Beschreibung
Media Condition: Mint (M)
Sleeve Condition: Mint (M)
sealed
Notes:
Edition of 300 copies per Bandcamp.
With printed inner sleeve, insert and a download coupon for the entire album.
[Sticker on shrink:]
[…]
First ever album of
American avant-garde
poet Robert Lax.
Original recording
by Nicolas Humbert
(“Step Across The Border“)
with music by Miki Yui and
Carina Khorkhordina
free mp3
[On back:]
Rober Lax – poetry reading
Nicolas Humbert – field recordings
Carina Khorkhordina – trumpet
Miki Yui – electronics
[On inner sleeve, front:]
All lyrics and poetry readings by Robert Lax.
All sounds and music by Carina Khorkhordina,
Miki Yui and Nicolas Humbert.
All poetry readings and field recordings were
recorded by Nicolas Humbert on the Island
of Patmos between 1993-1999 during the making
of the video installation Three Windows and
the film Why should i buy a bed when all that
I want is sleep by Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
(Cine Nomad, 1999).
All music recorded by Carina Khorkhordina,
Miki Yui, Stefan Schneider at Raketenstation
Hombroich and in a studio in Berlin in 2024.
Album mixed by Miki Yui in MY Studio,
Düsseldorf 2024.
Mastered by Detlef Funder, Paraschall,
Düsseldorf 2025.
Text by Nicolas Humbert
Translation by Philip Elston
Photography by Robert Lax and Nicolas Humbert
Artwork by Christa Marek
Special thanks to Werner Penzel, Marcia Kelly,
the Robert Lax Literary Trust, Stefan Schneider,
Ursula Schulz-Dornburg, Jon Dale.
In memoriam Werner Penzel.
[…]
[On inner sleeve, back:]
[…]
Nicolas Humbert, 20 February 2025
[On insert, back:]
All drawings by Robert Lax taken from various letters to Nicolas Humbert and Werner Penzel
[Additional information:]
Pressing plant, lacquer cutting company and engineer are uncredited, derived from the runout etchings.
1| runout side a is mirrored.
a. Where Do I Begin? 20:09
b. One Moment Passes, Another Comes On 18:32
Barcode 8 80918 27487 4
Barcode 0880918274874
Matrix / Runout TAL38 A 45RPM Anne@d&m BP42413-01A1 1|
Matrix / Runout TAL38 B 45RPM Anne@d&m BP42413-01B1
Pressed By Optimal Media GmbH
Recorded At Raketenstation Hombroich
Mixed At MY Studio, Düsseldorf
Mastered At Paraschall Studio
Lacquer Cut At Dubplates & Mastering
