Fritz Hauser
Solodrumming
hat ART (Switzerland) 1985
2023 (2LP) Box set. w/2 x original inner sleeve, insert.
sleeve : EX(some slight dirts)
media : EX+/EX+,EX+/EX+(some slightly noise)
A superb double LP released in 1985 on Switzerland’s singular avant-garde label hat ART by Swiss drummer/percussionist Fritz Hauser, whose work stretches from progressive rock outfits such as Circus and Blue Moon to collective free improvisation in projects like Joe McPhee Po Music. The set is devoted entirely to solo performances on drum kit and percussion, and, much like Hauser’s remarkably wide-ranging career, moves through free improvisation into contemporary, minimal, and ambient-leaning territories with total freedom. An exceptional document of percussion pushed to its outermost limits, and truly deserving of the term free music. A major recommendation. Housed in a beautiful box set with the unmistakably elegant hat ART presentation.
A2: Vögel (3 Teile)
B1: Traumbilder
C3: Klangwolke I
D1: Skizzen, Gedanken, Gesten I