Raionbashi
Chloral Works I & II single-sided 12" (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.
£8.50
David Keenan at Volcanic Tongue
Raionbashi live at Six Intermissions in Seven Acts, London 2005
(See Events). 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