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Performance

Rauschmelder #26
vom Garten*Raum (Jesteburg)

The Oval Language (Leipzig) Studio KO-OP (Hamburg)

garden: Seeveufer 9,
21266 Jesteburg
starting at 3 p.m., open end
live-performances:
4 p.m. / 7 p.m. and 8 p.m.

free entrance, donations welcome


https://ko-op.eu
https://www.vamh.de/gigs/5060



Crowdfunding-Project “Toolkit RK 01”

Toolkit RK 01 klick to support

German-Swiss art project from Leipzig is looking for support: Communicate with the history-free space!

We at the artist duo Haus am Gern are delighted about your support for the project: The history-free space LIFETIME EUROPE, which we set up in a Leipzig allotment garden in 2005, is our work of art. The "Toolkit RK 01" by the two Leipzig artist groups THE OVAL LANGUAGE and SCHLOSSENE GESELLSCHAFT LEIPZIG is intended to provide all interested parties with a toolbox that enables communication with the history-free space. Many thanks!

From 1st June to 31th August 2024



Vinyl Release

 

New release by Trümmer Pogo und Lion Crew

Neu Rot “1987...2024...20...” (Double LP)

Music: Neu Rot, Lyric/Vocals: Klaus-Peter John

With special gratitude to Uli and Schrammel for their interest in this material/ Also for all the work they had with it/ So they made it available to all open ears/ Thanks also to the publishers Lion Crew Records/Trümmer Pogo/Elbtal Records/ All the texts were written before the book – Scheitel_last words before the noise – for Neu Rot.


Click here to read a review from Bad Alchemy 124

https://shop.soundsofsubterrania.com/produkt/neu-rot-s-t/

https://www.neu-rot.de



Oval Observations

“Kersote I”, Leipzig, Fockestraße 77, 3rd of April 2024
Click here for more …



Performance

FELDVERSUCH 1

A project by The Oval Language and „Geschlossene Gesellschaft“ (Leipzig):

4 characters try to get in contact with the history-free space and to communicate.

Trailer of the one-hour performance at Garten 266 - Leipzig, August 2023

Haus am Gern - Lifetime Europe
https://www.lifetimeeurope.ch



Exhibition

“DAS WIRKLICHE BRAUN” Thursday, August 3, 2023, 6 p.m.

Michael Pleißner & Kristin Tomkowitz

permanentcollage + white acrylic paint
January till September 2020

Concert for Voice and Objects
Michael Barthel & The Oval Language

MZIN @ MdBK 
Katharinenstraße 10
04109 Leipzig

https://mzin.de/dates/

https://mdbk.de/kalender



Tape Release 2

THE OVAL LANGUAGE “Urbane Vibrationsfelder”

More Infos: https://econore.bandcamp.com



Tape Release 1

THE OVAL LANGUAGE “Vocal Studies #22”

More Infos: https://econore.bandcamp.com/album/vocal-studies-22



Vinyl Release

THE OVAL LANGUAGE & PAAK “Metallstück Saitenstück”

After some live concerts together, now a joint session on vinyl.

20 € + postage

Review here



New Release 2

CD – THE OVAL LANGUAGE – “a house”
Chemnitz, Hauboldtstraße 6

6 noise concerts on 6 floors of the house with found objects and materials.
Katja John and Klaus-Peter John Live at the 2022-07-25.

8 € + postage

This CD is also available as a limited edition of 11 copies with 12 photographs.

 

New Release 1

THE OVAL LANGUAGE & DOC WÖR MIRRAN - OVAL ECLIPSE LIVE
(CD-R by attenuation circuit 2022).

You can hear and buy the Album at Bandcamp.

A review of the album at attenuation circuit

The Album at Discogs



New Realese

re:flexions / sound-art festival 2021 / Kulturhaus Abraxas, Augsburg.

Listen here.

 

 

Performance

LIVING VOICES II

-Noise status survey- over 6 levels in a residential building in Chemnitz on July 23rd, 2021.

A limited artist edition will also be published.



