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not here but under the sea​​​_​​​(​​​S​​​​​​​|​​​​​​​S CINE​​​/​​​AMBI001​​​​​​​)

by Thomas Schulz

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THE EUROPEAN SCULPTURE …but under the sea 21:56
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DIE VIER SEITEN IN 23 SÄTZEN PART A 33:48
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DIE VIER SEITEN IN 23 SÄTZEN PART B 29:39
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DIE VIER SEITEN IN 23 SÄTZEN PART C 15:13

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Thomas Schulz (1950-2021), predominantly perceived as a visual artist, has continuously been as much a sound researcher and sound designer and a musical improvisor as well. He performs with Marino Zappelini (Sax) and opera singer Jane Smith at J.J.Donguy (Paris 1982) and meets Shelley Hirsch, with whom he shares a longtime friendship, at Büro Berlin. Listening to John Cage and attending an early concert of the Seesselberg brothers awakes his interest in sound and composition, but he claims, that he has had no interest in using electronic instruments „as long as we haven‘t explored the endless possibilities the acoustic sounds of the materials offer when you put your efforts into listening and into treating them.“

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Thomas Schulz’ biggest and rather monumental endeavour is what he calls ‘The European Sculpture‘. A reflection on the growing European state-like building, which he studies in a two year accreditation with the European Parliament and in repeated visits on the construction site of the Eurotunnel from 1989 to 1996.

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At the Eurotunnel he gets access to all areas of the construction site, guided on the French side by representative William Coleman. Schulz then records large parts of his visits on a field recorder and documents the construction process with his two-eyed 6x6 camera as well. ‘The European Sculpture …not here but under the sea‘ (Bayrischer Rundfunk, BR,1992), tells the story of a trip on the site where England and France would eventually be connected, underneath the sea, a story of the workers who make this happen and of the construction machinery that talks and sings to us but will be buried there forever.

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Thomas Schulz’ incredible large library of unusual sounds, from field recordings to recordings of performances, to the echo of his own heart, as heard through an ultrasonic medical device, to language experiments, are the basis for a series of compositions, most of them commissioned by German public radio stations. As a composer and performer he’s also been invited three times to Musiktage Donau-Eschingen, Germany’s most important festival for contemporary classical music.

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‘Die Vier Seiten in 23 Sätzen‘, produced by the Studio Akustische Kunst of WDR (Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Köln, 1990), in cooperation with SFB (Sender Freies Berlin), is the exemplary masterpiece showing Schulz’ perception of the audible world “in the voices of the material”: acoustic landscapes, his involvement with materials and people, to eventually taking an unexpected turn into a fragment of a light pop song with a strong beat, composed of samples from his collection.

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released November 9, 2023

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Side A of the vinyl LP contains a cut version of the composition "THE EUROPEAN SCULPTURE ...but under the sea".

Side B of the vinyl LP contains a cut version of the composition
"DIE VIER SEITEN IN 23 SÄTZEN"

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THE EUROPEAN SCULPTURE …but under the sea

Voice - William Coleman
Vocals - Shelley Hirsch
Voice - Thomas Schulz

DIE VIER SEITEN IN 23 SÄTZEN

Voice - Monika Hansen-Sander
Voice - Thomas Schulz
Voice - Renate Wollowski

Written and directed by Thomas Schulz
Sound engineering by Heiko Rüsse
Edited by Manuel Liebeskind
Mastered by Alex Buess

Additional graphic works by Roger Graf
Lacquer cut for vinyl by Adrian Flück @ Centraldubs, Bern

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SKIN AND SPEECH linktr.ee/skinandspeech was originally founded by Alex Buess in the 1980s and is now continued in a modernized form by Alex Buess, Manuel Liebeskind and Roger Graf a.k.a. BigRogers. Skin and Speech's mission is to release music worth listening to - then, now and in the future. S|S collaborates with other similarly minded labels such as Praxis, WV Sorcerer, Plattfon, etc. ... more

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