John Wieners (1934-2002) was a Beat poet who studied at Black Mountain College under Charles Olson and Robert Duncan from 1955 to 1956. Originally from the Boston area, Wieners moved to San Francisco in 1957, where he befriended Wallace Berman and, via Berman, became part of the San Francisco Poetry Renaissance. Like that of many other Beat poets, Wieners poetry mainly dealt with sexual and drug-related experiments…
Slowscan Vol. 52 is a collection of 10 recordings of varying length released on cassette in a hand made and silkscreened wooden box. Produced in an edition of 50 copies only (of which 10 hors commerce), this box set is an exquisite Slowscan edition and sheer collector’s delight. Among other things the inserted table of contents mentions…
Trakl’s atmospheric poem Landschaft was first published in the posthumous compilation Sebastian im Traum in 1915. The short poem sketches scenes in a quiet village on a September evening. Distant shouts and calls, sparks from a forge, a towering horse, a maid’s flowing hair, flowers mirrored in a pond, a burnt tree and fluttering bats form the ingredients of this carefully composed poem. Larded with colours, sounds and vivid imagery…
Georg Trakl (1887-1914) grew up as the sixth of seven children in a well-to-do protestant family in Salzburg, where his father made a living as a hardware dealer. His mother was addicted to opium and had a disturbed relationship with her children. The upbringing of Georg and his younger sister Grete, with whom he developed an intimate relationship, was left to a young Alsatian woman. The governess, Marie Boring…
tapetopia is a series of releases based on cassettes from East Germany’s 80s underground, particularly from the East Berlin Mauerstadt music scene, featuring original layouts and track lists. For over 30 years after their initial “release” the music on these tapes was neither available on vinyl nor CD, but they were important statements in the…