Rainer Straschill
Beiträge des Autors
groxis tafelbilder
The first in a long line of Radical Free Improvisation albums. „The artist“ arrived at a vernissage and brought a big rack of gear, three wind instruments, a big bass guitar, and came up with…ideas.
The Cosmo Sessions
The (alternate) soundtrack to a pulp science fiction novel by Andreas Winterer. Software instruments make an appearance. As do progressive rock references. And Jimi.
The Cosmo Sessions: Samples
Following the lead I´ve taken with Janus, The Cosmo Sessions contain even more recylced material – and this not only because two of the tracks are remixes or cover versions of other songs. The following list contains a directory of all the snippets used in the recordings; some very obvious, some rather garbled. In some cases, samples appear …
Sauflieder Band 1: „A Blessing of Beers“
Following on the JANUS recording sessions, this is the first foray into realtime loops. And strating what would dominate straschill’s musical output throughout the 00’s.
JANUS
The first big production. The first with dozens of collaborators. The first with a DAW. And after a five-year hiatus since the last release, it must be good, right? Still an artist’s favourite.
JANUS: History Line
The Janus Project has a long and ardous history line – and work on it has started as early as December 1991, when one of the pieces which is to be contained on the record got conceived. During this time, the recording project has been reshaped, renamed, dropped, taken up again, replaced by other projects, forgotten, remembered …
JANUS: Flipsides
The JANUS Flipsides or THE TRACKS WHICH DIDN´T MAKE IT Total Time: 72:40 A. INTRODUCTION The track sheet shown above is the tracksheet for a fictional – yet theoretically possible, quite interesting and perhaps even practically possible – record, comprised of „flipsides“ of JANUS tunes. All the tracks listed have at one time or another …
JANUS: Samples
In today´s musical world, the concept of samples is increasingly gaining importance. Although the concept of musical quotes is nothing new in music – twoexamples: Richard Wagner quoted passages from his opera Tristan in his Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg, Anton Webern included a motiv from Johann SebastianBach´s Kunst der Fuge in his Orchesterstücke – only modern recordingtechnology made the „theft“ of recorded musical material …
JANUS: Songs
Weißbier (in my house), formerly named „SCSI Blues“, is a combination of a real primitive wind section, a dirty organ solo and totally stupid vocals. Except for the baritone sax solo, there is really nothing in it.Featured artists: Appelshyme/bs, Kremer/drRecording credits: drum tracks recorded by Guido Kremer Some pop songs have been titled „real summer …
JANUS: Persons
Rainer Straschill, author of this web site, is the project leader for JANUS. He provides all the compositions and arrangements, is responsible for most of the recording, the mastering and all coordination and administration involved. Furthermore, most of the material is performed by himself – all trombone parts, some soprano and alto saxophone tracks, keyboards …