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CHRISTIAN F. SCHILLER & HELMUT SCHÄFER - SCHLAGSCHATTEN (3"CDR by In-Dust) : A slightly confusing release here. The music was recorded by Christian F. Schiller and Helmut Schäfer in November 2003, and now released as part of the tenth birthday of in-dust.org, which is from the same city as where the recording was made, Graz. They were European Capital of Culture back then. In the meantime Schäfer took his own life, in 2007, and now this sixteen minute piece - an excerpt - is released of music they did as part of a shadow project in a steel tower, which could be heard all over the city if I understand the project description well. The music seems to be an improvisation from electronics, loud and soft, contact microphones on steel plates and is sometimes very loud and some very soft, with feedback always lurking around the corner. I am not sure what to make of this. It's all a bit too improvised for me, maybe a bit too noisy as well, but without the noise going anywhere, or staying true noise all the time. It's a bad release but perhaps not really my cup of joe. However: hats for the packaging. A metallic magnetic box. There is quality in the world of CDR packaging. (FdW) >>> http://www.vitalweekly.net/901.html