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Al Margolis / Gerald Fiebig / Emerge
Tripolar Exercises
Al Margolis: strange instruments
Gerald Fiebig: objects, Auki the dachshund, chickens
EMERGE: sound recycling, photo, design, mastering
The first collaboration of Al Margolis (aka If, Bwana), Gerald Fiebig, and EMERGE dates back to the early days of attenuation circuit: In 2012, Fiebig and EMERGE (along with local colleague elektrojudas) supported If, Bwana at his first ever live show at attenuation circuit's homebase in Augsburg, and joined him for a collective improvisation which was subsequently released as the double-album 'crossgrained'. This beginning of a great friendship was followed by a split LP by Margolis and Fiebig, another collective live set in 2015 including elektrojudas, and EMERGE joining If, Bwana on tour across Europe. Ten years after their first meeting, Margolis, Fiebig, and EMERGE set about composing a collaborative album in a completely different manner - and this is the result.
Anyone familiar with the work of the three collaborators would argue that the common denominator of their practices is the drone, and in fact this idiom is present in the interludes of this album, for which EMERGE supplied sounds that were processed, or 'recycled', by Margolis and then joined by other lifeforms via field recordings supplied by Fiebig. The three main pieces of the album, however, tend to exploit other approaches. They were composed over distance, with one participant recording a track, the second one adding another, and the third one adding the final track and mixing the piece. For each of the three pieces, the sequence of the contributors changed as indicated. The challenge of contributing relevant parts to a piece 'emerging' without a preconceived plan, while at the same time leaving enough room for subsequent contributions, along with the choice of obscure sound sources, gives this album its particular texture, in which 'chance meetings' play a rather significant part. The track titles reflect this quasi-surrealist approach, while the first letters of the words in the titles are related to the sequence of the contributors in these
'tripolar exercises'.
This is a joint-release by:
Pogus Productions ° 21095-2
pogus.com
° pogal@pogus.com
gebrauchtemusik ° gm040
gebrauchtemusik.de
°
geraldfiebig.net
attenuation circuit ° ACU 1064 ° 2024
attenuationcircuit.de
° attenuation-circuit@web.de
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Composer(s)
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| 21096 |
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Elka Bong |
| 21095 |
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Margolis/Fiebig/Emerge |
| 21094 |
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Agencement |
| 21093 |
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Aliona Yurtsevich |
| 21092 |
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Aliona Yurtsevich |
| 21091 |
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Al Margolis |
| 21090 |
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Enzo Minarelli |
| 21089 |
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Aliona Yurtsevich |
| 21088 |
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Yiorgis Sakellariou |
| 21087 |
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id m theft able |
| 21086 |
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Kasper T. Toeplitz |
| 21085 |
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Tom Hamilton |
| 21084 |
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David First |
| 21083 |
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Adachi/Blonk/Smith/Ingalls |
| 21082 |
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Marta Sainz/If, Bwana |
| 21081 |
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Aliona Yurtsevich |
| 21080 |
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If, Bwana |
| 21079 |
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Ulrich Krieger |
| 21078 |
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Triple Point |
| 21077 |
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Robin Hayward |
| 21076 |
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Ron Nagorcka |
| 21075 |
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Secluded Bronte |
| 21074 |
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David Rosenboom |
| 21073 |
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Peter Batchelor |
| 21072 |
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Alvin Lucier |
| 21071 |
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Lou Cohen |
| 21070 |
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Brian Chase |
| 21069 |
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Jerry Hunt |
| 21068 |
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If, Bwana |
| 21067 |
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Jorge Antunes |
| 21066 |
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Enzo Minarelli |
| 21065 |
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Tensions At The Vanguard |
| 21064 |
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Frances White |
| 21063 |
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Noah Creshevsky |
| 21062 |
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If, Bwana/Trio Scordatura |
| 21061 |
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Nate Wooley |
| 21060 |
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Leo Kupper |
| 21059 |
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Oliveros/López/Van Nort/Braasch |
| 21058 |
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Philip Corner |
| 21057 |
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Alvin Lucier |
| 21056 |
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Dimitri Voudouris |
| 21055 |
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Birds + Machines |
| 21054 |
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Kiva |
| 21053 |
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César Bolaños |
| 21052 |
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Marchetti/Capparos |
| 21051 |
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Hamilton/Eisenbeil |
| 21050 |
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Source Records 1-6 |
| 21049 |
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Noah Creshevsky/If, Bwana |
| 21048 |
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Simon Wickham-Smith |
| 21047 |
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Kenneth Gaburo |
| 21046 |
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If, Bwana (Al Margolis) |
| 21045 |
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Annea Lockwood |
| 21044 |
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Felix Werder |
| 21043 |
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Dimitri Voudouris |
| 21042 |
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Nick Didkovsky |
| 21041 |
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Montreal Sound Matter |
| 21040 |
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Anla Courtis |
| 21039 |
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Crawling with Tarts |
| 21038 |
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If, Bwana (Al Margolis) |
| 21037 |
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Hans Otte |
| 21036 |
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DIY Canons |
| 21035 |
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Band/Myers |
| 21034 |
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Chris Brown |
| 21033 |
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Tom Johnson |
| 21032 |
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Roger Reynolds |
| 21031 |
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Trios - Collaboration |
| 21030 |
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Beth Anderson |
| 21029 |
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Hamilton/Silverton/Margolis |
| 21028 |
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Warren Burt |
| 21027 |
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Jorge Antunes |
| 21026 |
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David Dunn |
| 21025 |
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Roger Reynolds |
| 21024 |
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If, Bwana (Al Margolis) |
| 21023 |
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Pauline Oliveros |
| 21022 |
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David Rosenboom |
| 21021 |
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Ross Bolleter |
| 21020 |
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Kenneth Gaburo |
| 21019 |
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If, Bwana (Al Margolis) |
| 21018 |
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Leo Kupper |
| 21017 |
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Robert Rutman |
| 21016 |
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Matthew Ostrowski |
| 21015 |
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various |
| 21014 |
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Rune Lindblad |
| 21013 |
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If, Bwana (Al Margolis) |
| 21012 |
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Pauline Oliveros |
| 21011 |
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Rune Lindblad |
| 21010 |
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If, Bwana (Al Margolis) |
| 21009 |
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Leo Kupper |
| 21008 |
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various |
| 21007 |
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If, Bwana (Al Margolis) |
| 21006 |
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Trigger |
| 21005 |
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Big City Orchestra
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Frog Peak Music |
| SOP |
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Sound of Pig Cassettes |
| GD STEREO |
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Geoff Dugan |
| NONSEQUITUR |
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Nonsequitur |
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