Jason Kahn / Günter Müller / Christian Wolfarth
Limmat
CD + DIGITAL — CATALOG MIKROTON 7 — RELEASED APRIL 2010
"Limmat" is the second CD from Günter Müller, Jason Kahn and Christian Wolfarth, following their first album Drumming released in 2005 on Creative Sources. Recorded during one afternoon in Kahn’s Zürich studio, “Limmat” features three unedited improvisations melding microsounds, percussive mastery and swaths of noise and static into a mesmerizing whole.
Originally from Los Angeles, Jason Kahn has lived in Europe since 1990. He has performed or recorded with musicians such as Günter Müller, Norbert Möslang, Kim Cascone, Arnold Dreyblatt, Steve Roden, Dieb13, Richard Francis, Ryu Hankil, Jon Mueller, z’ev and many others. He ran the Cut label from 1997 to 2008, releasing 25 albums. Limmat is his second release on Mikroton, following an album Planes, a duo with Asher, released in 2009.
Günter Müller, formerly a percussionist and known for his unique explorations of the possibilities of drums and percussion using electronic devices and self-built instruments, now concentrates on his setup of two iPods and electronics. For thirty years he’s been a part of innumerable projects, including long-term musical dialogues with many musicians like Jim O’Rourke, Norbert Möslang, Andy Guhl, eRikm, Oren Ambarchi, Toshimaru Nakamura, Keith Rowe, Ralph Steinbrüchel, Philip Samartzis, Alfred 23 Harth, just to name a few. He also runs the critically acclaimed FOR4EARS, a label for improvised music. This is his second release on Mikroton, following his solo album cym_bowl, released in 2009.
Christian Wolfarth is a Swiss percussionist, active on the international jazz and improv scenes for thirty years. He studied with Billy Brooks at the Swiss Jazz School, with Pierre Favre at Luzern Conservatory and composition with Siegfried Kutterer. He’s played extensively with many musicians like John Butcher, Michel Doneda, Axel Dörner, Barry Guy, Charlotte Hug, Urs Leimgruber, Werner Lüdi, Evan Parker and is a member of such diverse projects as Mersault (a trio with Tomas Korber, Christian Weber), Tell (a duo with Joke Lanz), Vorwolf (a duo with Michael Vorfeld).
Jason Kahn > analog synthesizer
Günter Müller > ipod's, electronics
Christian Wolfarth > percussion
Editions ⤵︎
91 / BURKHARD STANGL & DIEB13 Jardin Des Bruits
89-90 / JOKE LANZ / JASON KAHN / NORBERT MÖSLANG / GÜNTER MÜLLER / CHRISTIAN WEBER kangaroo_kitchen
88 / ANDREA ERMKE / CHRIS ABRAHAMS / MARCELLO BUSATO / ARTHUR ROTHER Sink
87 / LARS ÅKERLUND / ERYCK ABECASSIS Falls
86 / FEN / OTOMO YOSHIHIDE / RYU HANKIL / YAN JUN / YUEN CHEE WAI No One's Island
75 / FREE ELECTRONICS T-SHIRT
74 / WABI EXPERIENCE Wabi Experience
73 / KEN GANFIELD / KURT LIEDWART / PETR VRBA Something Wrong There
71 / JEROME NOETINGER / SEC_ La Cave Des Etendards
69 / KURT LIEDWART & PETR VRBA Punkt
