"..the sense of something being constructed inside your ears. You are there witnessing a convoluted piece of machinery do it's job while possibly breaking down and piecing itself back together again.."
Greie Gut Fraktion
Dismantled Fabricated Apparatus
Greie Gut Fraktion Bio:
Crafting what the duo calls "post-kraut-dub-industrial-techno," Greie Gut Fraktion brings together East German-born poet/producer Antye Greie and West German experimental producer Gudrun Gut. Greie also releases music under the moniker AGF, was one half of Laub and has worked with Ellen Allien, Craig Armstrong and Vladislav Delay, among others; Gut, meanwhile, was a member of Mania D, Malaria!, Einstürzende Neubauten and Matador, and runs the label Monika Enterprise. The project began in 2008, when Greie invited Gut to collaborate with her on a work commissioned for the BBC program Late Junction; the pair were inspired by the propulsive sounds of construction sites and made hours of field recordings. Throughout 2009, Greie and Gut formed songs out of these sounds plus vocals, beats and guitars in their respective studios in Finland and Berlin. The duo played shows in Copenhagen, Berlin and London before their first release, the Wir bauen eine neue Stadt ("we’re building a new city") EP arrived in spring 2010 on Monika. A cover of the 1981 hit by Palais Schaumberg (which included Gut collaborator Thomas Fehlmann among the band’s members), it also featured remixes by Wolfgang Voigt and Alva Noto. Greie Gut Fraktion’s first full-length Baustelle ("Construction Site") was released in summer 2010.
Hello, how are you?
Thanks fine.
What are you currently listening to?
I am listening to the new Four Tet album over and over again. Quite like it.
How long have you two been writing music together?
I met Antye at a festival in Moskau and we talked all night- that was 2008- shorty afterwards she invited me to join in to this collab project for BBC radio and we quickly found the theme "Baustelle/construction site" for us. That was the first time we ever worked together. And we both really enjoyed this- so we decided to continue and make a full length album. But I knew her from Berlin music scene before.
Can you explain your sound in 5 words or less?
Powerful, sensual, direct, loud.
Your debut full length “Baustelle“ translates into Construction Site, can you explain why you chose this title?
A construction site is a place of progress. Its..
Who are your current favorite underground electronic musicians at this time?
Natalie Beridze/tba
What‘s next for you guys?
We have prepared a live set up and are planning gigs for Autum.
Will Einstürzende Neubauten ever see the light of day/tour North America again?
I am the wrong person to be asked that question. I haven't had anything to do with EN since 1981.
You can only keep/listen to ONE album for the rest of your life ..which album would it be?
I'll get a bird.
Are you living your dream?
Yes. but I am living reality at the same time.
Thanx Brian & GGF!
Greie Gut Fraktion are currently playing shows here and there in EU, who wants to fly em' out here and get a show set up? (I'll go)...
Greie Gut Fraktion
Dismantled Fabricated Apparatus
Greie Gut Fraktion Bio:
Crafting what the duo calls "post-kraut-dub-industrial-techno," Greie Gut Fraktion brings together East German-born poet/producer Antye Greie and West German experimental producer Gudrun Gut. Greie also releases music under the moniker AGF, was one half of Laub and has worked with Ellen Allien, Craig Armstrong and Vladislav Delay, among others; Gut, meanwhile, was a member of Mania D, Malaria!, Einstürzende Neubauten and Matador, and runs the label Monika Enterprise. The project began in 2008, when Greie invited Gut to collaborate with her on a work commissioned for the BBC program Late Junction; the pair were inspired by the propulsive sounds of construction sites and made hours of field recordings. Throughout 2009, Greie and Gut formed songs out of these sounds plus vocals, beats and guitars in their respective studios in Finland and Berlin. The duo played shows in Copenhagen, Berlin and London before their first release, the Wir bauen eine neue Stadt ("we’re building a new city") EP arrived in spring 2010 on Monika. A cover of the 1981 hit by Palais Schaumberg (which included Gut collaborator Thomas Fehlmann among the band’s members), it also featured remixes by Wolfgang Voigt and Alva Noto. Greie Gut Fraktion’s first full-length Baustelle ("Construction Site") was released in summer 2010.
Hello, how are you?
Thanks fine.
What are you currently listening to?
I am listening to the new Four Tet album over and over again. Quite like it.
How long have you two been writing music together?
I met Antye at a festival in Moskau and we talked all night- that was 2008- shorty afterwards she invited me to join in to this collab project for BBC radio and we quickly found the theme "Baustelle/construction site" for us. That was the first time we ever worked together. And we both really enjoyed this- so we decided to continue and make a full length album. But I knew her from Berlin music scene before.
Can you explain your sound in 5 words or less?
Powerful, sensual, direct, loud.
Your debut full length “Baustelle“ translates into Construction Site, can you explain why you chose this title?
A construction site is a place of progress. Its..
Who are your current favorite underground electronic musicians at this time?
Natalie Beridze/tba
What‘s next for you guys?
We have prepared a live set up and are planning gigs for Autum.
Will Einstürzende Neubauten ever see the light of day/tour North America again?
I am the wrong person to be asked that question. I haven't had anything to do with EN since 1981.
You can only keep/listen to ONE album for the rest of your life ..which album would it be?
I'll get a bird.
Are you living your dream?
Yes. but I am living reality at the same time.
Thanx Brian & GGF!
Greie Gut Fraktion are currently playing shows here and there in EU, who wants to fly em' out here and get a show set up? (I'll go)...
No comments:
Post a Comment