WCD 005/PLUS 064
COLUMN ONE
"THE AUDIENCE IS SLEEPING..."
Digipack-CD
release date: 2002

.the new work by column one follows their critically acclaimed 2001 album electric pleasure. the berlin-based disinformation collective & co-founders of the label platform 90%wasser mix minimal electronic beats with well-balanced micro-compositions, voice-cut-up´s & field recordings. .thus, sampling & fragmentation form the basis of this synthesis, but on second thought it unfolds its primary elements clearly, which are then being reconstructed in the listener´s brain. .tiny little noise-particles plough through the otherwise almost dancefloor-compatible compositions & tear up structures even before they enter the audible spectrum. .a new space is created in which the white noise of a bad telephone connection mates with the voice of björk & texts of naomi klein vibrate through the airwaves recited by a stephen hawking-ish voice: they prefer coke to tea, nikes to sandals, mtv to cd-players, chicken mcnuggets to rice, macintosh to pc, playstation to message, young girls to china & credit carts to cash (new world teen study.). .rhythms autodisrupt and attack the expectable parameters of the 4/4-beat with their kinetic inaccuracy. .crispy and wide dub spheres start pumping in and this is when the deep berlin style becomes impossible to resist. the audience is sleeping is the result of various collaborations between column one & other renowned berlin artists.
.the recording features contributions by rechenzentrum (kitty-yo, mille plateaux, shitkatapult, 90%wasser), marc wannabe (90%wasser), public sphere (90%wasser), mimetic (moloko plus, parametric, 90%wasser).

01. Flohturm (feat. Rechenzentrum)
02. Eine Fensterscheibe wird eingeschlagen (excerpt MP3)
03. Skaerhap (feat. Public Sphere) (excerpt MP3)
04. New World Teen Study (excerpt MP3)
05. Foulé (feat. B.) (excerpt MP3)
06. Molton (excerpt MP3)
07. Playstation To Young Girls
08. ...China (feat. Rechenzentrum)
09. Hout (feat. Marc Wannabe)
10. Wernher´s Download (excerpt MP3)
11. Per
12. Telefon
13. Ich bin nicht da... (feat. Rechenzentrum) (excerpt MP3)

12,- euro