Schwarz – Nación subterránea Label: Verlag System – VS013 Format: Vinyl, LP, Album, Limited Edition, Stereo Country: Spain Released: 2016 Style: Krautrock, Psychedelic Rock, Space Rock, Prog Rock
Recorded by Marco Velasco in El Miradoor (Alhama of Murcia) in july of 2016. Mixed & mastered by Alfonso Alfonso in Goecia. Folder and artwork designed by Susana López. Percussions by Miguel Ángel Orengo. Chorus in “El propósito es el fuego” by Juanma Martínez & Marco Velasco.
All songs by Alfonso Alfonso, except “Hashashin” (Alfonso / Martínez).
“Schwarz are back with an amazing record like all his works, happily complicated as all his discography, audacious in its aesthetic mutation we think to have the courage, wisdom and talent to build all this new repertoire.” Tomás Fernando Flores. Siglo XXI – RNE3
Jochen Arbeit was member of influential instrumental band Die Haut and part of the Berlin Geniale Dilettanten scene- with roots in punk and Dada-. Without a fixed singer Die Haut drew from a list of collaboration singers from Nick Cave to Alan Vega, Kim Gordon or Arto Lindsay. Being old friends from the 80’s- Blixa Bargeld was another of the regular collaborators of Die Haut- Jochen Arbeit joined Einsturzende Neubauten in 97, participating in their musical rebirth which culminated in the recording of records exclusively with the support of their fans.
He has also worked on collaborations in other areas of art; he has composed music for theatre and dance, he has created sound installations and has collaborated with painters in visual performances. Currently he combines his presence in Einsturzende Neubauten with solo shows and other projects such as AADK, Automat, Supercosy Klangwerkstatt and several collaborations.
Huan is the alter ego of Víctor Hurtado a multi-instrumentalist and producer and distinguished member of Barcelona’s experimental scene in which he is active with many projects. He’s also the creative mind behind psychedelic-noise band Qa’a, with whom he’s toured Europe extensively and that counts Hans Joachim Irmler, Steve Stapleton and Julian Cope among their supporters.
With his primitivistic industrial project Huan he’s toured several countries with highlighted shows such as at the Contemporaneous Art Centre of Barcelona, Sónar Chicago, Terminal in Oaklandor at the Ethnological Museum of Barcelona. With Huan he’s also worked on several collaborations such as touring the US as an ensemble with Les Aus and as a sporadic collaborator of Nurse With Wound with whom he played live as a guest member at Primavera Sound Festival in 2013. He’s also worked in the field of sound art having garnered the Franco G. Maffina special mention for “most original piece” in the 2011 edition of the Luigi Russolo Sound Art Competition.” credits released November 16, 2013
Jochen Arbeit: guitar Huan: guitar and drum machine Engineer: Pablo Miranda López Editing/mixing: Víctor Hurtado Torres Mastering: Denis Blackham at Skye Mastering Vynil mastering: Yann de Kéroullas at Reverse Primecut Artwork: Clara Iris Ramos Label: Màgia Roja
Jochen Arbeit & Huan Jochen Arbeit & Huan Label: Màgia Roja – MR-005 Format: Vinyl, 12″, 45 RPM, EP, Limited Edition, blue vinyl Country: Spain Released: 16 Nov 2013 Style: No Wave, Abstract, Ambient, Avantgarde, Experimental, Free Improvisation, Noise, Space Rock
We are the Hunters were born from the fusion of Sentrionaut and Synthembryo (Alonso Urbanos, Scumearth) . They are influenced by German electronics, experimental sounds, space synth, minimal synth, ambient, industrial… For this goal they began their way armed with a selection of analogue and digital synths, adding analogue DIY machinery, semi-modular systems and a clear influence of the science fiction that has been with us for decades, either in cinema, literature, soundtracks and, above all, electronic synth music created from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s
