Available now at bandcamp as part of the ::: Gvoon – Versions ::: series :
Gvoon – Version 2-11 is a continuous rework/collaboration series by a wide range of international artists based on the original recording of Gvoon – Brennung 1 by Holger Czukay from 1997 (released in 2025 via Groenland Rec.), which was kicked off by the release of Gvoon – Version 1 by HOLGER CZUKAY / die ANGEL & Zappi W. Diermaier in January 2025.
Purchasing the album at MWM bandcamp includes automatic free downloads of all future versions, which will be added monthly (except in July and August 2025) until the album is complete with a total of 10 versions by March 2026.
# 1 : Gvoon – Version 2 (Minda)
by HOLGER CZUKAY / Natalie Beridze & Anushka Chkheidze
Natalie Beridze and Anushka Chkheidze are two leading figures in Georgia’s electronic music scene, known for their innovative approaches to sound and composition. Beridze, a pioneer and mentor, and Chkheidze, a rising talent, have collaborated on projects that bridge generations and showcase the depth of Georgia’s experimental electronic landscape.
Video by Gvoon Arthur Schmidt:
# 2 : Gvoon – Version 3 (Ghosts of Home)
by HOLGER CZUKAY / The Necks
The Necks are an Australian experimental trio renowned for their genre-defying improvisations that blend elements of jazz, minimalism, ambient, and avant-garde music. Since forming in 1987, the group—featuring Chris Abrahams (piano), Lloyd Swanton (bass), and Tony Buck (drums)—has captivated global audiences with their hypnotic, evolving performances and critically acclaimed albums.
Video by Gvoon Arthur Schmidt:
# 3 : Gvoon – Version 4 (Schwerefelder)
by HOLGER CZUKAY / RAW2K
This unique musical collaboration brings together Thomas Wydler (Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds) and Jochen Arbeit (Einstürzende Neubauten) — both former members of the experimental post-punk band Die Haut — political activist and experimental musician Sonja Kosche (faust), and multi-instrumentalist Yoyo Röhm, who co- founded the band Fatal Shore, among others, and collaborated with CAN drummer Jaki Liebezeit in the 1990s. The result is a long-form sonic exploration that bridges avant-garde, post-punk, and ambient traditions. Gvoon – Version 4 (Schwerefelder) presents an excerpt from the first part of the work, which was primarily recorded and produced by Ingo Krauss at the renowned Candy Bomber Studio in Berlin. Krauss worked as the house engineer at Conny Plank’s studio from 1988 to 2001, following Plank’s passing. Having collaborated with both Jaki Liebezeit and Holger Czukay, Krauss carries a direct lineage to the golden era of Krautrock, adding a distinct historical resonance to the project — subtly echoing the spirit of experimental innovation that defined an entire era of German music.
Gvoon – Version 4 (Collaboration) – video by Gvoon Arthur Schmidt:
# 4 : Gvoon – Version 5 (Big Son)
by HOLGER CZUKAY / Jono Podmore & David Harrow
Jono Podmore and David Harrow are two influential electronic musicians who first worked together as far back as 1983. Their work spans decades of innovation across experimental, ambient, dub, and techno genres. Podmore, also known as Kumo, has deep artistic ties to CAN through extensive collaborations with Irmin Schmidt and Holger Czukay, played a key role in curating and remastering CAN’s archival material, and edited the seminal book on the life and work of Jaki Liebezeit. Harrow, known for his genre-defying work with Anne Clark, Psychic TV, and as James Hardway, shares Podmore’s commitment to sonic exploration and the avant-garde. Both artists have built international reputations for blending analog synthesis, improvisation, and deep rhythmic sensibilities, echoing the spirit of CAN’s boundary-breaking ethos. Their shared artistic DNA lies in a fearless approach to sound, rooted in the experimental legacy of Holger Czukay and the broader Krautrock movement.
Video by Gvoon Arthur Schmidt:
# 5 : Gvoon – Version 6 (There are Penguins)
by HOLGER CZUKAY / Mark Spybey, Jasmine Guffond & Robin Storey
Jasmine Guffond, Mark Spybey, and Robin Storey unite in this collaboration, bringing together distinct yet interconnected practices in experimental sound. Guffond is a Berlin-based artist, composer, and electronic musician with acclaimed solo releases on Sonic Pieces, Karlrecords, Editions Mego, Superpang, OOH-Sounds, LINE, and Boomkat Editions. Spybey, formerly of Download and Zoviet-France and known for his work as Dead Voices on Air, has collaborated widely and performed with Michael Karoli’s Sofortkontakt!. Storey, also an ex- member of Zoviet-France, is a visual artist and prolific musician who has released over one hundred albums as Rapoon, as well as numerous collaborations including Reformed Faction with Spybey. Together, their work merges decades of exploratory practice into a shared sonic language.
