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Born
in 1979 in Zurich, Swiss-Spanish composer/improviser Tomas Korber
received a musical basic training (theory/clarinet) and guitar lessons,
which he quitted after a couple of years. Self-taught schooling in
electric-guitar, electronic devices and the use of the computer for
musical purposes followed shortly after.<br>
<br> Korber has
written compositions and played improvised music since the early
90ties. He has worked solo and collaborated with the likes of Tetuzi
Akiyama, Olivia Block, David Daniell, Greg Davis, Dimitri de Perrot,
Dieb13, Kai Fagaschinski, Bertrand Gauguet, Graham Halliwell, Jason
Kahn, Hans Koch, Lê Quan Ninh, Erik M, Sachiko M, Lionel Marchetti,
Mattin, Sean Meehan, Butch Morris, Norbert Möslang, Günter Müller,
Toshimaru Nakamura, Otomo Yoshihide, Keith Rowe, Bernd Schurer,
Yamamoto Seiichi, Adam Sonderberg, Steinbrüchel, Mark Wastell,
Christian Weber, Ralf Wehowsky, Stephan Wittwer, Christian Wolfarth and
many others.<br>
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He also composes music for film (i.e. under the direction of Franz
Dängeli, Kaspar Kasics, Stefan Haupt, Fredi Murer and others), dance
and theatre.<br>
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Tomas Korber has performed extensively across Europe, Japan and North America.<br>
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<strong>Philip Julian (aka Cheapmachines):</strong></p>
<p align="justify">Philip
Julian has been an active part of the experimental music underground
since the late 1990's recording various works under the name
Cheapmachines which operates at the interface between noise
electronics, generative software, field recordings, tape music and
long-form drones. Recordings are semi/improvised using contact
microphones, amplified metal objects, domestic radio receivers,
instrument effects pedals, environmental/found sounds, tape loops,
damaged electrical devices, analogue synthesizers, feedback from
various sources, turntables & "prepared" vinyl.</p>
<p align="justify">Traditional
instruments such as guitar, organ and tuned metal instruments (gongs,
cymbals, prayer bowls) have also been used as part of the recording
process.</p>
<p align="justify">He has also created various
computer based works using software environments such as Max/MSP,
Super_Collider, Pure Data and also using the open source GNU/Linux
operating system Debian and the related pure:dyne distribution.</p>
<p align="justify">He
has collaborated on recordings and performances with Maurizio Bianchi,
The A Band, Birchville Cat Motel, The New Blockaders and GX
Jupitter-Larsen of The Haters.</p> <p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><br><a href="http://www.con-v.org">http://www.con-v.org</a><br><br><br><br><br>