Personal Best 2019/2020: Platten

Fabelhaft:

Gewalt – 2016-2018 (Sounds Of Subterrania)

Die Nerven – Fake (Glitterhouse, 2018)

Christina Vantzou – No. 4 (Kranky, 2018)

Underworld & The Necks – Drift Underworld & The Necks (Smith Hyde Productions, 2019)

und:

Jane Getter Premonition – On Tour (2017)

Underworld – Drift Series 1 / Sampler Edition (Smith Hyde Productions, 2019)

The Pineapple Thief ‎– Hold Our Fire (Kscope, 2019)

Anjou – Epithymía (Kranky, 2017)

Hochzeitskapelle – If I Think Of Love (Gutfeeling, 2019)

Joshua Sabin – Terminus Drift (Subtext, 2017)

TaxiWars – Fever (Universal Music Belgium, 2016)

Michael McDonald – Wide Open (Chonin, 2017)

Brand new, I’m retro:

S O H N – Tremors (4AD, 2014)

Congo Natty – Jungle Revolution (Big Dada, 2013)

Bad Lieutenant – Never Cry Another Tear (Triple Echo, 2009)

Peter Gabriel – OVO (Real World, 2000)

Van Halen – Balance (Warner Bros., 1995)

Maggi Payne – Crystal (Lovely Music, 1991)

Dieter Ilg – Summerhill (Lipstick, 1991)

The Comsat Angels – Fiction (Polydor, 1982)

The Comsat Angels – Sleep No More (Polydor, 1981)

The Comsat Angels – Waiting for A Miracle (Polydor, 1980)

Peter Gabriel – III (Charisma, 1980)

Niagara – Niagara (United Artists, 1970)

Tracks:

New Order – Be a Rebel (Mute, 2020)

Lonely Dear – Airport Surroundings (Regal, 2009)

Personal Best 2019: Filme

Fabelhaft:

Tiere von Greg Zglinski (2017)

Western von Valeska Grisebach (2017)

Mandy von Panos Cosmatos (2018)

20th Century Women von Mike Mills (2016)

Und:

Paterson von Jim Jarmusch (2016)

Thelma von Joachim Trier (2017)

The Endless von Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead (2017)

The Love Witch von Anna Biller (2016)

Der goldene Handschuh von Fatih Akin (2019)

Licht von Barbara Albert (2017)

The Ghoul by Gareth Tunley (2016)

Eine moralische Entscheidung (No Date, No Signature) von Vahid Jalilvand (2017)

Climax von Gaspar Noé (2018)

The Favourite von Yorgos Lanthimos (2018)

Arcadia von Paul Wright (2017)

Außerdem:

Chernobyl von Craig Mazin (2019)

The Wave (Bølgen) von Roar Uthaug (2015)

Dina von Antonio Santini und Dan Sickles (2017)

Let the Corpses Tan (Laissez bronzer les cadavres) von Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani (2017)

Die Wache (Au poste!) von Quentin Dupieux (2018)

Baden Baden von Rachel Lang (2016)

I Am Belfast von Mark Cousins (2015)

Lady Bird von Greta Gerwig (2017)

Daphne von Peter Mackie Burns (2017)

The Killing of a Sacred Deer von Yorgos Lanthimos (2017)

Retro:

Results von Andrew Bujalski (2015)

A Spell to Ward Off Darkness von Ben Rivers and Ben Russell (2013)

Upstream Color von Shane Carruth (2013)

Der Schaum der Tage (L’écume des jours) von Michel Gondry (2013)

Le Capital von Costa-Gavras (2012)

Resolution von Justin Benson & Aaron Moorhead (2012)

Pepperminta von Pipilotti Rist (2009)

Das Schweigen der Lorna (Le silence de Lorna) von Jean-Pierre Dardenne & Luc Dardenne (2008)

Sleep Furiously von Gideon Koppel (2008)

They Came Back (Les Revenants) von Robin Campillo (2004)

Ghost World von Terry Zwigoff (2001)

No Man’s Land von Danis Tanovic (2001)

Pripyat von Nikolaus Geyrhalter (1999)

Beau travail von Claire Denis (1999)

The Player von Robert Altman (1992)

Jacob’s Ladder von Adrian Lyne (1990)

