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    File of the Week 51/2018:

"Bahnhof Hardbruecke"

A December afternoon at Bahnhof Hardbruecke, Zurich.




 
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    File of the Week 50/2018:

"Yana Lowkey Nude/Pain"

Thank you Yana!




 
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    File of the Week 48/2018:

"Noise Corner Soma Pipe"

My little noise corner with the brandnew Soma Pipe.




 
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    File of the Week 47/2018:

"Blood Test 1"

There will be blood.




 
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    File of the Week 46/2018:

"Sunday Minimal Noise"

Sunday minimal noise piece, using just an e-violin, a pedalsynth and a cymbal.




 
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    File of the Week 44/2018:

"Masked Mannequin"

Me and a mannequin in a long time exposure...
All done in-camera btw; not some Photoshop composite.




 
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    File of the Week 42/2018:

"Vonny"

Sweet Vonny wearing REIZ TRIGGER and CORONER on a beautiful late autumn afternoon.
Thank you Vonny!




 
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    File of the Week 41/2018:

"REIZ TRIGGER: Krell Patch 01"

My first go at a "Krell Patch" ("self generative" synth patch).
No human interaction whatsoever. After putting up a set of rules and connecting the modules, the machine plays autonomously.




 
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    File of the Week 40/2018:

"Bad Girls Wear Coroner"

... and good girls do too.




 
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    File of the Week 38/2018:

"CORONER Label Suisse 2018"

CORONER at Label Suisse Festival 2018 in Lausanne.




 
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    File of the Week 37/2018:

"Eva"

Thank you, beautiful Eva!




 
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    File of the Week 36/2018:

"Wendi Frei"

A silly one this week:
TV-scheduler "Wendi" Frei retires; so all of the team sent in a clip about how life is when he calls, looking for someone to come to work on a day off.
Did the editing and also played Wendi. Jack Nicholson played me :-)
This one is mostly in Swiss German.




 
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    File of the Week 35/2018:

"Masculism"

TV piece about the weird world of Masculinists and Anti-Feminists.
Journalist: Ivana Imoli. Editor: moi.




 
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    File of the Week 34/2018:

"REIZ TRIGGER: Dark Matter Halo (Stephan S Remix)"

A Remix by Stephan S from the "Reiz Trilogy EP" (2016).
Both the original song and this version are available on streaming/download platforms and on reiztrigger.com.




 
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    File of the Week 33/2018:

"Giacometti and Ritz"

Back from the gigs and the leisure time, straight back to TV-work.
Two portraits this week about Alberto Giacometti and Caesar Ritz.
Journalist: Bruno Amstutz. Editor: moi.




 
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    File of the Week 32/2018:

"Shooting Anthi in Matala"

Thank you Anthi, it was a blast!




 
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    File of the Week 31/2018:

"CORONER in Crete"

CORONER in Heraklion and some quality spare time before the gig.




 
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    File of the Week 30/2018:

"CORONER in Tolmin"

CORONER at the Metal Days in Tolmin (Slovenia) this Tuesday.




 
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    File of the Week 28/2018:

"CORONER in Gefle"

Some CORONER summer-shows are coming up.
The first one was at Metalfestival Gefle (Sweden) this weekend.




 
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    File of the Week 27/2018:

"FAR BEYOND: Bergluft"

After quite a while, Psychedelic-Rockband FAR BEYOND (late 90ties) met again to improvise and do some wicked ambient-tracks.




 
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    File of the Week 26/2018:

"Francis, Henrietta and me distorted"

The tryptich on Henrietta Moraes by Francis Bacon; once the original painting and once the print in my living room.
Guess you can tell which is which, right?




 
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    File of the Week 24/2018:

"Von Kopf bis Kick"

Funny that i did the editing for this "10vor10" special about the world cup.
I don't like soccer at all...:-)
Journalist: Romana Kayser. Editor: moi.




 
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    File of the Week 23/2018:

"Francesca 100 Thumbs"

Editing the pictures i took of italian topmodel Francesca in Turin, Italy.
What you see here are just shabby little thumbnails.




 
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    File of the Week 21/2018:

"FAR BEYOND: Suzis Daydream 1990"

I composed this silly 10-minute track about a near-borderline friend for the psychedelic rockband FAR BEYOND in 1990.
It's a simple rehearsal-room tape recording.
That's how we did it 28 years ago. Stoned, drunk and happy.




 
/_SUZIS DAYDREAM 1990.MP3
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 18/2018:

"Marxism For Beginners"

Today is Karl Marx' 200th Birthday.
Here a little soundexperiment, testing the "Karl Marx Stadt" Synth.
A repost from 2015.




 
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    File of the Week 15/2018:

"The Spirit Analog Noise"

Made some drone sounds for TAR POND.
Some Lyra-4, some Nyx and other analog tools.
Without the actual songplayback (can't show that here yet), this doesn't make a lot of sense.
Or does it?




 
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    File of the Week 14/2018:

"CORONER Sursee Diego 50"

Some preshow snapshots from the CORONER gig in Sursee this weekend.
It was also Diego's fiftieth birthday.




 
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    File of the Week 13/2018:

"REIZ TRIGGER Tease"

This might be teasing something coming.
For now it's teasing me alright.




 
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    File of the Week 12/2018:

"REIZ TRIGGER - Dada Machines 03"

This time with some random radio!




 
/_REIZ TRIGGER - DADA MACHINES 03.YOUTUBE
 
   
     
 
    File of the Week 09/2018:

"Reiz"

No, that is not the shop that sells REIZ TRIGGER stuff...
The second link below is. :-)




 
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    File of the Week 08/2018:

"REIZ TRIGGER - Dada Machines 02"

This time the Dada Machines rock!




 
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    File of the Week 07/2018:

"Russian Beauty"

Finally got this Russian Beauty, a Lyra-4 drone synthesizer.




 
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    File of the Week 06/2018:

"REIZ TRIGGER - Dada Machines 01"

First Track with the Dada Machines.
Hello Robot Orchestra!




 
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    File of the Week 02/2018:

"Penthesilea Derniere"

January 6th: Final performance of "Penthesilea" at Konzerttheater Bern.
Thanks again to Director Cihan Inan for giving me the opportunity to create the music for this play.
Also thanks to the actors and the crew.




 
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    File of the Week 01/2018:

"REIZ TRIGGER The Great Love"

Let's begin this new year with a "Great Love".
Anyone familiar with REIZ TRIGGER might have guessed: This is a fairly dark and satirical lovesong.
But anyway: Much love to everyone!




 
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