Video by Gvoon Arthur Schmidt:
# 6 : Gvoon – Version 7 (Within)
by HOLGER CZUKAY / Kim Gordon & J Mascis
The collaboration between Kim Gordon (ex-Sonic Youth) and J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), built around material from Gvoon – Brennung 1 by Holger Czukay, bridges decades of experimental rock lineage, highlighting the shared DNA between American noise rock and German Krautrock. Sonic Youth’s groundbreaking use of dissonance, texture, and repetition was—among other influences—shaped by the innovations of CAN and other Krautrock pioneers, who pushed rock beyond traditional structures into hypnotic, improvisational soundscapes. In this project, Gordon’s sound-driven instincts intertwine with Mascis’s signature fuzz-guitar phrasing, while Czukay’s sonic manipulations provide the connective tissue through counteraction—melding fractured rhythms, expansive atmospheres, and avant-garde sensibilities into a living testament to Krautrock’s enduring influence on underground American rock.
Video by Gvoon Arthur Schmidt:
To be continued…
Holger Czukay / Specials at MWM
Now available at MWM bandcamp:
The new krautfuzz album 19-2 is available from September 5th 2025 via MWM Bandcamp and on all preferred platforms (for quality, political & other reasons we strongly recommend TIDAL).
The unedited recording fuzzkraut 19-2 captures the 19th (and most recent) studio session by the original core trio of the seminal improv-kraut-noise band krautfuzz, and marks their 6th digital release on MWM. Arriving hot on the heels of their widely acclaimed album Live at the Church (feat. J Mascis), which was released as LP/CD on Sulatron Records, this performance finds Imari Kokubo, Derek Shirley, and Dirk Dresselhaus at their most adventurous and uncompromising to date.
An excerpt of the 1st session of the same day, fuzzkraut 19-1 (Emmauswald Edit), was recently contributed to the Emmi Aid, a compilation by the initiative EMMAUSWALD BLEIBT! . 57 musicians and bands — including the Pet Shop Boys, Barbara Morgenstern, Christoph de Babalon, Bernard Sumner, Mouse on Mars, Kammerflimmer Kollektief, hackedepicciotto, Khan & Martina Bertoni, Jochen Arbeit and Schneider TM — have contributed original or previously unreleased songs to support the Emmauswald, which is threatened by deforestation — a musical wake-up call to save Berlin-Neukölln’s largest woodland.
Video clip by ilan katin:
New live video by Kurt Dahlke:
krautfuzz – Live at Braille Satellite 2025 (feat. Pyrolator)
PROMO: heythere@mirrorworldmusic.com
LIVE BOOKING: booking@mirrorworldmusic.com
LP (Black) – 100 copies limited edition
LP (Gold & Black Swirl) – 100 copies limited edition
LP (TransOrange & Black Marble) – 100 copies limited edition
Released on October 3rd 2025 via I Shall Sing Until My Land Is Free, a Ukrainian experimental music label supporting Ukrainian resistance against Russia by donating profits to self-defence & humanitarian foundations.
Brainwave Music No. III was initially recorded live on October 30th 2021 as part of 10 Brain Wave – sound installation – performances by Ilpo Väisänen, Dirk Dresselhaus (die ANGEL) in the Life on a Leaf house, Turku, Finland.
The concept was based on an interactive system including brainwave interfaces that allowed the two performers to process the sounds of several semi-modular synthesizers via CV with their brain activities. Brainwave Music No. III features double bass clarinet overdubs by Ulrich Krieger (zeitkratzer, Lou Reed Band, Metal Machine Trio).
die ANGEL at MWM
LP / CD / DIGITAL available now at MWM bandcamp:
We are really psyched about the release of this new live album in collaboration with Sulatron Records for physical formats ! The improvisational band krautfuzz, with Imari Kokubo (drums), Dirk Dresselhaus (guitar, vocal), and Derek Shirley (bass) is embossed by an angular-futuristic tension, spanning from fuzzed-out neo-psych-rock, abstract, heavily processed minimalism to pure noise, and is open at the fringes, which also means that they usually invite surprise guests from diverse musical backgrounds for their live shows to play time-transcending music without a safety net while giving some extra attention to communication in-between each other as well as to the individual subconsciousness. Illustrious guest performers so far were Murat Ertel (Baba Zula), experimental sax player André Vida, Eleni Poulou (ex-The Fall) & Hilary Jeffery (zeitkratzer), Xambuca’s Chandra Shukla on processed e-sitar, and J Mascis (Dinosaur Jr.), who contributed some adventurous electric guitar explorations in the 2nd part of this live recording, which organically blend into the transcendental sonic approach of krautfuzz.
