Doc Wör Mirran, Doc Wör Mirran (Historical Obscurity, Vol 1) (CDR Miss Management)

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To celebrate its twenty-fifth anniversary, Doc Wör Mirran has re-recorded its very first production, a self-titled cassette, featuring original members Joseph B. Raimond, BH Worrick, the late Frank Abendroth and latter-day additions Ralf Lexis and Peter Schuster. Inside the striking new cover is a reproduction of the original hand-drawn j-card.

Today, Doc Wör Mirran can be solo artist or a small collective, a drone machine, a cosmic electronic outfit, a rock´n´roll band, an author and a painter, depending. This initial foray, created with now-vintage analogue synthesizers and an electric guitar, maybe a tape recorder, is a crazy-quilt of industrial, collage, cosmic electronica tipping one moment toward the quietly spacey, the next toward the noisily earthly, squiggly osciliations, fizzling short-circuits, bright sparks and dark moans, noodlings, doodlings and a little poetry.

By ”re-recorded” I am not not quite sure if that means simply pressed a new edition or somehow recreated the original. Because it does sound very much twenty-fve years old. Which is not a bad thing. It is truly an "historical obscurity", but one which is indeed informative and thought-provoking.

This record also marks the beginning of a new series released under the auspices of the MissmanagemeT sub-label, a unique proposition on today´s music and art market, where the conversation seems to be dominated by moneytalk.

In combining the ethos of punk, the seemingly universal opportunities for access of the Internet, and the desire to keep the physical CD alive, MissmanagemenT is literally giving it away. Printed on the back of the CD case in big, bold lettering, is ”Pay No More Than $0.00!” Because as they say, ”You want a copy? Here, have one, enjoy it.” All you have to do is to visit the website.

http://www.empty.de/