Inspecteur Lavardin von Claude Chabrol (1986)

Hühnchen auf Essig (Poulet au vinaigre) von Claude Chabrol (1985)

Runaway Train von Andrey Konchalovskiy (1985)

The Long Good Friday von John Mackenzie (1980)

The In-Laws von Arthur Hiller (1979)

Three Days of the Condor von Sydney Pollack (1975)

Badlands von Terrence Malick (1973)

The Harder They Come von Perry Henzell (1972)

Das Attentat (L’attentat) von Yves Boisset (1972)

Images von Robert Altman (1972)

Pulp von Mike Hodges (1972)

Tod in Venedig (Morte a Venezia) von Luchino Visconti (1971)

Duck You Sucker (Giù la testa) von Sergio Leone (1971)

Once upon a Time in the West (C’era una volta il West) von Sergio Leone (1968)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? von Mike Nichols (1966)

A Fistful of Dollars (Per un pugno di dollari) von Sergio Leone (1964)

Cléo de 5 à 7 von Agnès Varda (1962)

Jules et Jim von François Truffaut (1962)

Personal Best 2019: Konzerte

Fabelhaft:

Motorpsycho (Gloria, Köln, 1.10.)

Tonaliens & Oren Ambarchi @ The Long Now (Kraftwerk Berlin 30./31.3.)

und:

The Comet Is Coming (Stadtgarten, Köln, 10.4.)

EA80 @ Ballroom Blitz Festival (Sonic Ballroom, Köln, 3.8.)

Joe McPhee / John Edwards / Klaus Kugel (Zentrifuge, Bonn, 24.6.)

Boris (Gebäude 9, Köln, 10.12.)

Außerdem:

Anguish (Dälerk, Irmler, Gustaffson, Mare, Werliin) (Kreuzung an St. Helena, Bonn, 30.7.)

Gregor Schwellenbach & Ozan Tekin @ Klang und Raum Ambient Festival (Sankt Gertrud Kirche, Köln, 15.-17.11.)

Grandsheiks feat. Napoleon Murphy Brook (Harmonie, Bonn, 30.10.)

Mazen Kerbaj “Walls Will Fall: The Trumpets Of Jericho” @ The Long Now (Kraftwerk Berlin, 30./31.3.)

Personal Best 2019: Bücher und so

Fabelhaft:

Sarah Perry: Every Cradle Is a Grave – Rethinking the Ethics of Birth and Suicide (2014)

Frans de Waal: The Bonobo and the Atheist – In Search of Humanism Among the Primates (2013)

Geoff Nicholson: Walking In Ruins (2013)

Oliver Sacks: The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat (1985)

und:

David Cronenberg: Consumed (2014)

Virginie Despentes: Vernon Subutex 2 (2015)

Jackie Higgins: Why It Does Not Have To Be In Focus: Modern Photography Explained (2013)

Abhihit V. Banerjee & Esther Duflo: Poor Economics (2011)

David Gascoigne: Michel Tournier (1996)

Richard Kostelanetz (ed.): Conversing with Cage (1987)

Wolfgang Scheppe et al.: Migropolis – Venice / Atlas of a Global Situation (2016)

Ulrich Reißer & Norbetr Wolf: Kunst-Epochen: 20. Jahrhundert II (2003)

John Cage: Silence – Lectures and Writings (1961)

Jonathan Fineberg: Art Since 1940 – Strategies of Being (1995/2000)

Außerdem:

Louise Erdrich: Future Home of the Living God (2017)

Joseph O‘Connor: The Thrill Of It All (2014)

Thomas Melle: Die Welt im Rücken (2016)

Christian Kracht: Faserland (1995)

Stephen Fry: Mythos – The Greek Myths Retold (2017)

John Gray: The Silence of Animals – On Progress and Other Modern Myths (2013)

Peter Geimer: Theorien der Fotografie zur Einführung (2009)

Periodika:

The Wire

Sight & Sound

Personal Best 2019: Ausstellungen

Fabelhaft:

Here We Are Today – Das Bild der Welt in Foto- und Videokunst (Bucerius Kunstforum, Hamburg, September)

Martin Parr (NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Oktober)

Michael Wolf – Life in Cities (Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Februar)

