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Spuren

by Christian Wolfarth

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Spuren I 18:35
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Christian Wolfarth - Spuren II 19:00
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"From Christian Wolfarth I already reviewed a whole bunch of releases, including four 7" releases, all-dealing with "acoustic solo percussion" (see Vital Weekly 687, 706, 744 and 772, or the double CD with remixes in Vital Weekly 879). Very few of those pieces sounded anything he's playing drums, and while I like solo percussion music of improvisers, I tought these 7" were really good; almost like electro-acoustic works, so with each new release I am eager to hear what his next move will be. On this LP there are two sidelong pieces, 'Spuren I' and 'Spuren II'. 'Spuren' means 'tracks' and if I understand correctly the early jazz drummer Baby Dodds inspired him. That doesn't mean this is a jazz record, far from it. In 'Spuren I' Wolfarth starts with some excellent ringing overtones of a bow on a cymbal, big or small, and it moves quite gently trough space. It is humming lowly and rattles quietly until it hits a bump and just the rattle remains; it sounds like hiss, but no doubt it's a small chain or two upon a cymbal. This is really a great piece of music.
'Spuren II' on the other side starts out with a more percussive sound; the multi-layered rumble of objects, but knowing Wolfarth it is all 'live' and not a matter of extensive layering of sounds. This piece is more open within the way Wolfarth plays it, with a lingering menace of a drone pinned underneath. But within this piece he moves trough some more sections/ideas and there is more rumble and rattle going on, but here too Wolfarth sometimes moves into the very abstract field, up to the point where one doesn't recognize anything even remotely resemble percussion. It's hard (and of course unnecessary) to choice between sides here, but the minimalist approach of 'Spuren I' appealed to me more than the somewhat loose organisation of 'Spuren II'. The former has a great ambient tonality, which at the right volume moves gentle trough one's space. Pressed on marbled vinyl, this is a great work of art."

Frans de Waard (Vital Weekly 1038, June 2016)

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released April 1, 2016

Recorded & composed by Christian Wolfarth
Liner notes by Adam Sonderberg
Graphic design by Urs Freitag
Photos by Christian Wolfarth

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hiddenbell records Zürich, Switzerland

The Label hiddenbell records was founded by Christian Wolfarth
in Zürich 2009, with the goal to present his solo works, after releasing two solo-CD's "3-3-2" (percaso productions, 1996) and "wolfarth" (for4ears, 2005)

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