In celebration of their tenth anniversary, German experimental label Nonplace will release a collection of exclusive tracks this spring.
Founded in 2000 by Burnt Friedman, Nonplace has released dozens of experimental, jam-based records in the past decade, and Nonplace 10th Anniversary Edition features new tracks by the artists closest to the label, including The Embassadors, Mark Ernestus and Uwe Schmidt, who collaborates with Friedman under the name Flanger. The collection also features artists who, despite keeping a low profile, are significant figures in contemporary German music, such as Jaki Liebezeit, the drummer from Krautrock pioneers Can, and Rashad Becker, an engineer at Berlin's esteemed Dubplates & Mastering.
As usual with Nonplace, the compilation pretty much defies genre categorization, but is held together by Friedman's unique notion of "dub." Friedman explains: "Dub is a method! It allows me to obtain constantly different results on the basis of the same material. The more pronounced the level of improvisation during the mix, the more the raw material, the original, is forced into the background, sometimes even maltreated to the point of being unrecognizable. The procedure allows me to highlight certain musical features of a song while wholly ignoring other ingredients most likely foreground components such as vocals or instrumental solos. The resultant numbers (tracks) come closer to my own perspective: they're de-cored, so to speak, no longer have a centre. From this point of view neither jazz nor dub are styles. They are tags made up to avoid the artist's name, to give them a commonplace, as opposed to a Nonplace!"
Tracklist
01. Friedman & Liebezeit - The Librarian (Friedman Remix
02. Prof. Psygrooves - Flow (Friedman Remix)
03. The Embassadors - Iboga Dreamtime (medium)
04. The Embassadors - Makena (Mark Ernestus Mix)
05. Burnt Friedman - Where Should I Go ? (Instrumental Remix)
06. Burnt Friedman - Roots Automation
07. Flanger - Funeral March (Remix)
08. Root 70 (plays Flanger) - Nightbeat (Flanger Remix)
09. Flanger - Crime In The Pale Moonlight (Remix)
10. Flanger - Crime In The Pale Moonlight (Rashad Becker Remix)
11. Flanger - Peninsula (2010 License Version)
12. Liebezeit & Friedman - The Sticks (Rashad Becker Remix)
13. Dream Sequence (Soundtrack)
14. Root 70 (plays B.Friedman) - Gruppenreise (Rashad Becker Remix)
15. Friedman & Liebezeit - Wirklich (Friedman Remix)
Nonplace will release 10th Anniversary Edition on April 23rd, 2010.