Boris Becker – Hochbunker (SK Stiftung Kultur, Köln, Dezember)

Julian Charrière: As We Used to Float (Berlinische Galerie, März)

Alec Soth & Joachim Brohm: Two Rivers (NRW-Forum, Düsseldorf, Juni)

und:

Nullpunkt der Orientierung: Fotografie als Verortung im Raum (Kunstsammlung DZ Bank, April, Frankfurt)

Biennale Venezia – May You Live in Interesting Times (Various locations, Venezia, August)

Luogo e Segni (Punta della Dogana, Venezia, August)

Bruegel – The Originals (Royal Museum of https://fine-arts-museum.be/en/exhibitions/bruegel-the-originalsFine Arts of Belgium, Bruxelles, Oktober)

Anri Sala – Le Temps Coudé (MUDAM Luxembourg, November)

David Wojnarowicz (MUDAM Luxembourg, November)

Hito Steyerl (Neuer Berliner Kunstverein (n.b.k.), Berlin, Dezember)

Edvard Munch gesehen von Karl Ove Knausgård (K21, Düsseldorf, Dezember)

Außerdem:

Hyper! A Journey into Art and Music (Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Februar)

Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques: Sub Rosa (c/o Berlin, Dezember)

MUSEUM (MMK, Frankfurt, Dezember)

Trees of Life: Stories for a Damaged Planet (Frankfurter Kunstverein, Dezember)

Ethereal: Photographic Art from Norway (Fotografie Forum Frankfurt, Dezember)

Underground Architecture: Berliner U-Bahnhöfe 1953-1994 (Berlinische Galerie, März)

Ai Warwei (K20+K21, Düsseldorf, August)

Personal Best 2017/2018: Platten

Fabelhaft:

Fleet Foxes – Crack-up (Nonesuch, 2017)

Kocáb, Proudfoot, Donati, Sheehan – Aftershocks (Warner, 2014)

Claire M Singer – Solas (Touch, 2016)

Philip Jeck ‎– Iklectik (Touch, 2017)

und:

Sons Of Kemet – Your Queen Is A Reptile (Impulse!, 2018)

Circle – Terminal (Southern Lord, 2017)

Loscil – Monument Builders (Kranky, 2016)

Duane Pitre – Bayou Electric (Important, 2015)

Roll the Dice – Until Silence (Leaf, 2014)

Yann Novak ‎– Ornamentation (Touch, 2016)

Robert Crouch – Sublunar (Touch, 2017)

Richard Chartier ‎– Removed (Touch, 2017)

Laraaji – Bring On The Sun (All Saints, 2017)

The XX – I see you (Young Turks, 2017)

Gavin Harrison – Cheating The Polygraph (Kscope, 2017)

Manu Katché – Unstatic (Anteprima, 2016)

Dizrhythmia – Too (Dizzy Rhythm, 2016)

Low Bias ‎– Spores (Trace, 2016)

Robert Curgenven ‎– Climata (Dragon’s Eye, 2016)

Außerdem:

John Cale ‎– Music For A New Society / M:FANS (Domino, 1982/2016)

The Pinapple Thief – Where We Stood (Kscope, 2017)

PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project (Island, 2016)

Moderat – III (Monkeytown, 2016)

Warpaint – Heads Up (Rough Trade, 2016)

Spyros Polychronopoulos – Live Electronic Music Sound Object (Room40, 2016)

Rothko ‎– Discover The Lost (Trace, 2016)

Maxwell – blackSUMMERS’night (Columbia, 2016)

Jennylee – Right On! (Rough Trade, 2015)

Brand new, I’m retro:

Midlake – Antiphon (Bella Union, 2013)

Fleet Foxes – Helplessness Blues (Sub Pop, 2011)

Karin Krog – Don’t Just Sing. An Anthology 1963-1999 (Light in the Attic, 2015)

Richard Barbieri – Stranger Inside (Kscope, 2008)

La Monte Young and Marian Zazeela – The Tamburas Of Pandit Pran Nath (Just Dreams, 1999)

Come – Eleven:Eleven (Matador, 1992)

Richard Hell and the Voidoids – Blank Generation (Sire, 1977)

Genesis – Trespass & Nursery Cryme (Charisma, 1970/1971)

 

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