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    File of the Week 52/2013:

"Movin' On"

Did move to a new location.
Took the chance to drastically reduce my arsenal.
Less is more! cheers!




 
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    File of the Week 51/2013:

"Kinda Busy"

One more weird little track for an upcoming documentary.




 
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    File of the Week 50/2013:

"Coroner in Eindhoven"

Some screens from the Eindhoven gig this saturday.




 
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    File of the Week 49/2013:

"Blut und Leber"

It's that time of year again:
"Metzgete" (meat platter).
Thanks to Witold and Karin for this fine blood feast!




 
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    File of the Week 47/2013:

"Pirates of the Carribean X: CORONER"

Silly shot from George Town
(Cayman Islands).
From the 70'000 Tons of Metal Cruise 2012.




 
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    File of the Week 46/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 15:
CONCRETE ERROR OUT NOW TEASER"


"Out now" teaser for the album release of REIZ TRIGGER: Concrete Error




 
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/_CONCRETE ERROR OUT NOW.YOUTUBE
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 42/2013:

"Peace on Earth"

Soundtrack-Draft for a documentary.




 
/_PEACE ON EARTH.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 41/2013:

"Bazillus Weirdness"

Weird remix-fragment of a pretty weird gig at the legendary Bazillus Club (from 2007).
Online now on Bazillusmusic.com
Flo Stoffner, Tobias Schramm, Daniel Stoessel, Flo Goette.




 
/_BAZILLUS WEIRDNESS.LINK
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 40/2013:

"Trouble in Southern France"

Second temptrack of this series.




 
/_TROUBLE IN SOUTHERN FRANCE.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 39/2013:

"Charlotte Dreams About The Desert"

Approaching an upcoming filmscore by experimenting with various sounds.
Eventually, some ideas or temptracks come up.




 
/_CHARLOTTE DREAMS ABOUT THE DESERT.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 38/2013:

"The Calm Before"

"Behind the scenes" shots from the CORONER gig at Hellfest 2011.




 
/_THE CALM BEFORE.LINK
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 37/2013:

"CORONER Documentary Teaser"

First teaser for a documentary about CORONER by Bruno Amstutz and Lukas Ruettimann.




 
/_CORONER DOCUMENTARY TEASER.LINK
/_CORONER.FACEBOOK
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 36/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 14:
OUT NOW!!"


It's done! "Concrete Error" is OUT NOW!
Taking orders now.




 
/_REIZ TRIGGER.COM
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 34/2013:

"Dirt in the ground"

Coverversion of a glorious Tom Waits Song from 1992.
My intonation here is pretty off, but thats the way it came about just now.




 
/_DIRT IN THE GROUND.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 33/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 13:
Concrete is here!"


The solid concrete covers arrived!
Album release is very soon.




 
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    File of the Week 32/2013:

"CORONER at MehSuff Festival"

Some pre-show pix from the gig at MehSuff Festival.
Thanks to the "official CORONER reporter" Hervé Rakowski!
And a silly clip: the entire gig in 27 seconds... :-)




 
/_CORONER MEH SUFF PRESHOW PIX.FACEBOOK
/_CORONER MEH SUFF IN 27 SECONDS.MOV
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 31/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 12:
Concrete Error Cover Prototype 2"


Second Prototype for the "Concrete Error" Frontcover.
Design by Michael Perricone, Construction by Ole Fach.




 
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    File of the Week 30/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 11:
REIZ TRIGGER.COM"


Setting up a simple new site for the REIZ TRIGGER project.




 
/_WWW.REIZTRIGGER.COM.LINK
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 29/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 10:
Concrete Error First Cover Drafts"


First Drafts for the "Concrete Error" Frontcover.
A first physical prototype (solid concrete) and a draft for the fonts.
I'm pretty excited!




 
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    File of the Week 28/2013:

"CORONER Members"

Check out the new entry (guest musician).
Cheers guys and thanks to Laurie!




 
/_CORONER MEMBERS.LINK
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 27/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 09:
Concrete Error Album Teaser 2"


The second one.




 
/_CONCRETE ERROR ALBUM TEASER 2.YOUTUBE
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 26/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 08:
Concrete Error Album Teaser 1"


First album teaser for the upcoming REIZ TRIGGER album.
Working title is "Concrete Error".