Radioshow

PBK's MUTATION THEORY Radio will be playing "The Breath Of The Hydra", a collaboration between Tibetan Red, Das Synthetische Mischgewebe and The Oval Language (see CD release below) on June 5th 2021 at 7pm pacific time on kowsfm.com. For the European audience the program will be airing on Sunday afternoons and will also archived as a podcast.

The show is primarily focused on electronic genres but sometimes extends into other areas of musical expression to discover correlations through extraordinary sounds from classic electroacoustic & musique concrete to krautrock, space music, cassette underground, free improv, noise, psychedelic, folk and more! The program is only one hour in length but a brief background on each piece that is played will be given.

More info here and the podcast.

 

 

CD Release

A collaboration between Tibetan Red, Das Synthetische Mischgewebe and The Oval Language: The Breath Of The Hydra.

To listen in click here and for more info see here.

A link to an interview about the record on a czech website (in czech).

 

 

Vinyl Release

 

 

CD Release

 

2 pieces from 2019 and 2020.

1: 18:47 min, with Katja John and Klaus-Peter John.

2: 21:01 min, with
Klaus-Peter John

 

 

Tapes

For a few month now Peter Kastner PAAK is publishing old and new recordings at bandcamp. The latest project are the Corona Tapes, so far with recordings by Al Margolis, sonic toy lab and The Oval Language: listen here.

(Logo by Jan van Wissen)

 

 

Mail Art Projekt

An international audio, video & mail art projekt about confinement: Tribute to Xavier de Maistre. Listen here.

 

 

Concert

Sequence for a concert in Augsburg, Brechthaus on May 14th 2020 at 7.45pm. To download a higher resolution version click here (795mb).

 

 

 

Publication

Mini CD Nr. 3 and 4 from the series 12 x 12.

 

 

 

Radio Show

 

Messitsch Radio Show on Saturday September 7th 2019 at 8pm.

Leipzig music magazin MESSITSCH (1987-1993) investigates historic and current trends of the Punk, Post-Punk and Indieszene in Leipzig. Studio guests Uli and Schrammel.

listen here (in german)

 

 

Vinyl Release

 

On September 11th 2019 the double LP 'Waldkonzerte' (111 min) was released by www.edition-telemark.de

The presentation takes place on Saturday September 28th 2019 at 3pm in 04668 Grimma OT Döben - Pflaumenallee. At 5pm you're given the chance to listen for yourself in the ravine of Döben (place of the concerts).

 

 

Auf Vinyl

 

The 3-LP Box Set “Heldenstadt Anders” – Leipziger Underground 1981 – 89 was released on September 12th 2019.

Among others with Neu Rot - Im Zentrum: The Oval Language - The Love (A Vehicle of Emotions).
Das unendliche Schwarz”

To order: danilo.prechtl@gmx.de

 

 

 

For Dmitry

Dmitry Vasilyev: monochrome visions (+ Interview May 2018)

 

 

Mail Art Project

Entitled “Stars move leaving dust and sound behind them” the mail art will be available for viewing in two central bookstores in Patras and Athens and possibly other cities in Greece too. The works of art exhibited will change once or twice a week, as new pieces of art arrive. This will be followed by a combined exhibition of all entries with a venue and date yet to be announced.

The Oval Language is represented with 2 entries. The first part (above) is a collage by Klaus-Peter John. The second part is a collaboration between Klaus-Peter John and Heiko. Sounds where recorded in Leipzig (Germany) and sampled in Ballinderry (Northern Ireland). The resulting short track is titled "The dust hasn't settled yet" (cover below).

For more info and to view other exhibits click here.

 

 

Vinyl Release

 

After over 25 years: Hibernation - the Album. Installation by Klaus-Peter John, performance “FFNL” by DUO RAMA (Frank Rassbach, Frank Maibier).
On Thursday, November 30th 2017 from 8pm till ... at the Kulturny Dom / Salon Similde, Simildenstraße 9, Leipzig.

Event here.

 

 

In Memory of Peter Schüler

To Peter Schüler, friend and fellow collaborator, who died on June 7th 2017.

 

 

the Oval Language: Works – 1987 to 1997



Video released 1997 by The Oval Language is now on YouTube.

 

 

 


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