Friedman & Friends

As promised Friedman part 2, collaborations with Atomz- Flanger, Jaki Liebezeit (ex-Can) and David Sylvian, Nine Horses aswell as the excellent Nonplace sampler "Difficult easy listening".

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Flanger - Outer Space/Inner Space

The Flanger project was founded in 1998 by Uwe Schmidt (aka Atom™)and Burnt Friedman).The two musicians met up to program their first album "Templates" in Santiago de Chile in 1998.Their musical goal was to generate their own vision of non-repetitive,organic and extremely complex music that is far removed from the well-trodden paths of techno and other established styles of so-called contemporary music...

Inner Space/Outer Space covers the most territory of the three records, opening with convincing electro and touching on lounge-y vibes solos, Latino rhythms, and a bit o' clicky electronic percussion. These two can really tweak a studio in a subtly psychedelic way, turning congas into stuttering chirps and cutting up a drum solo to sound like the drummer's playing during an earthquake. Very entertaining ..



 Flanger..Outer Space   (flac 296mb)

1. Outer Space/Inner Space
2. Galak
3. The Men Who Fell From Earth
4. Inner Spacesuit
5. Le Dernier Combat
6. Unosietecero
7. It Ain't Rocket Science
8. Hirnflug

Flanger @ Amazon

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Friedman & Liebezeit - Secret Rhytms 1 (2002)

If you are looking for a slow, cool chilling sound this album is a must buy. Matching the complex improvisational elements of electronic music with accessibly warm acoustic instruments. The German guru Burnt Friedman is becoming one of the most respected musicians of his generation across Europe. On each project Burnt gets some of the bests to work with. For this album, he's teamed up with legendary Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit.Praised and admired for his unique cyclical beats, Liebezeit offers here a rather subdued performance compared to some of his previous work. Always remaining slightly in the background of Friedman’s deceptively simple melodies, he however injects complex rhythmic structures on each track, providing a healthy balance to Burnt’s Latin inspired electronic composition. The mood on Secret Rhythms is definitely laid back and hypnotic, ranging from languorous dub style moments (Rastafahndung) to exotic impressions (Gulli Verreisen). If the work is by essence electronic, the result has the intensity of live music, establishing an interesting parallel with Flanger’s outer space jazz excursions. Here though, the jazz element is not as predominant as on some of Friedman’s previous releases, concentrating on more colourful ambiences instead. By using ambitious polyrhythms and complex arrangements, the duo manages to unlock a great wealth of possibilities, matching the complex improvisational elements of electronic music with accessibly warm acoustic instruments.



 Friedman and Liebezeit..Secret Rhythms I   (Flac 311mb)

01 - Rhein rauf
02 - Rechter winkl
03 - Royal roost
04 - Shades of soddin' Orion
05 - Rasta fahndung
06 - Gulli verreisen
07 - Wirklich
08 - Obscured by 5
09 - Obscured by 5 (Nonplace rmx)
10 - Obscured by 5 (extended)

pre listen
Secret Rhythms @ Amazon

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Nine Horses - Snow Born Sorrow (2005)

This record combines songs that Sylvian wrote up to six years ago with his brother and long-time collaborator, drummer Steve Jansen, with newer material that he developed with electronica artist Burnt Friedman.

On Nine Horses' first effort they adopt a cinematic jazz-pop pose for Snow Borne Sorrow. Sylvian's romantic baritone takes center stage in front of Nine Horses' spare arrangements for stand-up bass, chiming vibraphones, in-the-mood-for-love atmospheres, sporadic percussive skitter, and noirish saxophone solos that pop up wheneven Sylvain steps away from the microphone. Snow Borne Sorrow also features guest appearances from Stina Nordenstam, Ryuichi Sakamoto, and Arve Henriksen. In spite of its long history, Snow Borne Sorrow is consistent, cohesive, and polished to a shine.



Nine Horses..Snow Born Sorrow  (Flac 353mb)

1. Wonderful World
2. Darkest Birds
3. The Banality of Evil
4. Atom and Cell
5. A History of Holes
6. Snow Borne Sorrow
7. The Day the Earth Stole Heaven
8. Serotonin
9. The Librarian

Nine Horses @ Amazon

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VA -Nonplace - Difficult Easy Listening

This is a great compilation of different pieces remixed, live, never heard or segments, developed by german's own master of electronics burnt friedman & his nonplace urban field records. All artists team up for this concept record, it's not only a wild mixture of various exotic quality grooves, but a stunning assembly of tunes from extremely different sources. You'll hear compassion and anger, vulnerability and strength, and sadness transformed, somehow, into beauty.



 Difficult Easy Listening   (Flac 266mb)

01. Shank - Oust
02. Swaai - Cosmopartisan
03. Lycheelassi - Shades Of Mosley (rmx Friedman )
04. Burnt Friedman & Jaki Liebezeit - 5 live
05. B.F.&The Nu Dub Players - Worth A Dub
06. Replicant Rumba Rockers - Space Bossa, feat. Swaai, guitars
07. Beige - Explosions= AE in b.e.i.g.e. (nothing has changed)
08. B.F.& The Nu Dub Players - Designer Groove (version)
09. Replicant Rumba Rockers - La Vida Es Llena De Cables
10. Beige - Schmonked Starlet (uh baby ! ... ah! ah! ah!)
11. Burnt Friedman - Busy
12. Shank - Ocker Space
13. B.F.&The Nu Dub Players - Paternoster (version)
14. Swaai - Dwell

Nonplace @ Home
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