68 / KURT LIEDWART / JULIEN OTTAVI / KEITH ROWE L'Or
65 / GÜNTER MÜLLER / KURT LIEDWART / NORBERT MÖSLANG Ground
64 / YUI ONODERA & STEPHEN VITIELLO Quiver
63 / ANGELICA CASTELLO & JEROME NOETINGER Disturbio
61 / THE PITCH & SPLITTER ORCHESTER Frozen Orchestra (Splitter)
60 / THOMAS LEHN & MARCUS SCHMICKLER Neue Bilder
59 / THE ELKS This Is Not The Ant
57 / ALFREDO COSTA MONTEIRO & MIGUEL A. GARCIA Aq'Ab'Al
56 / BURKHARD BEINS / LUCIO CAPECE / MARTIN KÜCHEN / PAUL VOGEL Fracture Mechanics
54 / KURT LIEDWART / ANDREY POPOVSKIY / MARTIN TAXT Hjem
53 / CILANTRO / ANGELICA CASTELLO / BILLY ROISZ Borderland
52 / EASE / KLAUS FILIP & NOID No No No, No
50 / GEORGE LEWIS & SPLITTER ORCHESTER Creative Construction Kit™
49 / SERGE BAGHDASSARIANS / BORIS BALTSCHUN / BURKHARD BEINS Future Perfect
47 / NORBERT MÖSLANT / KURT LIEDWART / ILIA BELORUKOV sale_interiora
46 / KEITH ROWE / MARTIN KÜCHEN The Bakery
45 / KURT LIEDWART / PHIL RAYMOND Rim
43-44 / RYU HANKIL / NOID / MATIJA SCHELLANDER AND OTHERS Foreign Correspondents
41-42 / ANGELICA CASTELLO / MARIO DE VEGA / ATTILA FARAVELLI / BURKHARD STANGL Sqid
39-40 / SIMON JAMES PHILLIPS Blage 3
38 / BURKHARD BEINS / ENRICO MALATESTA / MICHAEL VORFELD / CHRISTIAN WOLFARTH / INGAR ZACH Glück
37 / ERIKM / MARTIN BRANDLMAYR / Ecotone
36 / CASEY ANDERSON / JASON KAHN / NORBERT MÖSLANG / GÜNTER MÜLLER / MARK TRAYLER Five Lines
33-35 / VARIOUS ARTISTS Feedback: Order From Noise
32 / KEITH ROWE / ALFREDO COSTA MONEIRO / KURT LIEDWART / ILIA BELORUKOV Contour
31 / MICHAEL THIEKE UNUNUNIUM Nachtlieder
30 / ANGELICA CASTELLO / BILLY ROISZ / BURKHARD STANGL / DIEB13 Scuba
29 / COMMON OBJECTS / JOHN BUTCHER / RHODRI DAVIES / LEE PATTERSON Live In Morden Tower
28 / KAZUHISA UCHIHASHI / NOID / TAMARA WILHELM I Hope It Doesn't Work
26 / MARGARETH KAMMERER / Why Is The Sea So Blue
25 / ILIA BELORUKOV & KURT LIEDWART Vtoroi
24 / HANNO LEICHTMANN Minimal Studies
23 / BARBARA ROMEN / KAI FAGASCHINSKI / GUNTER SCHNEIDER Here Comes The Sun
21-22 / CATHERINE JAUNIAUX / ERIKM Mal Des Ardents / Pantoneon
20 / EL ENFIERNO MUSICAL El Infierno Musical. A Tribute To Alejandra Pizarnik
19 / ALESSANDRO BOSETTI / CHRIS ABRAHAMS We Who Had Left
17-18 / RICK REED / KEITH ROWE / BILL THOMPSON Shifting Currents
14-16 / VARIOUS ARTISTS Echtzeitmusik Berlin
13 / CHRIS ABRAHAMS / LUCIO CAPECE None Of Them Would Remember It That Way
12 / SATANIC ABANDONED ROCK & ROLL SOCIETY Bloody Imagination
11 / ERIKM / NORBERT MÖSLANG Stodgy
10 / RHODRI DAVIES / MARK WASTELL Live In Melbourne
7 / JASON KAHN / GÜNTER MÜLLER / CHRISTIAN WOLFARTH Limmat
5-6 / VARIOUS ARTISTS Klingt.org: 10 Jahre Bessere Farben
4 / WERNER DAFELDECKER / CHRISTOF KURZMANN / JOHN TILBURY / STEVIE WISHART Violet
2 / ALAN COURTIS / JAIME GENOVART / CHRISTOF KURZMANN / PABLO RECHE Palmar Zähler
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