 
/_CONCRETE ERROR ALBUM TEASER 1.YOUTUBE
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 24/2013:

"Corsica June 2013"

Cheers from Corsica; time to chill and to fool around with the new GoPro Hero3...




 
/_CORSICA JUNE 2013.YOUTUBE
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 23/2013:

"Viral Marketing Strategy Advice"

A silly short video, supposedly about marketing a horror film.
I really just liked the shots of people leaving a theatre in just the right moments.




 
/_VIRAL MARKETING STRATEGY ADVICE.YOUTUBE
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 21/2013:

"Automatischer Datenaustausch"

Weird little electronic impro-piece, using 10 tracks of Moog Voyager and some digital effects.




 
/_AUTOMATISCHER DATENAUSTAUSCH.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 20/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 7:
Logicuser Compilation 2013 online"


The sampler mentioned in week 17 inluding "Not the Fall" by REIZ TRIGGER is now available online.
Check Apple Music or your favourite platform.




 
/_APPLE MUSIC.LINK
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 19/2013:

"Concrete River"

Concrete River.




 
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    File of the Week 18/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 6:
Mastering REIZ TRIGGER"


Echochamber.ch, Masteringmaster Dan Suters masteringstudio.
Today (May 1st), Dan is doing most of the mastering for the upcoming REIZ TRIGGER album.




 
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    File of the Week 17/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 5:
Logicuser Compilation 2013 (Teaser)"


Teaser for the "Logicuser Compilation 2013".
The sampler contains the REIZ TRIGGER song "Not The Fall" from my upcoming third album and 20 more tunes from various Logicusers.
New release date is May 16th...




 
/_LOGICUSER TEASER.YOUTUBE
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 16/2013:

"Toil And Trouble"

"War he sung is toil and trouble", a Haendel aria (1736) in a weird tech-metal version... :-)
With mezzo-soprano Susannah Haberfeld. A repost.




 
/_TOIL AND TROUBLE.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 15/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 4:
Mixing Days 5-6 (Plate Reverb)"


Mixing two more songs for the upcoming REIZ TRIGGER album at New Sound Studio, Switzerland.
This is the plate reverb in the studio. Very vintage indeed.
It was used on all songs mixed there.




 
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    File of the Week 14/2013:

"Abandon (1984)"

Ultravintage this time: a simple synthtrack from nearly 30 years ago (!!).
Used in (and with excerpts from) the radioshow "Gedankdenflug" (1984) by Erna Johanna Stössel, my mother.
This one is on the compilation CD "Daniel Stössel: Kassettenzeit 1982-1992".




 
/_ABANDON (1984).MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 13/2013:

"Passive Aggressive Violence"

Song "And Then There Was Silence" by 69 CHAMBERS.
From the album "Torque" (2012). Samples by Daniel Stössel/amusis.




 
/_AND THEN THERE WAS SILENCE.SOUNDCLOUD
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 10/2013:

"Nothing is on the Radio"

Quickly testing a new looper-pedal with just a mic and a radio.




 
/_NOTHING ON THE RADIO (DITTO LOOPER TEST).YOUTUBE
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 08/2013:

"Voyager and MS20"

A comrade for my Voyager: an original Korg MS20.





 
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    File of the Week 06/2013:

"CORONER Interview"

Some setshots from an extensive Interview with CORONER, realized by Lukas Rüttimann, Bruno Amstutz and Peter Muck this weekend.
For an upcoming documentary.




 
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    File of the Week 05/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 3:
Mixing Day 1"


First day of mixing for the upcoming REIZ TRIGGER album with Tommy Vetterli at New Sound Studio, Switzerland.




 
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    File of the Week 04/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 2:
Oxidation Noise now online"


While still working on the third album, the second REIZ TRIGGER release "Oxidation Noise" (2009) is finally also available for download and streaming.
Check Apple Music, Amazon or Spotify.




 
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    File of the Week 02/2013:

"REIZ TRIGGER YEAR 2013 Part 1:
Recording Kaspar"


Recording some violoncello performances by Kaspar Singer for the upcoming third REIZ TRIGGER album.
2013 will be a REIZ TRIGGER year!
Stay tuned!




 
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    File of the Week 01/2013:

"Jahresrückblick 2012 (SRF Tagesschau)"

The 2012 annual review for the Swiss Tagesschau was produced by Natascha Schwyn and myself.
Links to all seven episodes below.




 
/_2012.LINK