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23.06.2012: Manuel Göttsching: E2-E4 live, M´Gladbach
MANUEL GÖTTSCHING live in Mönchengladbach !!!
1. PRESS RELEASE / ADVANCE NOTICE
30 YEARS OF MUSEUM ABTEIBERG
in the museum´s sculpture garden
30 YEARS OF MANUEL GÖTTSCHING’s E2-E4
live and open-air on June 23, 2012, 9 pm – 10 pm
30 years ago, on June 23, 1982, the Museum Abteiberg opened in Mönchengladbach. Designed by the then young Viennese architect Hans Hollein, it was a manifesto of postmodernism; a museum for contemporary art in entirely innovative architecture. This is where the international Museum Boom started, which developed into the sprout of international culture tourism, now called the Bilbao Effect. The famous Guggenheim-Museum in Bilbao was only built due to the success of the museum at the Abteiberg: There wouldn’t have been Bilbao without Mönchengladbach, as Frank Gehry stated in his opening speech in Bilbao in 1997. The Museum Abteiberg holds an important art collection including works from Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol, Mike Kelley, Martin Klippenberger a.o. Furthermore it is considered to be an icon of the retro chic and a fascinating spot for the young artistic generation.
2007 for the 25th anniversary the legendary band Fehlfarben from Düsseldorf played a concert in the sculpture garden, which was deliberately entry free and for the general public: the performance of Peter Heins on the stage of the museum became a terrific homage, his gig a discourse-charged time machine, in which the 1980s were brought back to one’s memories intensely.
2012 for the 30th anniversary there is going to be another experiment of this type, again with high claim and directed at an audience far beyond the classical museum visitor:
An open air concert of the music visionary Manuel Göttsching, which will take place in the museum’s sculpture garden on a stage especially built for this occasion: Göttsching will play his legendary composition E2-E4, which is the same age and has the same magical reputation as the museum. It was recorded on December 12, 1981 in his Berlin studio.
In international music circles, the E2-E4 is considered to be the latest stage in the development of conceptual Minimal Music in the tradition of the American minimalists La Monte Young, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley and John Adams, at the same time it marks a milestone in Electronic Music and in the inspiration for Detroit techno and electronic dance music. Manuel Göttsching, also known as head of the band Ash Ra Tempel, later Ashra, which alongside Tangerine Dream, Can and Kraftwerk in the 1970s stand for a revolutionary German music development, recorded E2-E4 on the evening of December 12, 1981 within one hour and in one take in his Berlin studio, without ever mixing or changing it. Three years passed until he was able to release this live recording. Immediately after its release, E2-E4 turned out to become the new anthem of the leading discos and clubs in America, unrelentably conquering also the rest of the world; years later Sueno Latino; a song based on E2-E4, become a world hit. In Germany first labled as Muzak, today there is no doubt about the impact of E2-E4 on music history. As the founder of Virgin Music, Richard Branson,stated: It is one of the strokes of genius of the 20th century.
30 years after the original recording in Berlin Manuel Göttsching will perform his E2-E4 live in Mönchengladbach, for the second time ever in Germany. The world premiere took place at Mt. Fuji in summer 2006, in Japan. On E2-E4s 25th birthday, on December 12, 2006 Manuel Göttsching performed it at Berlins Berghain, then 2008 at the Lincoln Center in New York as well as in Beijin, and in April 2012 in Madrid.
The performance in the sculpture garden at the Abteiberg is an open-air concert with free entry. It will take place on a stage, which will be designed especially for this occasion by young sculpture artists: an artistic shell-like concert stage, which will then become the new venue of the museum.
E2-E4 starts at 9 pm and ends at 9:59:40 pm, afterwards the garden bar will be open until midnight.
CONTACT
Myriam Abeillon at Manuel Göttsching’s label: MG.ART mgoart@aol.com, mgoart@gmail.com
http://www.manuelgoettsching.com
http://www.ashratempel.com
http://www.ashra.com
Uwe Riedel, Dept. Press and Public Relations of City Museum Abteiberg, Abteistraße 27, D-41061 Mönchengladbach, phone +49 2161 252631 - fax +49 2161 252659 - riedel@museum-abteiberg.de
http://www.museum-abteiberg.de
MANUEL GÖTTSCHING live in Mönchengladbach !!!