As the three core members come from a variety of musical activities with the likes of faust, Schneider TM, die ANGEL, Locust Fudge, The Still, Monno, Vladislav Delay Quartet, Piratezombiedog or Hi-Speed Dubbing, the premise is to reduce stylistic concepts to their essence, implement moments of CHANCE and allow inspiration from unexpected styles such as contemporary classical or stochastic music.
What started with occasional studio sessions in late 2022 has so far led to 5 regular krautfuzz releases and some live shows that left enthusiastic audiences behind.
LP / CD at Sulatron Records
23rd May 2025: krautfuzz + special surprise guest, Schokoladen, Berlin, Germany, tickets – *sold out* (limited number of tickets at the door)
7th June 2025: krautfuzz, 19th anniversary, Ick koof mir Dave Lombardo wenn ick reich bin, Berlin, Germany, *free entrance*
18th July 2025: krautfuzz, Braille Satellite music festival, Lithuania, tickets
27th September 2025: krautfuzz, Labor Sonor, Ballhaus Ost, Berlin, Germany
Reviews:
Pulse of the Underground – ” a monumental masterpiece that will shake the ground (…)The album is an absolute triumph. It masterfully balances primal groove with processed minimalism, with absurdist glitches, auto-erotic feedback hymns (…) and the beautiful noise where past and future collide.”
AM:PLIFIED 8.5/10 – “For all who dare to pull rock music out of its comfort zone and instead listen to the sound of controlled loss of control.”
Audiovisual Ohlsen Overkill – “So if you dig Acid Rock which cleanses your ears with its monstrous guitar sound while it propels you far into infinity – put your space suit on and strap up onto the outer shell of the Krautfuzz rocket! You won’t hear this style performed much better often.”
Time For Metal 9.8/10 – “Hier von einer Jam oder Improvisation zu sprechen, ist schlichtweg falsch, denn Live At The Church (feat. J Mascis) ist eine Orgie der Töne!”
Musikreviews.de – “…und so ein schwer psychedelisches wie hypnotisches Klang- wie Klagegewand um seine Hörer webt und dieses immer enger zusammenzieht.”
rockblog.bluesspot – “Dieses Album ist kein Soundtrack für die Gegenwart – es ist ein akustischer Einspruch gegen sie. (…) Krautfuzz gelingt mit Live at the Church ein radikales Werk zwischen Performance, Klanginstallation und gelebter Philosophie.”
Podcast: krautfuzz special on Cashmere Radio (from 20 March 2025)
PROMO: heythere@mirrorworldmusic.com
LIVE BOOKING: booking@mirrorworldmusic.com
The NDR Kultur radio play adaptation of Fatma Aydemir‘s family novel “Dschinns” by Florian Fischer has been awarded the German Audiobook Prize 2025 (Deutscher Hörbuchpreis 2025) in the “Best Radio Play” category. The score was composed by Dirk Dresselhaus aka Schneider TM, who has long been a sought-after composer for film and radio. The jury’s statement states: “‘Dschinns’ gives the unheard and the unprecedented a grand entrance – through the performance of an outstanding ensemble of speakers in the subtle and clever production by Florian Fischer and through the artistically convincing soundscape composed by Schneider TM, whose sounds create worlds here.”
Dirk Dresselhaus / Schneider TM at MWM / schneidertm.net
Available now at bandcamp as part of the ::: Gvoon – Versions ::: series :
“Gvoon – Version 1 contains two recordings that were created independently from each other more than 22 years apart and miraculously formed this musical unit by chance.“
It is a case of pop cultural archaeology. A search for traces in electronic music. After more than 30 years, lost tapes by Holger Czukay that he once recorded “for free disposal” have resurfaced. A sound meditation from 1997, now available for the first time remastered in the original and in a “version” by die ANGEL (Ilpo Väisänen / Dirk Dresselhaus) and Zappi W. Diermaier from the Krautrock legend Faust.
Gvoon – Version 1 is the first part of an extended rework/collaboration series based on the original Holger Czukay file with a wide range of artists which is coming up at MWM during the next couple of months.
