TIM MOTZER

Bio:

PHILADELPHIA-BASED GUITARIST AND COMPOSER Tim Motzer finds infinite joy in diversity. His output as a leader and sideman crisscrosses multiple musical universes, including jazz, fusion, prog, hip-hop, soul, electronica, and the avantgarde. Motzer gets to explore these genres and the intersections between them via his ubiquitous presence in the wildly deep and varied Philly scene, where he can be found working with the likes of DJ/Producer King Britt, spoken word/hip-hop artist Ursula Rucker, and jazz-fusion bassist Jamaaladeen Tacuma, just to name a few. He also traverses manifold territories through the many albums released on his own 1k Recordings label, including the expansive, laidback song forms of Nucultures, the crunchy jazz-funk of Jazzheads, and the solo soundscapes of his Tilomo alias among others.

Motzer has also worked on releases by British singer-songwriter David Sylvian, and the ongoing Secret Rhythms project comprising electronica/dub luminary Burnt Friedman and ex-Can drummer Jaki Liebezeit. Secret Rhythms 3 [Nonplace], the band’s latest recording, prominently features Motzer in propulsive acoustic and fuzzedout electric modes, accompanying Liebezeit’s multi-ethnic percussion excursions and Friedman’s avant-electronica arrangements.

Motzer has co-produced the album King Britt presents: Sister Gertrude Morgan for Ropeadope Records, and a number of classic remixes for artists including the Ojays, Curtis Mayfield, Chic, George Duke, Everything But The Girl and Plant Life, among others. Motzer along with Britt also contributed scoring to Michael Mann's films Miami Vice, and Public Enemy, as well as HBO's True Blood hit series.

Another current major collaboration is Base3, an all-improvised, experimental jazz-rock trio that just released its first CD, DarkMatter [1k Recordings]. The disc finds Motzer venturing into the outer reaches of his electric vocabulary with searing, extended soloing, percolating loops, and ethereal textures.

Next up is the 2010 release schedule from 1k including albums from Goldbug; Tim Motzer + German touch guitarist Markus Reuter w/ contributions by Pat Mastelotto, Theo Travis, BJ Cole, and Doug Hirlinger, as well as new discs from BASE3 and Nucultures.

Much more to come. Keep your eyes and ears out for more from this muso.



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NEW RELEASES FEATURING TIM MOTZER:
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GOLDBUG-THE SEVEN DREAMS (1k016) a new project featuring Eric Slick (drums, percussion, instruments), Barry Meehan (bass, instruments), Theo Travis (tenor saxophone, flute, ambitronics), and Tim Motzer (baritone guitars, piano, laptop and other instruments). a journey in groove exploration, textures, and orchestration—cut up, mis-aligned, and re-imagined for the wandering ear.

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DOUBLEMOON ll REMIXED (Doublemoon) This award-winning Istanbul, Turkey-based label has made a deep impression on the music world in the last ten years with artists such as Takism Trio, Baba Zula, Mercan Dede, and many others. This is their 2nd remix album where they bring producers and remixers from around the world presenting them with tracks from the Doublemoon catalogue, which are indicative of the sounds mingling in the spice bazaars and nightclubs of Istanbul so that they may infuse their own style in a true, new spin on East meets West collaborations. This exceptional album features remixes by DJ Spooky, Plaid, Nicodemus, Swayzak, and many more...with Tim Motzer closing the album with his remix—play of Baba Zula's Agas Abi Parki.

ITUNES
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FRACTURED REVERB UNDERGROUND (1k004) Electronic studio experiments began in 1999—a decade ahead of their time—this music sounds more relevant and of it's time now. this album long out of print, is available once again. A ten year anniversary re-issue on 1k recordings with a generous tip of the hat to Alex Patterson. Produced by Tim Motzer and Barry Meehan. May 2009 release. Available on CD in a dope 4 panel mini-LP jacket designed by jon wood.

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BASE3_DARKMATTER (1k015) December 2008 release. visceral cinematic improvisations and in the moment compostiions featuring Doug Hirlinger on traps, flute, mbira, and percussion. Barry Meehan on bass, and Tim Motzer on baritone and electric guitars, pedals, and loops. fans of Marc Ribot, Massacre, and Derek Bailey will dig this one! An unplanned spontaneous session recorded in a day in November 2007. mixed by Rich Chychota.

full track listing:
DE:VISION 14:38
NOTIMEFORSILENCE 12:09
CODAFALLOUT 7:23
NINTHWARD_an abstrackt eulogy for the people of New Orleans. 13:12


Downloads available now at I-tunes, junodownload, emusic, amazon.com....Get the CD in a dope mini LP 4 panel jacket on line at 1krecordings or at these fine record stores in Philly, AKA, Tongue in Groove, + Tequila Sunrise Records.

