THEO ALTENBERG

Theo Altenberg (lyrics & voice) & Bretterkeller (tunes & desasters)
Phat Pfunkk
Donnerstag 19.11.2009, 21.00 - 22.00 h
in der Ausstellung:
Christoph Hinterhube

Ve.Sch. Independant Space
Schikanedergasse 11
1040 Wien

Theo Altenberg 
geb. 1952 in Mönchengladbach
arbeitet in den Medien Performance, Photographie, Malerei, Sprache
music projects:
seit 1993 “NAME” mit Alexander Gutsch und Karl Golblat
seit 1996 “ODER NICE” electronic poetry mit Alexander Gutsch,
Album: List and Link Music 1997
“Das ES” Album: Call Age Door 1997
seit 1998 Collaborations mit Burnt Friedman,
aktuelles Album: First Night Forever (Nonplace)

Samstag 29.08.2009
Live Act
Theo Altenberg sings Burnt Friedman

“Veteran producer and master of electronic kraut-funk, Burnt Friedman returns for another solo album after his acclaimed collaboration with David Sylvian, Stina Nordentsam and Arve Henriksson on the Nine Horses project. First Night Forever finds Friedman recruiting a number of vocal contributors, including Australian singer Steve Spacek, Funkstoerung collaborator Enik, Berliner Barbara Panther and Daniel Dodd-Ellis. The productions themselves are the real stars here though, Friedman’s multi-layered studio excursions sewing together detailed drum edits, misty horn sections and even the odd burst of strings when needed. There are some very peculiar moments on the album though, most of which come on tracks lent vocals by Theo Altenberg, an artist whose roots lie in the Vienna Friedrichshof commune scene of the ’70s. He makes a number of appearances on the album, seemingly styling he’s hollered, gruff vocals on a hybrid of Tom Waits and James Brown, resulting in the screeching electro-gospel mania of ‘The Healer’ and dub freakshow ‘Need Is All You Love’. Good stuff.” (boomkat.com)