{"title":"Nonplace","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNonplace is a music label founded by Bernd Friedmann. With a catalog number of LC 10909, Nonplace has been home to various releases from talented artists and performers. It is worth noting that there was an error in numbering, resulting in two different releases with the same catalog number NON10: *Shaker Road: Quit Existing* and *Secret Rhythms*. \u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"eurydike","title":"Eurydike","description":"\u003cp\u003eJoão Pais Filipe (drums) and Burnt Friedman (electronics) ultimately hypnotize their audience by activating cosmic mechanics. Both refer to it as 'automatic music', yet their focus is on playing and exploring rare rhythmic modes; in Friedman's terms: \"We organize pressure mediation according to mother nature.\" Friedman \u0026amp; Pais left behind the consensus–artificial–paradise of cultural musical idioms, developing an immersive, archaic next level–dance music, deeply rooted in natural laws of motion.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYet informed by the works of Jaki Liebezeit – one of the most influential drummers of all time - Friedman \u0026amp; Pais pursue a different path. On side two the listener is confronted with two more recent, unreleased \"Secret Rhythms\"– contributions. The two Friedman \u0026amp; Liebezeit studio-tracks were recorded in 2016 and were played lived frequently.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonplace","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50420672201035,"sku":"1092841","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/1bddaf24-5fc5-4b53-9f15-a8e1418a84eb_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1726753552"},{"product_id":"mechanics-of-waving","title":"Mechanics Of Waving","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince 2018, João Pais Filipe (drums) and Burnt Friedman (electronics\/synth) have investigated into automatic pattern–composition rooted in doubling and halving; the unimpeachable laws of motion. The offer of freedom can be seen as a way to get in touch with necessity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eMechanics Of Waving\u003c\/i\u003e the attempt is made to succumb to such a mode of action, the drilling of a method, not through individual cunning or displayed musicianship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough constant practise Friedman \u0026amp; Pais discover the principles of rhythmic phenomena while dis–associating the music from cultural idioms. Inspired by rare infrasound–ratios ranging from 11 to 23, Nonplace releases the results of a 4 years long operation.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonplace","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50444083560779,"sku":"1161846","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c379865b-2e76-47e8-b163-0ce6da56abaf_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727024503"},{"product_id":"yek","title":"Yek","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat Mortazavi and Friedman have in common is their shared expertise in uneven, cyclical rhythms - the foundation of their trance-like art music, which is both subtle and ecstatic. Through repetition and improvisation in the studio they create \"numbers\" - groove-based pieces played on a variety of drums (Mortazavi mainly plays the Tombak) mixed with electronics. Natural, i.e. given, motion patterns provide the musical backbone. This results in a precisely timed harmony between the electronic sounds and live grooves. Thanks to the extreme acoustic range of the Tombak and his extravagant technique, Mortazavi merges perfectly with Burnt Friedman's signature sound and repertoire, which seems to belong to no specific place or time. At the age of 9 Mortazavi already won his first national Tombak competition in his home country – which he went on to win a further six times. At twelve he started teaching. Over the years that followed he expanded the traditional playing method by more than 30 new stroke and finger techniques – culminating in concerts, productions and great international acclaim for Mortazavi. www.moremo.de At the age of 13 Bernd Friedmann started recording all musical works of his own, learning the basics of music through self-study. After initially studying art he relocated to Cologne, where his international career began. In addition to numerous collaborations, above all his work with Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit on \"secret rhythms\" spanning 17 years, he launched his own Nonplace label in 2000 with 44 releases to date. www.burntfriedman.com Mohammad Reza Mortazavi und Burnt Friedman both live and work in Berlin and are preparing for a live tour in 2018.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonplace","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50452983677259,"sku":"1022837","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/524efefa-32a0-4bf2-a1b8-9c3a966273fe_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727167257"},{"product_id":"yek-2","title":"Yek 2","description":"\u003cp\u003eEquipped with one drum only and laser-pattern electronics, Mortazavi and Friedman produce an elegant, yet archaic, trance–inducing, transnational music with \"...hints of dust and grain...