Stephan Bauer


latest reviews by Stephan Bauer....
Stephan's lifetime average review-rating is 6.5
Alec Empire "Rauschgold: Alec Empire Plays Staubgold" Definitely worthwhile... rated 7/10 (1 April, 2009)
Dirty Beaches "Horror" A fairly disappointing record... rated 3/10 (1 April, 2009)
Strotter Inst. "Minehund" Hit and miss... rated 5/10 (1 April, 2009)
Yukon "Medallion" A surprise awaits... rated 7/10 (1 April, 2009)
Swayzak "Snowboarding in Argentina" Too damn boring... rated 4/10 (1 April, 2009)
Thunders "The Sympathetic Oscillations" Pretty decent garage rock... rated 6/10 (11 March, 2009)
David Cunningham & Yasuaki Shimizu "One Hundred" An excellent release... rated 8/10 (3 March, 2009)
Sack & Blumm "Returns" Another solid album from this duo... rated 7/10 (3 March, 2009)
Greg Davis & Steven Hess "Thirty Thirty" Collaboration between these two... rated 4/10 (12 February, 2009)
Rafael Toral "Space Elements Vol. I" Toral's latest installment of his Space series... rated 5/10 (21 January, 2009)
David Last vs. Zulu "Musically Massive" Recent vinyl EP on Staubgold... rated 5/10 (14 January, 2009)
DAT Politics "Mad Kit" Childish electronic wreckers... rated 7/10 (3 December, 2008)
Various Artists "4 Women No Cry Vol. 3" Third installment in this ongoing series... rated 6/10 (3 December, 2008)
Daniel Padden "Pause for the Jet" Another winner from Padden... rated 7/10 (19 November, 2008)
Black to Comm "Fractal Hair Geometry" More Dekorder delights... rated 6/10 (15 October, 2008)
latest features by Stephan Bauer....
Meudiademorte/Tape Tektoniks & more For pretty much a decade now, the droning, noisy, psychedelic underground has brought up tons of great likeminded artists and a slew of releases well worth to be called classics... (2 October, 2007)
Paul Wirkus Hidden beneath a slew of new music through all kinds of formats and channels, one sometimes discovers artists that might not have gotten the same kind of attention as some of their peers, but who make even more exciting music... (11 September, 2006)
Greg Davis and Sébastien Roux Long distance collaborations between musicians, a rare exception only a decade ago, have become commonplace today, the internet making them possible. Here´s where Greg Davis, living in Vermont, USA and Sébastien Roux from Paris, France come in... (7 August, 2006)
Kammerflimmer Kollektief Great music often originates from small local scenes. The Kammerflimmer Kollektief proves that you don´t need to live in a town with a vibrant local music scene to achieve great results. .. (10 July, 2006)
Currituck County Currituck County is the recording name for Kevin Barker who also used to play in the band Aden. He´s released four albums on various labels, such as Troubleman Unlimited, Teenbeat, Lexicon Devil and Track & Field. In the fall of 2005, he went on tour with Antony & the Johnsons... (2 July, 2006)
Guido Möbius Guido Möbius.. (2 July, 2006)
Augsburger Tafelconfect Music and humour are not easy to combine. This is especially true for improvised electro-acoustic music. In the case of the Augsburger Tafelconfect (ATC) Trio from Hamburg, Germany, you name your debut record “Fusion in the Slaughterhouse” (a variation of the German MOR band Fury in the Slaughterhouse) and have song titles like “Glitschko Bros.”.. (1 July, 2006)
Tonschacht Records For more than five years, the small label, which is run by Wolfgang Brauneis, has released 7” singles with some of the most far out music available. Each single comes in the same black sleeve with white typewriter letters, each single is pressed on heavy vinyl and each release is limited and numbered to 500 copies. .. (1 July, 2006)

latest blogposts by Stephan Bauer....
Film/Music For all y'all who live in Berlin, there's a fantastic event to see on February 2, 2007... (26 January, 2007)
latest podcasts by Stephan Bauer....
Fuck art, let's dance ...like fucked artists..... (20 March, 2007)
 
 

1 September, 2010
Bis auf’s Messer Berlin’s Bis auf’s Messer emporium has all bases covered. From two rooms in the Eastern borough of Friedrichshain, Robert and Stefan run a store and a mailorder operation, they organize gigs, and not one, but two labels... feature :: by Jan-Arne Sohns

Neon Marshmallow Fest Recap More so than perhaps any festival on the radar, the lineup itself was truly the draw of Chicago’s inaugural Neon Marshmallow Fest, the four-day cornucopia of experimental music of all stripes.... feature :: by Travis Bird

25 August, 2010
Little Fury Things Padna’s own Nat Hawks runs a rad micro-label out of Brooklyn with an even radder name! .. feature :: by Dave Miller

Live London #13: Graham Lambkin / Call Back The Giants / Helm Show review from August 6th, 2010 at Cafe Oto in London featuring Graham Lambkin, Call Back the Giants and Helm... feature :: by Peter Taylor

18 August, 2010
Donovan Quinn Donovan Quinn has already proven himself to be one of the more gifted folk-pop songsmiths of the past decade through his work with Verdure and The Skygreen Leopards... feature :: by David Perron
10 August, 2010
Early Women Composers A collection of tracks from some of the best female composers this century... podcast :: by Brad Rose

5 August, 2010
Hobo Cult #1 First set of tunes from the man behind Hobo Cult/Hobo Cubes... podcast :: by Frank Ouellette

15 July, 2010
LAFMS Podcast #1 A selection of tracks from the might Los Angeles Free Music Society.. podcast :: by Andrew Murdock Livingston

3 July, 2010
ALPHACAST A collection of songs from the mighty Colin Ward AKA Alphabets in celebration of the ALPHABOX release... podcast :: by Brad Rose

26 June, 2010
Early Electronics A collection of various electronics from the last half-century... podcast :: by Brad Rose
 
 
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1 September, 2010
Various Artists "I'm Going Where The Water Drinks Like Wine" A must have compilation... review :: by Crawford Philleo

Mark McGuire "Tiding/Amethyst Waves" Recommended reissue on Weird Forest... review :: by Anthony D'Amico

Skjølbrot "Maersk" CD-r An absolute gem of a CDR... review :: by Matt Blackall

Zola Jesus "Stridulum" Another massive entry in the Zola Jesus discography... review :: by Dave Miller

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April In The Orange Siva Casting Dice 7''
Arklight Nolo Contendere/Rakkasans 3'' cd-r
Iain Campbell Absolutely the Best ABBA since ABBA CD-r
Celer All At Once Is What Eternity Is 3'' cd-r
Cornucopia Ultima LP
Dense Reduction Hobbes Diamond tape
Drivan Disko
Adam Gnade Trailerparks
Hellcake Friends Become Enemies tape
Imbogodom The Metallic Year
Ken Rei Wearing Sweatpants
Kkrakk!! Subatomic Vibrations tape
Lee Konitz, Chris Cheek, Stephan Furic Leibovici Jugendstil II
Outer Limits Recordings Foxy Baby LP
Oval O
Pausal Lapses
Horacio Pollard Acorn Bath CD-r
Prurient Cocaine Death
Sensible Nectar Minor Devil tape
SF Ghost Pulse tape
Sheik Anorak Day 01
Siddhi Cuttlefish Bone CD-r
Squim No Blade of Grass CD-r
Tokyo Mask Route Painless