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Frankfurt-based keyboardist Heiner Göbbels straddled the border between
rock, jazz and classical music.
He frequently collaborated with drummer Chris Cutler, starting with his
prog-rock trio Cassiber (1982-92).
Heiner Goebbels and Alfred Harth had already worked on two duo
albums that straddled the border between cabaret, folk and jazz:
Fier Fauste fur Hanns Eisler (FMP, 1977 - ReR, 2007),
recorded live in october 1976,
that consists of Eisler covers, one Rota theme and six original
compositions;
and Von Spregen (september 1979 - ReR, 2007), that includes
three classical pieces, one more Eisler cover and mostly brief
original compositions.
The duo later recorded more albums, notably
Indianer Für Morgen-Zyklus Uber Den Modernen Mensch (august 1981),
Bertolt Brecht: Zeit Wirdknapp (october 1981) and
Frankfurt-Peking (september 1984),
later compiled on the anthology Goebbels Heart (1992).
Heiner Goebbels also recorded
Der Mann Im Fahrstuhl/ The Man in the Elevator (1988), which
was a collaboration with Marxist writer Heiner Mueller,
La Jalousie (ECM, 1993), that collects works for chamber
ensemble (La Jalousie from 1991, Red Run from 1988, Herakles
2 from 1992, Befreiung from 1989),
Landscape With Argonauts With Words (ECM, 1993), recorded in
1990,
the triple-disc Hörstücke, (ECM, 1995), that contains three compositions of the 1980s for texts by Heiner Müller (performed by guitarist René Lussier, saxophonist Peter Brötzmann drummer Peter Hollinger and several vocalists besides Goebbels on synth),
the theater piece Ou Bien Le Debarquement Desastreux (ECM,
1995),
Black On White (october 1996),
Eislermaterial (ECM, 2002), originally from 1998,
Surrogate Cities (ECM, 2004), that documents Surrogate
Cities (composed in 1994) for large orchestra, and composed
the opera Landschaft mit Entfernten Verwandten/ Landscape with
Distant Relatives (2002) as well as
Stifters Dinge (october 2007) for sounds, tones, noises,
voices and texts. The Italian Concerto (Dischi di Angelica,
2009) contains the namesake
improvisation by Goebbels and Cutler plus excerpts from Surrogate
Cities.
Goebbels also wrote audio plays, most of them based on texts by
Heiner Mueller.
Stifters Dinge (october 2007) mixed sounds, tones, noises, voices and texts, while alluding to a composition for five pianos with no pianists, a play with no actors, a performance without performers.
The double-disc set A House Of Call (september 2021) contains four lenghty compositions performed by the 66-member Ensemble Modern Orchestra: Stein Schere Papier (24 minutes); Grain De La Voix (28 minutes); Wax And Violence (20 minutes); When Words Gone (27 minutes).
Heiner Goebbels on prepared grand piano, Nicolas Perrin (guitar and electronics), Ceciel Lartigau (ondes martinot), Camille Emaille (percussion), Gianni Gebbia (saxes), Leo Maurel (organs) recorded the concept album The Mayfield (january 2022), originally premiered in 2018.
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