DIETER BAUKNECHT was born in Vaals, Holland in 1947.
He studied modern composition in Maastricht (NL) and began to experiment with different Super 8 set ups to create a special sound, never heard before.
With the help of his brother Karl Heinz he refined this techniques and started to tour europe and south america in 1969/70 as The Bauknechts.
Although the tour was a big success, Bauknecht retired from touring and concentrated on composing for the best part of the early 70s.
He joined forces with his girlfriend/secretary Elisabeth Wurst and they kept on recording until Dieter's sudden death in 1977.
More than 1200 hours of compositions were found in the Bauknecht archives
by Karl Heinz Bauknecht and Bernd Uwe Köter when they were looking for some Dieter music for a movie by Köter in november 1977.
In 2002 Elisabeth Wurst was asked by german DOM ELCHKLANG (HIRSCHE NICHT AUFS SOFA) label to finally re-issue Dieter's legacy to the public.
Two Mini CDs (8 cm) were released in 2004 and 2006 and there is more to come.
DIETER BAUKNECHT - BEYOND DORFDISKO (DOM EK 017) CD, 2004
If you ever imagined sitting in a Nasa waiting room in the early 70s, waiting for a flight to mars - this is the theme music for that feeling.
Ripe with ethereal atmospheres culminating in a musical pastiche of sexploration,
"Beyond Dorfdisko" is a marvelous experiment in chilled-out avantgarde techniques.
When Dieter Bauknecht dived headfirst into oceans of mind-expanding beauty back in 1969 his only equipment were his super-8 machines, but his awesome combination of treated piano, space-strings and effectboxes is a sound like you have never heard before.
His uncompromising composing techniques never cease to blast your ears with brilliance until it fades away...
The CD only features three cuts, but you'll pretty much be expecting the unusual when the album bears titles suchs as "(Auto) Quartett" and "(For) Four Orgels".
The tracks are loaded with what sounds like a rather sinister sounding pipe organ, on top of just endless spacy electronic effects.
Sadly all of Bauknecht's music seemed to be lost forever when his studio (Cafe Ufo) burned down to the ground in 1975, but when DOM EK was searching for these long lost recordings it turned out that Bauknecht's assistant Elisabeth Wurst saved most of his work...
So here it is for the first time on compact disc:
Join Dieter and Elisabeth into their whole new universe of sound!
DIETER BAUKNECHT - QUADROPHONIC GIRLS (DOM EK 017) CD, 2006
UNTER DEN ZAHLREICHEN BAUKNECHT-KOMPOSITIONEN DER FRÜHEN 70ER JAHRE FINDEN SICH AUCH BIZARRE MUSIKEN FÜR DEN EXPERIMENTELLEN DROGENFILM.
ZUSAMMEN MIT DEM BEKANNTEN (PORNO-)FILMER
BERND UWE KÖTER PRODUZIERTE ER EINE REIHE VON OBSKUREN GENRE-FILMEN, DIE BIS HEUTE NUR EINGE- WEIHTEN UND KENNERN DER DAMALIGEN SZENE
BEKANNT SEIN DÜRFTEN.
„QUADROPHONIC GIRLS“ (REGIE: KÖTER) VON 1970 IST
EIN KLASSISCHES BEISPIEL FÜR BAUKNECHTS EINZIG-
ARTIGE KOMPOSITIONSTECHNIK IM FILMBEREICH.
MIT UNTERSTÜTZUNG EINER MÄDCHEN-BEATBAND EINES AACHENER GYMNASIUMS KREIERTE BAUKNECHT AN
EINEM WOCHENENDE (WELCHES WOHL EHER EIN
EINZIGER LSD-TRIP WAR...) EIN MUSIKERLEBNIS, DAS
DEN ZUSCHAUER/HÖRER IN DIE TIEFSTEN ABGRÜNDE
DER DROGENWELT ENTFÜHRT.
SELTEN ZUVOR WAR ES MÖGLICH, OHNE JEGLICHE HILFE
CHEMISCHER SUBSTANZEN, TIEFER IN EINE WELT EIN-
ZUDRINGEN, DIE NORMALBÜRGERN SONST EHER VERSCHLOSSEN BLEIBT.
DURCH SEINE GROSSE FINESSE IM UMGANG MIT DEM
SUPER 8-EQUIPMENT UND DER DARAUS ENTWICKELTEN SPEZIALEFFEKTE IST ES BAUKNECHT GELUNGEN, AUS
DEN KLÄNGEN DER BAND „MINDBEAT“ EINEN SOUND ZU SCHAFFEN, DER EIN EINZIGARTIGES, FAST HALLUZIGENES HÖRERLEBNIS BEREITET.