Release date: 31st Jan 2025 (DIGITAL) / T.B.A. (PHYSICAL)
Gvoon – Version 1 / Verhalten (video by Gvoon Arthur Schmidt):
Original Holger Czukay album Gvoon – Brennung 1 available from March 28th as LP / CD and DIGITAL at Groenland Records.
Gvoon – Brennung 1 / Irgendwann (video by Gvoon Arthur Schmidt):
die ANGEL / Holger Czukay / faust at MWM
LP / DIGITAL available now at MWM bandcamp:
“5” is the new krautfuzz album, released as LP / DIGITAL in collaboration with the experimental US label Erototox Decodings, whose founder Chandra Shukla (aka Xambuca, Travelogue, and formerly a member of Psychic TV) contributed processed electric sitar overdubs to its entirety. Japanese drummer Imari Kokubo, German guitarist Dirk Dresselhaus, and Canadian bassist Derek Shirley started out recording live improvisations, the so called fuzzkraut sessions, at the ZONE Studio, Berlin, in November 2022, and this is the 5th time they performed together. The cover artwork is by visual artist iLan katin, who regularly collaborates with krautfuzz and is responsible for the live video work at krautfuzz shows.
LP orders EU: MWM bandcamp / USA: Erototox Decodings bandcamp
23rd May 2025: krautfuzz + iLan (live video) + special surprise guest, Schokoladen, Berlin, Germany tickets
18th July 2025: krautfuzz + iLan (live video), Braille Satellite music festival, Lithuania tickets
20th March 2025: Acid Shampoo 4.4. A krautfuzz special / 21:00 – 22:30 CET / Live streaming on Cashmere Radio “Do you feel like escaping reality and accelerating your subconscious towards a futuristic angular vision or a sonic blessing ? Then lock yourself into this in-depth investigation of Berlin’s Krautfuzz discography. Manfuoco hosts at Cashmere studio members of the project Dirk Dresselhaus (Schneider TM / die ANGEL / MirrorWorldMusic), Derek Shirley and Ilan Katin. All together they play Krautfuzz’s released and unreleased material and undertake any possible discussion which may generate from it.”
A limited edition of krautfuzz – shirts designed by iLan katin are now available exclusively via the Schneider TM Store at Bingo Merch:
PROMO: heythere@mirrorworldmusic.com
LIVE BOOKING: booking@mirrorworldmusic.com
LP / DIGITAL available now at ::: MWM bandcamp :::
The Feedbackorchestra FBO was founded in Berlin in 1999 and consists of 8 electric guitarists who work exclusively with feedback. The music of the FBO is very concentrated and meditative on the one hand, yet at the same time has a very impressive physical presence, often drawing comparisons to various forces of nature by the audience. It’s a constantly and slowly rolling stream of vibrations, frictions, and rising and falling walls of sound in which tones and harmonies constantly attract, break, and find each other again. In addition to the contemplation and quiet moments, the music is often performed at thundering volume. The orchestra is always arranged in a circle to ensure the closest possible contact between the players, while the audience can freely move around this circle to listen to the music from different positions. The pieces are primarily performed in unusual locations with unique acoustic, architectural or other features. That respective space always mixes into the freely improvised piece being performed, creating impressive moments of mutual influence. (Another feedback in itself.).
FBO now has a permanent staff of guitarists who have been making music in various bands and projects in Berlin for several decades, like Ziguri, Knochen=Girl, Midget, Golden Showers, Mutter, Schneider TM, Metabolismus, Ilse Lau, and many more. The orchestra has been performing since 1999; the first show took place in the wide stairwell of the legendary club “Maria am Ostbahnhof.” This was followed by many performances in special places, such as cathedrals, ruins, concert halls, barns, and water reservoirs, from the Niederfinow ship lift to the Völkerschlachtdenkmal Leipzig, from Stasi headquarters to underground rock clubs.
With the release of their 1st vinyl album via Edition Telemark / MWM in the fall of 2024, the FBO is now swiftly entering its second quarter of a century, as determined as ever.
” Side A begins with a slow swell, the kind of sound that feels less like a beginning and more like discovering something eternal already in progress. ” FBO Review – Chain D.L.K.
” Berlin ist ein Dorf. Man kennt sich, und Genre-Grenzen bestehen eh nur für Edgelords und andere Kleingeister, und so kommt es, dass (auf den ersten Blick) sehr unterschiedliche Musiker regelmäßig zusammenkommen, um sich und ihr Publikum in Klangwellen zu baden. ” FBO Review – SKUG
LIVE: 5th December 2025 – 19:30 CET
Feedbackorchester + Halma
MS Stubnitz, Kirchenpauerkai 29, Hamburg, Germany