1. PRESS RELEASE / ADVANCE NOTICE
30 YEARS OF MUSEUM ABTEIBERG
in the museum´s sculpture garden
30 YEARS OF MANUEL GÖTTSCHING’s E2-E4
live and open-air on June 23, 2012, 9 pm – 10 pm
30 years ago, on June 23, 1982, the Museum Abteiberg opened in Mönchengladbach. Designed by the then young Viennese architect Hans Hollein, it was a manifesto of postmodernism; a museum for contemporary art in entirely innovative architecture. This is where the international Museum Boom started, which developed into the sprout of international culture tourism, now called the Bilbao Effect. The famous Guggenheim-Museum in Bilbao was only built due to the success of the museum at the Abteiberg: There wouldn’t have been Bilbao without Mönchengladbach, as Frank Gehry stated in his opening speech in Bilbao in 1997. The Museum Abteiberg holds an important art collection including works from Joseph Beuys, Gerhard Richter, Andy Warhol, Mike Kelley, Martin Klippenberger a.o. Furthermore it is considered to be an icon of the retro chic and a fascinating spot for the young artistic generation.
2007 for the 25th anniversary the legendary band Fehlfarben from Düsseldorf played a concert in the sculpture garden, which was deliberately entry free and for the general public: the performance of Peter Heins on the stage of the museum became a terrific homage, his gig a discourse-charged time machine, in which the 1980s were brought back to one’s memories intensely.
2012 for the 30th anniversary there is going to be another experiment of this type, again with high claim and directed at an audience far beyond the classical museum visitor:
An open air concert of the music visionary Manuel Göttsching, which will take place in the museum’s sculpture garden on a stage especially built for this occasion: Göttsching will play his legendary composition E2-E4, which is the same age and has the same magical reputation as the museum. It was recorded on December 12, 1981 in his Berlin studio.
In international music circles, the E2-E4 is considered to be the latest stage in the development of conceptual Minimal Music in the tradition of the American minimalists La Monte Young, Steve Reich, Philip Glass, Terry Riley and John Adams, at the same time it marks a milestone in Electronic Music and in the inspiration for Detroit techno and electronic dance music. Manuel Göttsching, also known as head of the band Ash Ra Tempel, later Ashra, which alongside Tangerine Dream, Can and Kraftwerk in the 1970s stand for a revolutionary German music development, recorded E2-E4 on the evening of December 12, 1981 within one hour and in one take in his Berlin studio, without ever mixing or changing it. Three years passed until he was able to release this live recording. Immediately after its release, E2-E4 turned out to become the new anthem of the leading discos and clubs in America, unrelentably conquering also the rest of the world; years later Sueno Latino; a song based on E2-E4, become a world hit. In Germany first labled as Muzak, today there is no doubt about the impact of E2-E4 on music history. As the founder of Virgin Music, Richard Branson,stated: It is one of the strokes of genius of the 20th century.
30 years after the original recording in Berlin Manuel Göttsching will perform his E2-E4 live in Mönchengladbach, for the second time ever in Germany. The world premiere took place at Mt. Fuji in summer 2006, in Japan. On E2-E4s 25th birthday, on December 12, 2006 Manuel Göttsching performed it at Berlins Berghain, then 2008 at the Lincoln Center in New York as well as in Beijin, and in April 2012 in Madrid.
The performance in the sculpture garden at the Abteiberg is an open-air concert with free entry. It will take place on a stage, which will be designed especially for this occasion by young sculpture artists: an artistic shell-like concert stage, which will then become the new venue of the museum.
E2-E4 starts at 9 pm and ends at 9:59:40 pm, afterwards the garden bar will be open until midnight.
CONTACT
Myriam Abeillon at Manuel Göttsching’s label: MG.ART mgoart@aol.com, mgoart@gmail.com
http://www.manuelgoettsching.com
http://www.ashratempel.com
http://www.ashra.com
Uwe Riedel, Dept. Press and Public Relations of City Museum Abteiberg, Abteistraße 27, D-41061 Mönchengladbach, phone +49 2161 252631 - fax +49 2161 252659 - riedel@museum-abteiberg.de
http://www.museum-abteiberg.de
DANKE für den TIP!!
