John Watermann (born February 19, 1935, in
Berlin
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as ''Johannes Wassermann''; died April 2002 in
Brisbane
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, Australia) was a composer, performer and filmmaker.
Much of his musical work incorporated
field recording
Field recording is the term used for an audio recording produced outside a recording studio, and the term applies to recordings of both natural and human-produced sounds. It also applies to sound recordings like electromagnetic fields or vibra ...
s, which were heavily treated by electronics, resulting in highly rhythmic music, through the extensive use of cut ups.
Watermann is featured in "BNE - The Definitive Archive: Brisbane Independent Electronic Music Production 1979-2014", which is a hardcover book and USB music archive published by
Trans:Com in September 2014.
[Project BNE]
Brisbane Independent Electronic Music Production 1979-2014
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Discography
*Warmth Is The Fifth Room, Nightshift Records (1988)
*Illusions Of Infinite Bliss, Nightshift Records (1989)
*The Dead Calm Of Bashing Coca-Cola, Nightshift Records (1989)
*Ambiguity,Nightshift Records (1990)
*Dummyhead, Nightshift Records (1990)
*Illusions Of Infinite Bliss, Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien (1990)
*Mussolini Beauty Flab, Nightshift Records (1990)
*Ram Slot, Nightshift Records (1990)
*Babel #1, Stille Andacht (1993)
*Calcutta Gas Chamber, N D (1993)
*Halves / Manifesto, E(r)ostrate (1994)
*Brisbane-Tokyo Interlace, Cold Spring (1995)
*Testing The Jammer, Raum 312 (1995)
*Neurotic Jesus Cash Boy, Tochnit Aleph (1999)
*Move Machine With Glass, Gender-Less Kibbutz (2002)
*Split, Hvexas Records (2004)
*Calcutta Gas Chamber, Cold Spring (2006)
*Neurotic Jesus Cash Boy, Waystyx (2006)
*To Be Taken Seriously It Has To Be Long, Waystyx (2006)
*Ambiguity, Alias Frequencies (2007)
*Calcutta Gas Chamber, Die Stadt (2007)
*Dummyhead, Alias Frequencies (2007)
*RAM Slot, Alias Frequencies (2007)
*The Denial Of Cricket, Alias Frequencies (2007)
*These Are Workers, Alias Frequencies (2007)
*To Be Taken Seriously It Has To Be Long, Alias Frequencies (2007)
References
External links
John Watermann Microsound Memorial ProjectDiscogs
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1935 births
2002 deaths
Australian male composers
Australian composers
20th-century Australian musicians
20th-century Australian male musicians
Soleilmoon artists