Centrozoon on WDIY's EMUSIC Program

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Calendar Event: December 2, 2004

Last Monday, Centrozoon, featuring Bernhard Wöstheinrich and Markus Reuter, played thier industrial tinged ambient music in WDIY's production studio. I captured this on tape and David Kresge came by on his lunch break to listen to much of the session.

You can hear the tape this Thursday, December 2, at 11:04 pm on EMUSIC.

EMUSICis an electronic, ambient, and space music show that airs every Thursday at 11:04 pm EST (GMT-5:00) on WDIY 88.1 FM in Allentown and Bethlehem and 93.9 FM in Easton and Phillipsburg. Listen on-line to WDIY at http://wdiy.org and click LISTEN or go directly to http://rm1.refugemedia.com/ramgen/encoder/wdiy.rm.

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Cheers,

mosc · Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2004 6:53 am Post subject:

I look forward to hearing this. BTW, I added this announcement to the calendar. Smile

gsga · Joined: Jul 22, 2004 Posts: 267 Location: allentown, pa

That was a great experience! Thanks Bill, for letting me sit in. It was also the first time I was in the DIY building. Great setup.

Fortunately, I had the opportunity to hear 3 beautiful compositions, ranging from melodic space rock to slightly more glitchy electronica by the end. Bernhard handled synth and drum programming. His style was very melodic and reserved but he did throw in the occasional sonic curve ball. Some sharp key hits and a bit of dissonance here and there. Nothing was mic’d so they could talk to each other and give direction as to where the composition would go, while they were recording. And I was able to pick up a few German words that sounded familiar. Markus’ guitar sat higher in the mix and he created these nice extended loops, stopping to solo overtop. Then he’d do some tweaking and break those loops down into noisier fragments.

And really, those dreamy soundscapes DID sound decidedly ‘German’. Some tonal/stylistic quality I can’t quite put my finger on. Yet their music would fit nicely on the Audio Dregs label or Carpark, touring with Greg Davis and Lullatone.

Fascinating music from some nice guys! Too bad they weren’t able to play Philly or NYC before going back home. Count me in as a fan.