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September 18, 2006 at 20:59 · news

The Speechless is MAGA’s third album on esc.rec. already. He sure is on the roll… Sounds are more four to the floor and most of it is certainly as raw as some of the tracks on My Mind Machine. The opening track seems like a clear reference to MAGA’s hearing damage, which prevents him from working with sound for long periods of time on end. A nasty disability indeed for a passionate musician like Marc. The other tracks are roaring and growling on acid from time to time and aimed straight at your less delicate motor skills. Ofcourse this doesn’t mean that the beats have lost their delicacy aswell. Order now.

Grannittin is a double cd-r release in a unique package, handmade with recycled knitted fabrics. The two discs contain a registration of the Grannittin live performance in art gallery Het Langhuis in Zwolle (NL), plus a broad variety of remixes by different artists, made with the original raw audio samples of knitting needles, as recorded by Robert Witt.

Remixers include: Staplerfahrer, Goem, Xaf, Marius, Robert Witt, Radboud Mens, Gluid, Toxic Chicken, Phako, Transfolmer, Lukas Simonis, Maga, Jos Smolders, slo-fi, timvankessel, Igor Krutogolov. Order now.

We just launched a new esc.rec. microsite for Robert Witt: www.escrec.com/robertwitt. Right now it just holds more information about the Grannittin project, including some nice pictures of the Grannittin live performance (and first presentation of the Grannittin remix project) in Kunstenlab, Deventer. But there might be more soon…

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September 18, 2006 at 14:35 · esc.rec.13

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Title: Grannittin
Artist: various artists
Format: 2 CD-R (in handmade, knitted package)
Catalog#: esc.rec.13
Price: 17 euro

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01 Robert Witt – Grannittin (live in Het Langhuis) (9.24) mp3
02 Staplerfahrer – Silent Nittin (4.26)
03 Goem – Patroon (3.14)
04 Xaf – Steek Vijf (5.55)
05 Marius – Knitting (4.27)
06 Robert Witt – Grannittin Stuck in a OPH Mix (5.54)
07 Radboud Mens – I Can’t Get Started (6.48)
08 Gluid – Trui (4.52)

01 Toxic Chicken – Unzip (3.27)
02 Phako – Dog Gone Knit (3.55)
03 Transfolmer – Grannittin Remix (4.08)
04 Lukas Simonis – Breino (3.28)
05 Maga – Granni’s Shuffle (3.23)
06 Jos Smolders – Penne (6.00)
07 slo-fi – ’s granita (3.31)
08 Timvankessel – Grannittin Remix (3.48)
09 Toxic Chicken – Grannitincremix (3.29)
10 Igor Krutogolov – Gurtuk (4.42)

Original Grannittin by Robert Witt. Many thanks to all artists involved!
Cover by Harco Rutgers.

Robert Witt graduated in 2005 at the art academy in Kampen (NL) where he started cutting up short sound fragments and using them in installations. After that Robert did some live performances in which he manipulates live input. The input source varies from knitting grannies to sounds emited by ‘ordinary’ surroundings. Robert samples just about anything he finds interesting, such as his own voice, plastic bags, clicks and tics, things out of movies, dutch pirateradio and contemporary music. All this gets fused together in sound collages where the samples become short manipulated fragments. Recognition and amazement are key elements here. The sounds invoke images like an abstract movie soundtrack without the movie.

Grannittin is originally a live performance by Robert Witt, in collaboration with ‘Mevrouw de Vries’, an art project initiated by visual artist Anne Reijse, in which all kinds of every day objects are knitted in real size, mostly by elderly women. The live performance consists out of the live manipulation of sounds emited from contact microphones attached to the knitting needles of the knitting ladies present at the opening of a ‘Mevrouw de Vries’ exhibition.

If you feel compelled to share your opinion after listening to this release, please feel free to leave your review in the comments below.

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September 18, 2006 at 14:04 · esc.rec.12

Title: The Speechless
Artist: Maga
Format: CD-R
Catalog#: esc.rec.12
Price: 8 euro

01 Evil Throat & Sine Damage (1.32)
02 Screamers (4.14)
03 Sound Of Su (3.45)
04 Pow Pow Drive (4.27)
05 Acid Rumble (3.54) mp3
06 Dreamers Ball (5.12)
07 Busted Harmonix (4.36)
08 Keep ‘Them’ Happy (4.05)

All music by Marc Fien. Cover art by Beke Olyrhook. Design by Harco Rutgers.

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‘The Speechless’ is MAGA’s third album on esc.rec. already. He sure is on the roll… Sounds are more four to the floor and most of it is certainly as raw as some of the tracks on ‘My Mind Machine’. The opening track seems like a clear reference to MAGA’s hearing damage, which prevents him from working with sound for long periods of time on end. A nasty disability indeed for a passionate musician like Marc. The other tracks are also quite dark in a way, but that feeling mostly gets overpowered by the urge to start moving to the ever present groove. The tracks are roaring and growling on acid from time to time and aimed straight at your less delicate motor skills. Ofcourse this doesn’t mean that the beats have lost their delicacy aswell. Just like on his first two albums MAGA’s drumming skills are never far away.

If you feel compelled to share your opinion after listening to this release, please feel free to leave your review in the comments below.

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September 11, 2006 at 20:57 · news

Opening of expo Fröbel in Kunstenlab (www.kunstenlab.nl) with work by Jeannette Knigge (www.kunstgoud.nl) and Anne Reijse (www.annereijse.nl) with her ‘Mevrouw de Vries’ project. The opening includes a live performance by Robert Witt and the esc.rec. release of remix compilation ‘Grannittin’.

Grannittin is originally a live performance by Robert Witt, in collaboration with ‘Mevrouw de Vries’, an art project in which all kinds of every day objects are knitted in real size, mostly by elderly women. The live performance consists out of the live manipulation of sounds emited from contact microphones attached to the knitting needles of the knitting ladies present at the opening of a ‘Mevrouw de Vries’ exhibition.

Grannittin will be a unique, handmade package containing a registration of the Grannittin live performance in art gallery Het Langhuis in Zwolle (NL), plus a broad variety of remixes by different artists, made with the original raw audio samples of knitting needles, as recorded by Robert Witt.