History
In 2003, Kris had co-founded the drone rock band Expo '70 together with his friend (and guitarist for Living Science Foundation), Justin Wright, while improvising together during a recording session in Los Angeles of Kris's noise rock project, SXBRS. The recordings were released together as a split CDR on Kris's label, Kill Shaman, and two shows were played live (with Parts & Labor and Tyondai Braxton, respectively). After creating another improvisational studio recording, ''Live July 18, 2004'', creative differences arose regarding touring preferences, and PK began recording instead as German Army. Earlier recordings were produced together with two friends, Chin Genie and Meatball Maker, who ultimately had a falling out together, leaving PK to prefer recording alone. PK nevertheless considers NH, who also goes by GT, as his bandmate and tries to include him whenever possible. NH contributes drum programming and keyboards, as well as helping to repair pedals and providing the more vintage equipment, having collected drum machines and keyboards since high school. PK considers as essential to the band. Regarding their focus on the cassette medium (over 90% of their 80+ releases, as of 2020) PK has commented: "Cassette is simply the format to experiment on. I wouldn’t expect any label to release all these records on vinyl. At this point there is simply too much material to even begin with." Music released under the name Peter Kris is reserved for more guitar-centric work, while German Army remains the outlet for beat-driven exotica and effects-driven experimental work. The band uses pseudonyms to maintain separation between their artistic and vocational lives, as PK is an educator at an institution (presumably in Southern California), occasionally teaching history of U.S. foreign policy. Parallels have been drawn with the seminal, elusive avant-garde experimental rock band, The Residents.Themes
The titles and themes of the releases often highlight indigenous cultures and their anti-colonial struggles with western nations—for example, internment of Japanese Americans in ''No No Boys'' (referencing the 1957 novel by John Okada), US military presence in Puerto Rico in ''Vieques'', and American Indian resistance in ''Mangas Coloradas'' (named for thePersonnel
* Peter Kris (PK): percussion, voice, sampling, synthesizer, guitar, etc. * Norm Heston (NH): beat sequencing, keyboardsDiscography
Studio albums
*2020 ''Hearing Lola Kiepja'' (Eastern Nurseries) *2020 ''Animals Remember Human'' (Crash Symbols, Artetetra) *2020 ''A Geography Of Memory'' (No Problema Tapes, Hollow Point One) *2020 ''Blending Landscapes'' (Soil Records) *2020 ''The Chronology of the Base Nation'' (OSM tapes) *2019 ''No No Boy'' (Phormix Tapes) *2019 ''Out of the Past'' (SUBSIST) *2019 ''Reset Personality'' (Faith Disciplines) *2019 ''Year Of Solitude'' (Castle Bravo) *2019 ''Split with Savage Cult'' (NEN Records) *2019 ''Salary Of Stagnation'' (Cønjuntø Vacíø) *2018 ''Terroir Place'' (Genot Centre) *2018 ''Nepumoceno Cortina'' (Cloister Recordings) *2018 ''Vieques'' (Madriguera) *2018 ''Mangas Coloradas'' (Muzan Editions) *2018 ''More Bitter Fruit'' (Discrepant) *2018 ''MOVE9'' (Fort Evil Fruit) *2018 ''Kowloon Walled City'' (\\NULL, ZØNE//) *2018 ''Wakhan Corridor'' (Old Captain) *2017 ''Insular Transcript'' (Reue Um Reue) *2017 ''Pyura Chilensis'' (Luce Sia) *2017 ''OCOTILLO'' (URUBU) *2017 ''Blue Green Depth'' (III Arms) *2017 ''Concrete Colored Paint'' (Several Minor Promises) *2017 ''Pacific Plastic'' (Seagrave) *2017 ''Swidden'' (Total Black) *2017 ''Tewa'' (Aught Void) *2017 ''Kurgan Hearth'' (OTA) *2017 ''Split with Bloque Del Sur'' (Pakapi Records) *2016 ''Tanna'' (Cønjuntø Vacíø) *2016 ''Virunga'' (Summer Isle) *2016 ''FUNAI'' (Kikimora Tapes) *2016 ''Split with Bary Center'' (Tandem Tapes) *2016 ''Worthless Spectrum'' (Cønjuntø Vacíø) *2016 ''Diego Garcia'' (Wounded Knife) *2016 ''Yanomami'' (Sacred Phrases) *2016 ''Fermin'' (NEN Records) *2016 ''Mountain City'' (Phinery Tapes) *2016 ''Disquiet'' (Discrepant) *2016 ''Te Ano'' ( Opal Tapes) *2015 ''Tokodede'' (Tabs Out) *2015 ''Kalash Tirich Mir'' (Yerevan Tapes) *2015 ''Chigwe'' (Fort Evil Fruit) *2015 ''Clan Chieftains'' (Handmade Birds) *2015 ''Remain in Exile'' (Golden Cloud Tapes) *2015 ''Preserving Senses'' ( Opal Tapes) *2015 ''Of Babongo'' (Discrepant) *2014 ''Jivaro Witnesses'' (Burka For Everybody) *2014 ''German Army'' (Trapdoor Tapes) *2014 ''Barrineans'' (Lava Church Records) *2014 ''Pennantia'' (905 Tapes) *2014 ''T'rung'' (Lighten Up Sounds) *2014 ''Millerite Masai'' (Yerevan Tapes) *2014 ''Socotra Scripture'' (Horror Fiction Tapes) *2014 ''Social Catalyst'' (Jozik Records) *2013 ''Last Language'' (A Giant Fern) *2013 ''Burushaski'' (Beläten) *2013 ''Former Prison'' (SixSixSixties Records) *2013 ''German Army'' (Skrot Up) *2013 ''Holland Village'' (Dub Ditch Picnic) *2013 ''Endless Phonics'' (Monofonus Press) *2012 ''Tarsier'' (Nute Records) *2012 ''Hoatzin'' (No Kings) *2012 ''Youtan Poluo'' (Chondritic Sound) *2012 ''Sedentary'' (Hobo Cult Records) *2012 ''Parte Do Corpo'' (Electric Voice Records) *2012 ''Cattle Border'' (Clan Destine Records) *2011 ''Papua Mass'' (Night People) *2011 ''Turkish Bath'' (Kill Shaman, AMDISCS) *2011 ''Body Linguist'' (Skrot Up)Compilations
*2020 ''A Case Study in Neglect'' (Dub Ditch Picnic, CD) *2017 ''Diaspora Of Intolerance'' (Dub Ditch Picnic, 2xCD) *2016 ''Video Archive'' (Castle Bravo, VHS) *2015 ''In Transit'' (Dub Ditch Picnic, CD) *2012 ''Extract Character Flaw'' (Family Time Records, 2xCDr)Singles and EPs
*2018 ''Bury in Amnesia'' (Nostalgie De La Boue) *2016 ''Quem Quaeritis'' (Faith Disciplines) *2016 ''Gone in Luxury'' (Altered States Tapes) *2015 ''Split with Nový Svět'' (Tourette Records) *2015 ''Taushiro'' (Weird Ear) *2015 ''Culp Valley'' (Castle Bravo) *2014 ''Cargo Circuits'' (A.C.T.I.O.N.) *2014 ''Tassili Plateau'' (Field Hymns) *2011 ''Dryr'' (AMDISCS)References
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