Re: [microsound] Burkhard Stangl

[JonAbbey2@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 12/20/00 10:39:19 AM, cramakrishnan@xxxxxxx writes:

<< However, other
than a couple of Franz Koglmann records and the re-issue of
Polwechsel, I haven't come accross anything else he plays on. 

Anyone know what Stangl has been up to? >>

well, to start, there's Polwechsel 2, also on Hat Art, highly recommended. 
Polwechsel just recorded their 3rd record, and it should be out sometime in 
2001 on Durian.

he's been playing a lot of duo concerts with Kurzmann, including one I saw in 
Ulrichsberg, Austria a week or two ago (in a really nice festival curated by 
Werner Dafeldecker. my festival review is in next month's Wire.)

he's also been gradually finishing his Venusmond opera, which will be five 
parts. the first two were released this year on CD, on a label named Quell 
(http://vnm.mur.at). the band for part 1 is Stangl, Kevin Drumm, Jim 
O'Rourke, Dafeldecker and Gene Coleman, recorded at the observatory of the 
Empire State Building in 1997. the third part premiered in Chicago in May.

lastly, there's a double CD coming out early next year on Grob 
(www.churchofgrob.com), by the quartet of Stangl, Radu Malfatti, Franz 
Hautzinger and Gunter Schneider. haven't heard this yet, but I'm very excited 
about it.

Jon
www.erstwhilerecords.com