Kallabris
Hund vor die Tür LP (E49)
“The significance of dogs is something which struck me a long time ago.
If one compares Mark Twain’s A Dog’s Tale with Willard Van Orman Quine’s
Two Dogmas of Empiricism, for example, one finds that Twain’s account of
the narrator’s mother (who is a collie) is much more knowing than Quine’s account of the meaning of a tail.
Experience tells us that it might be best to acknowledge that certain tails
don’t have a meaning at all. This is especially true if one thinks of certain
dogs and their resemblance to applied mathematics. One does not have to
consult Crelle’s Journal to understand that their tails — whether pure or
slightly grubby — can’t possibly move them. It’s always the dog that moves
the tail — never the other way round.”
Kallabris is the project of Michael Anacker. Active since 1986, Kallabris’ work
has been described as ‘electro-acoustic chamber music’ — a description
which should be taken literally. Anacker’s main interest is a reflection on the
electro-mechanical conditions of sound recording presented in everyday
recording devices such as cheap home computers, dictaphones and answering
machines. Thus, he is not interested in the limits of musical styles but in the
limitations of sound (re)production.
See also Kallabris (E26) and Outposts
First edition of 200 copies.
£10
Kallabris at Aalst, one banana later. Photograph by Ema Bonifacic