Stephan Mathieu, Tina Frank and Jörg Scheller at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

Tomorrow, at Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Tina Frank, Jörg Scheller and Stephan Mathieu will host a guided tour to the collection of classic colorfield works, followed by a discussion and a virginals recital by Stephan Mathieu. Starts at 7PM.

New Crónicaster: “On the Concept of History” (An Introduction / 2008 Top 16)

78RPM Transcriptions by Stephan Mathieu. Monaural re-recordings made with a mechanical HMV 102 gramophone, Decca Cactus Needles and a customised Oktava MK-319 microphone. This selection is part of an upcoming series of transcriptions by Stephan Mathieu. Telephone Effect #1 Standard Sound Effect Records #903 mid 1930s Kelly Harrell Oh Molly Dear, Go Ask Your Mother …

“Hidden Name” reviewed by Jazz e Arredores

O sonho antes de acordar, quando as formas começam a ganhar contornos e a consciência começa a organizar os últimos fiapos de matéria irreal. Em “Hidden Name”, Stephan Mathieu e Janek Schaefer, cúmplices de anteriores apresentações públicas, como os festivais MUTEK/2002 (Canadá) e Musica Genera/2005 (Polónia), tornam perceptível essa passagem de forma plasticamente sedutora, oscilante …

“Hidden Name” reviewed by Bad Alchemy

Hidden Name (Crónica 027), eine Zusammenarbeit von STEPHAN MATHIEU & JANEK SCHAEFER, entstand in Manor Farmhouse, Child Okeford, dem südenglischen Domizil von Sir John Tavener, Englands Echo auf die spirituellen Musiken von Strawinsky, Messiaen und Pärt. Die Erklärung dafür liefert der Mädchenname von Taveners Ehefrau Maryanna – Schaefer. Janek Schaefer, Jahrgang 1970, hat sich seit …

“Hidden Name” reviewed by Liability Webzine

En terme d’ambient, peu aujourd’hui arrivent à faire évoluer un genre qui semble être rendu à un point de non-retour. Cela n’empêche en rien de voir nombre de disques sortir et qui ont bien souvent cette beauté glaciale et l’imprégnation d’espaces sonores infinis. Stephan Mathieu et Janek Schaefer se sont fait depuis plusieurs années déjà …

“Hidden Name” reviewed by Loop

Here we have the work of two renowned musicians from the experimental scene: German Stephan Mathieu [interviewed on loop] and English Janek Schaefer. After sharing bills in several festivals and their common interest on the manipulation of sounds, they decided to work on Hidden Name in a pastoral place in the South of England. Over …

“Hidden Name” reviewed by Cyclic Defrost

Strewn together during a stay at a Manor Farm House in the South of England, Hidden Name invents its own mythic past. Its swooning, woody tones and swathes of haunting, echoing noise wipe away time’s contributions and seek out original memory, a universal stillness, a tantalizing quiver of immobility. Seductive subtleties are present in the …

“Hidden Name” reviewed by Vital

Ah two busy bees, Janek Schaefer probably more at the forefront than Stephan Mathieu, but both are always to be found somewhere. This is not the first time that they work together. In 2003 they released a work that was made in a hotel room in Montreal, together with Radboud Mens and Timeblind (see Vital …