Raionbashi
Chloral Works I & II 3" CD (E21)
Two symphonic compositions for yodeling voice and electro-acoustic
body functions, performed and recorded by Doreen and Daniel
Kutzke-Löwenbrück.
See also LDS Relationchips (E6)
First edition of 250 copies (single-sided 12"; out of print)
Second edition (3" CD), 2008
£5
David Keenan at Volcanic Tongue
Raionbashi live at Six Intermissions in Seven Acts, London 2005
(See Events). Photograph by Martin Holtkamp
Raionbashi, live at Bullet’s, Tokyo 2009
Photograph by Martin Holtkamp
Two bizarre present-day yodels — well, the beginning is indeed a yodel,
but it’s just an excuse to ignite a stretched vocal fire in which Doreen is
elongated and superimposed to herself while ‘electroacoustic bodily
functions’ (mostly from the stomach, I’d say) act as a contrasting element
to the beautifully looped yodels, which are absolutely not reminiscent of
Austrian mountain villages, instead reminding me of contemporary
computer minimalism — and, in the second movement, of war sirens
howling in desperation.
Massimo Ricci at Touching Extremes