\" (Freq)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMortazavi and Friedman move hands and faders according to odd cyclical rhythms with incredible accuracy. The extreme dynamic range and rhythmic congruency of drum and electronics merge Mortazavi`s and Friedman's repertoire entirely. Complete in [YEK], resisting cultural notions of folklore and territory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonplace","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50453247197515,"sku":"1109812","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/c89f9a2c-6c55-4f31-8063-95f3ca4f6b2e_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727170114"},{"product_id":"small-favours-ep","title":"Small Favours EP","description":"\u003cp\u003eOn \u003ci\u003eSmall Favours\u003c\/i\u003e, the 6-track Vinyl edition of the album \u003ci\u003eFavours\u003c\/i\u003e, electronic music wizard Wolff Parkinson White teams up with guest singers, amongst them Norah Jones, Natalie Beridze and Pascal Le Boeuf – for an even number of songs in odd time signatures. Juxtaposing his trademark torrent of rapid-fire sliced processed audio with the warmth of the human voice, Wolff Parkinson White's first 12\" release on Nonplace, relies on comparatively familiar song structures and answers the question of what a collaboration between Bjarki and Venetian Snares would sound like, if both were more aware of the drawbacks of both diatonic tedium and ceaseless harmonic wasteland, respectively.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nonplace","offers":[{"title":"Black | 12\"","offer_id":50483703054667,"sku":"1090315","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/bb23a2a7-a737-44a3-bed9-ed9f1365fd36_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727571683"},{"product_id":"nonplace-soundtracks-vol-2","title":"Nonplace Soundtracks Vol.2","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is the second edition of instrumental soundtracks, composed and edited for film or television companies, tagged (on CD sleeve) and conducted conveniently to provoke absorption. All pieces were produced by Burnt Friedman and\/or Hayden Chisholm as part of sessions with The Embassadors and Friedman´s score recording–sessions with contributions from The Embassadors, Root70 (playing The Nu Dub Players), Hayden Chisholm, Flanger, Burnt Friedman, Daniel Dodd–Ellis and Friedman's 90s outlet, Drome. It's not only a wild mixture of various jazz–centered quality tunes, but a continuously surprising assembly of sound substance under extremely different musical idioms. 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With such a complicated amalgam of races, religions and language as we find in central Europe, it is not surprising, that the musical life is endless in variety. Before the upheavals engendered by immigration policies, the introduction of 5 G technology and the gaining of maximum self expression, the separation of cultures must have been even more noticeable, yet now in the sphere of music one can see them drawing more closely together. This is especially true of an under-populated melting pot such as Berlin, where the sense of beauty is innate and one hardly meets a white male or a woman not being a painter or a dancer, or a musician. \nThe system of scales, and also the fact that the western central Europeans rely on recorded or written script in order to conserve the themes of their music, could lead us to look upon it as a form of art music. Other factors, however relate it to popular music, e.g. that theory has no great place in musical life, that the musicians are only professionals in exceptional cases, and that the music definitely appears to touch the population in its entirety. Remarkably enough, traditional House or Techno which existed 30 years ago, still flourishes today. Moreover, all the time new forms and musical styles are being discovered, tried out and eventually overlooked. The present record can offer but a modest sampling of extinct splendours, political or individual sufferings, gloomy sadness, love, resentment, exquisite delicacy, laughters and delectable wisdom of rural and urban central European music. \nBurnt Friedman's essential function is to perform music that ensures the repose of the dead and render their ghosts harmless; in the case of whole communities, to dispel evil spirits and restore to Berlin its pristine purity; and in the case of individuals, to expel the demands of possession. Nevertheless, it is an art made of various tints that offers the perpetual escape from everyday life, that elevates the mind towards pure and beautiful horizons. Despite the limited scope of sound carriers, these 10 highlights of central European culture contain an emotional force and documentary value of inestimable importance. Although it would be incorrect to consider the various selections contained herein as authentic ethnological documents insofar as the performances were for the most part 'mystified', on the other hand one can certainly consider them significant examples of the attempts of white males to develop their own modes of expression and communication. The fact remains, however, that the greater part of the music to be heard here is authentic local music as it actually exists in the every-day reality of the people. At all times, attempts are made to preserve the atmosphere of enthusiasm and participation in which these recordings took place. \nThe author owes his thanks to a great many people and cultural institutions who have supported him during his work in Berlin. In the first place, we would like to express thanks to the musicians who cooperated and contributed information so patently. 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