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Fractal Guitar Remixes and Extra Tracks, including Urban Nightscape (Bill Laswell Remix)

by Stephan Thelen

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    Fractal Guitar Remix limited edition 12" vinyl LP.
    Cover by Alexandra Rangger.
    Side A:
    01 Briefing for a Descent into Hell (ST Remix)
    02 Fractal Guitar (ST Remix)
    Side B:
    01 Urban Nightscape (Bill Laswell Remix)
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In the words of John Kelman (All About Jazz), Stephan Thelen's Moonjune debut "Fractal Guitar" was "not just a masterclass of 21st century guitar, but a true guitar masterpiece of the new millennium." This remix album contains remixes of four tracks from Fractal Guitar (including a remix of Urban Nightscape by Bill Laswell) plus three unreleased extra tracks. A 12" vinyl LP with the first three tracks can be pre-ordered now and will be shipped out around October 1st, 2019.

Review by Mark Sullivan, All About Jazz
www.allaboutjazz.com/fractal-guitar-remixes-and-extra-tracks-stephan-thelen-moonjune-records-review-by-mark-sullivan.php

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released July 15, 2019

01 BRIEFING FOR A DESCENT INTO HELL (ST REMIX) (7:30)

David Torn: electric guitar, live looping
Jon Durant: cloud guitar
Matt Tate: U8 touch guitar (bass)
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
Stephan Thelen: fractal guitar

The title of this track is taken from Doris Lessing's book.

02 FRACTAL GUITAR (ST MIX) (9:21)

Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar, soundscapes
Barry Cleveland: guitar atmospheres
Matt Tate: U8 touch guitar (bass)
Andi Pupato: percussion
Benno Kaiser: drums
Stephan Thelen: fractal guitar, granular loops

03 URBAN NIGHTSCAPE (BILL LASWELL REMIX) (17:33)

Bill Laswell: bass, electronics, mix translation
David Torn: electric guitar, live looping
Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar, soundscapes
Matt Tate: U8 touch guitar (bass)
Benno Kaiser: drums
Stephan Thelen: fractal guitar, organ, samples

04 ROAD MOVIE (ST EDIT & MIX) (13:23)

Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar, soundscapes
Matt Tate: U8 touch guitar (bass)
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
Stephan Thelen: fractal and blue sky guitar, granular loops

05 WAVES AND PARTICLES

Markus Reuter: U8 touch guitar, soundscapes
Manuel Pasquinelli: drums
Stephan Thelen: guitar, piano, bass, mix

This is the original version of the track that was later used on the Sonar with David Torn album "Vortex".

06 HALF MOON BAY

Bill Walker: guitar, live looping
Stephan Thelen: mix and edit

07 BECKONING BELLS

Barry Cleveland: guitars, atmospheres, mix
Stephan Thelen: e-bow guitar

Original album produced by Markus Reuter & Stephan Thelen
Executive Producer: Leonardo Pavkovic for Moonjune Records

All tracks written by Stephan Thelen except:
"Briefing for a Descent into Hell" written by Stephan Thelen and David Torn
"Urban Nightscape" by Stephan Thelen, David Torn and Markus Reuter
"Half Moon Bay" written by Bill Walker
"Beckoning Bells" written by Barry Cleveland and Stephan Thelen

Recorded at various locations across Europe and North America between August 2015 and April 2018.

Cover image: RhythmiCityLights (c) by Alexandra Rangger www.alexandrarangger.at

Bill Laswell Remix: Orange Music, West Orange NJ, February 2019. Engineer: James Dellatacoma.

Thanks to Fabio Anile, Brandy Gale, Henry Kaiser and the Prasad family.

David Torn appears courtesy of ECM Records.

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Stephan Thelen Switzerland

Stephan Thelen is a composer, producer and mathematician based in Zürich, Switzerland. His activities are split into three main areas: 1) as composer, artistic director and guitarist of the Swiss minimal groove band SONAR, 2) as producer and guitarist for his Fractal Guitar and Fractal Sextet projects and 3) as composer of postminimal music ("Circular Lines", commisioned by the KRONOS QUARTET). ... more

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