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music for bats & elves |
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| Location: | Berlin, Kreuzberg |
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| Last Login: | Jul 6, 2008 (98 days back) |
About Me |
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NEUES VON DER ELFENFRONT - Die Wahrheit über Island erschienen Ende 2007 in der edition suhrkamp. www.suhrkamp.de "NEWS FROM THE ELF FRONT - the truth about Iceland" published by edition suhrkamp, september 2007. To order/bestellen: http://www.suhrkamp.deIn August 1995, Wolfgang Müller met the medium Erla Stefánsdóttir in Reykjavik for a long interview. To his question whether elves are only to be found in Iceland, Erla answered: "Of course not. Elves are everywhere.""And how do they communicate with each other? Is there an international elf language?", enquired Wolfgang. Amused, Erla Stefánsdóttir plucked some fluff off her red jumper and shook her head: "Elves don't speak - they sing!"Elves' singing is normally inaudible to the human ear. Unlike music made by humans, it goes directly into the head of the listener. Hearing, therefore, is not an essential function in order to perceive it. An fascinating thought for Wolfgang Müller, who had already produced music with deaf friends in the early Eighties with his band DIE TOEDLICHE DORIS - in turn, Gunther Puttrich-Reignard taught him German sign language. (pic.: Sign language interpreters Dina Tabbert and Andrea Schulz transforming the first Vinyl-LP by Die Toedliche Doris completely into signs, gestures, movements, interactions in 1998, published 2006: DEAF MUSIC, DVD & book english/german: http://www.kroethenhayn.de )In contrast, BAT, Wolfgang Müller's first solo LP (1987), contains supersonic sounds made by eight kinds of indigenous bats, which were then processed to make them audible to the human ear. It is the first Vinyl-recording of sounds these animals make in order to locate their own positions and to defend themselves. In 1998, Wolfgang Müller, together with the sign language interpreters Dina Tabbert and Andrea Schulz, worked on a remake of the LP "Die Tödliche Doris", which was originally released in 1981 and had been out of stock for a long time: with the interpreters' help, the music and the text were transformed into something extramusical. The DVD "DEAF MUSIC/Gehörlose Musik" is just published by www.kroethenhayn.comFrom non-musical to super-musical: Icelanders were considered by visitors from the mainland to be by far the most unmusical nation in Europe for many centuries. "...a foreigner would find just as much displeasure as the Icelanders' enjoyment, for they sing terribly and totally out of time and without feeling, especially as they have a slightest idea of the latest feel for music." (Uno von Troil, Letters from Iceland, 1779). Today, this picture seems to have completely reversed. Numerous Icelandic singers are to be found in opera houses of the world, and ReykjavÃk's club and music scene is seen as one of the most innovative in Europa. Bands and solo artists from ReykjavÃk are well known all over the world. Iceland is now considered to be a very musical country."In order to create an agreeable environment, where elves would feel comfortable, I must remain equally open to the musical, the non-musical and extra-musical," believe Wolfgang Müller. And so, various musical styles, directions and currents are found running through on his latest CD, "Mit Wittgenstein in KrisuvÃk". Elves and dwarves are behind all of those, inaudible and yet perceptible - some friendly, the others wrathful; sometimes merry, serious at other times.Ludwig Wittgenstein, who spent several days in Iceland in 1913, later wrote in his principal work of philosophy, Logico-tractatus philosophicus, the closing sentence: "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent." Wolfgang Müller complements this with the statement, "Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one can sing."Wolfgang Müller was with Nikolaus Utermöhlen (* 1958 - 1996) founder of DIE TÖDLICHE DORIS . Look: http://www.die-toedliche-doris.de You have been marked on my profile map! |
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Music:Member Since: 5/6/2006Band Website: wolfgangmueller.net Band Members: Wolfgang Müller aka Úlfur Hródólfsson Influences: http://www.die-toedliche-doris.de Sounds Like: Sounds of BATs and Music by Elves Record Label: A-Musik/ Kroethenhayn / intermedium records/ VOD Type of Label: Indie |
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My Background and Lifestyle |
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| Occupation: | Music Artist (Indie / Experimental / Other) |
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Vom Überleben der Fittesten |
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FDP und Blaumeise: eine Gegenüberstellung
(in: junge welt 21./22.6.08)
Nervös kündigte ich bei der FDP-Zentrale in Berlin-Mitte per Telefon meinen Besu... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Sat, 21 Jun 2008 06:02:00 PST |
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Das Chaos... |
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| aus dem Katalog: No one is Innocent - Punk- Stil - Revolte, Kunsthalle Wien. Verlag für Moderne Kunst, Nürnberg 2008.
(this text in english translation look: http://www.martin-schmitz-ver... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Thu, 22 May 2008 06:28:00 PST |
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Die Wiederkehr des Verdrängten: Bernhard Buffet |
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| Die Wiederkehr des Verdrängten: Bernard Buffet, der letzte große Maler aus Paris
(veröffentlicht in "junge welt"..5. Mai 2008 unter dem Titel "Nur vom Feinsten")
Bernard Buffet: Nach wie vor z... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Sat, 10 May 2008 07:56:00 PST |
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Schöner sterben mit Gregor Schneider |
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| (der Kommentar erscheint in Kürze auf www.dieGesellschafter.de)
Wolfgang Müller kommentiert die Pläne des Künstlers Gregor Schneider, die unter der Überschrift der Tod im Museum" seit Wochen für Schl... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Sat, 03 May 2008 03:41:00 PST |
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Als die Welt total vernünftig wurde.. |
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....und aus Damien Hirst ein klitzekleiner Diamant
Die Kunst ist ein autonomer Bereich, aber nicht unabhängig. Sie steht in Wechselwirkung mit der Zeit, in der sie geschaffen wird. Die... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Sun, 13 Apr 2008 04:31:00 PST |
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| bücher für randgruppen
Ein Kunstkritiker sucht nach Qualität
Die Kunst ist autonom, aber nicht unabhängig. Sie steht in Wechselwirkung mit der Zeit. Dies können Künstler und Kunstkritiker reflektieren... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Sun, 24 Feb 2008 05:03:00 PST |
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Über die Freiheit luftleerer Räume |
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Warum findet Moderne Kunst heute so großen Zuspruch? Was suchen und finden die Menschenmassen, die heute in die Kunsthallen und Galer... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Sun, 20 Jan 2008 05:46:00 PST |
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Zwischen Freizeit und Freiheit |
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| junge welt, 8.September 2007
Zwischen Freizeit und Freiheit
Über das Coming-out als Künstler
von Wolfgang Müller
Es gefiel der Punkerin »Ratten-Jenny« überhaupt nicht, als der Künstler Martin Kippenbe... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Sun, 09 Dec 2007 04:22:00 PST |
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Schöne Vögel und ein paar Irrtümer - Anita Albus klärt auf |
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| bücher für randgruppen
Schöne Vögel und ein paar Irrtümer - Anita Albus klärt auf
Ein wahres Kleinod: schönes Papier, klassisches Schriftbild, viele edle Abbildungen, reichlich Lektüre und ein dunke... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Sun, 29 Jul 2007 02:01:00 PST |
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NEUES VON DER ELFENFRONT - Die Wahrheit über Island |
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| Am 28. August 2007 erscheint NEUES VON DER ELFENFRONT - Die Wahrheit über Island, edition suhrkamp
Dafür habe ich neben der Recherche vor Ort, in Island, recht viele Bücher gelesen. Mich interes... Posted by Wolfgang Müller on Wed, 27 Jun 2007 07:01:00 PST |
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