Improvised Music from Japan / Discography

Long Live the People of the Revolution

(Eventuell, EVTL05) (Germany) (LP)

  1. Down the Murderers
    Words by Ernst Toller (1920) and Raymond Pettibon (2004)

  2. Der Tag des Proletariats
    Words by Ernst Toller (1920)

  3. Wake Up
    Words by Ernst Toller (1920) and Raymond Pettibon (2004)
    Original recording by Ernst Toller

  4. Der Kleine Trompeter
    Words by Roter Frontkämpferbund (1925)

  5. March
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1925)

  6. Kantate von der Schüttelrutsche
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1927)

  7. Es Lebe das Volk der Revolution
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1922) and Raymond Pettibon (2004)

  8. Lower the Red Tax
    Words by Ernst Toller (1920) and Raymond Pettibon (2004)

  9. He, He
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1927)

  10. Hipp, Hipp
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1927) and Raymond Pettibon (2004)

  11. Song von der Arbeit
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1922)
    Original recording by Bertolt Brecht (1931)

  12. Die Rote Fahne
    Words by Ernst Toller (1920)

  13. Long Live the People of the Revolution
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1922)

  14. Pack zu Gewaltige Faust
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1922)

  15. We Want to March Together
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1925) and Raymond Pettibon (2004)

  16. Langer Willi
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1922)

  17. Storm the Barracks Red Soldiers
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1922) and Raymond Pettibon (2004)

  18. Muscles
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1925)

  19. Peace
    Words by Bruno Schönlank (1925) and Ernst Toller (1920)

  20. Senkt die Roten Fahnen
    Words by Ernst Toller (1920)

  21. Die Kräfte Waren Gering
    Words by Raymond Pettibon (2004)
    Original recordings by Bertolt Brecht (1931) and Willi Leow (1932)

Radio play by Oliver Augst and Christoph Korn
Based on texts written in the 1910s and 1920s by Bruno Schönlank and Ernst Toller

Oliver Augst: voice, mixer
Carl Rüdiger: voice, accordion, clarinet, keyboard, claviola
Christoph Korn: voice, guitar, melodica
Raymond Pettibon: voice
Otomo Yoshihide: turntables, sampling

Words
Bruno Schönlank: Grossstadt (1922), Das Bergwerk (1925), Der Gespaltene Mensch (1927)
Ernst Toller: Der Tag des Proletariats, Chorwerk zum Andenken Karl Liebknechts (1920); Requiem den Erschossenen Brüdern (1920)
Original recordings
Ernst Toller - An Alle Gefangenen, Gedicht (1924)
Bertolt Brecht - Die Massnahme (1931)
Willi Leow - Aufruf zur Organisation der Roten Einheitsfront der Antifaschistischen Aktion (1932)

Produced by Hessischer Rundfund HR2 Hörspiel
Edited by Manfred Hess
Cover art by Raymond Pettibon
Cover design by Tobias Czybulka
Edition of 400; special edition of 40 copies numbered and signed by Raymond Pettibon to be released in summer 2005

Released in May 2005