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BASE3_REVIEWED:
Sid Smith's Postcards From The Yellow Room Going Off The Map...
Although Philadelphia’s Base 3 have much in common with both jazz and rock, their knotty mix of full-blooded sparring and terse introspection avoids the kind of muscular excesses often associated with fusion and its fellow travellers. Eschewing vulgar displays of technique in favour of something altogether more unified, guitarist Tim Motzer, bassist Barry Meehan and drummer Doug Hirlinger clearly demonstrate that the quality of the listening is every bit as important as the quality of the output. On the aptly named No Time For Silence, there’s a never-ending supply of discursive moods and ideas being swapped back and forth. Against Meehan’s rumbling rock-steady bass (reminiscent of Michael Henderson’s anchoring riff work with Miles Davis), Motzer and Hirlinger respond with energetic clusters of that are alternately rousing and inquisitive. With a palpable sense momentum across the entire album, Base 3 are more interested in delivering a collective result rather than any individual standing up in the spotlight. Across four tracks, the constantly mutating forms recall some of Can’s lengthy trance-like expositions, yet sustain the kind of tension and attention required to avoid empty noodling. A more economic but no less eloquent mode of discourse is found on the album’s closer, Ninth Ward - whose ruminative, often harrowing atmospheres offer a gloomy mediation on the fate of post-Katrina New Orleans. Dark matter indeed.
Progression magazine: "...invokes the spectre of jimi hendrix, though completely updated and never mererly derivative—crunchy pschedelic and, at times, space rock direction. different, even unique.
DGM: " spontaneous visceral cinematic improvisations and in the moment compositions from three prominent Philadelphia musicians."
Guitar Player magazine: improvised, experimental trio venturing into the outer reaches with searing, extended soloing, percolating loops, and ethereal textures. (anil prasad)
John Diliberto: Echoes Radio "BASE3 orchestrate an electric storm of improvised music charged by guitarist Tim Motzer's innate sense of melody married to electro-experimentation and prowling grooves from a rhythm section locked in synchronous psychedelic cogs."

FEATURED IN GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE (SEPTEMBER 2009)

BASE3_DARKMATTER_LIVE from realizephiladelphia on Vimeo.

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NUCULTURES - THE ZEBRAMOON REMIXES (1K014)
featuring the captivating vocals of Ellie Perez.
The wonderous downtempo house electronic followup and companion to the critically acclaimed 'Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams' brings 9 stellar and imaginative remixes from veteran producers around the world -- The Society (Denmark), Jeff Sharel (France), Enrico Marani (Italy), Soy Sos, Tleilaxu, Tilomo and Man From NoWhere (USA). Not to be missed!!

Produced by Tim Motzer

Listen + Purchase Direct Links

CD:
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DIGITAL:
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DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION WORLD WIDE BY IODA

In Philadelphia at these fine record stores:
A.K.A Music 27 N. 2nd Street
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Tequila Sunrise Records 525 W. Girard Avenue

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JAZZHEADS - AVANT WOT NOT (1K)
This 10th anniversary re-release of the seminal nyc/philly jazzfunkdrumnbass underground classic avant wot not featuring Ari Hoenig, Chris Cuzme, Tim Motzer, and Ben Bocardo with special guests. Finally, you can have avant wot not in your collection or buzzing away in your i-pod. soon at select stores, and online sites. pick up a copy today at cdbaby!
CD RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 9TH 2008 DIGITAL RELEASE: NOV 4, 2008







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BURNT FRIEDMAN + JAKI LIEBEZIET - SECRET RHYTHMS 3 (NONPLACE)



RELEASE DATE: SEPTEMBER 26, 2008 THE NEW ALBUM AND EP FROM BURNT FRIEDMAN AND JAKI LIEBEZIET - SECRET RHYTHMS 3 (NONPLACE) FEATURING TIM MOTZER, HAYDEN CHISHOLM, AND JOSEPH SUCHY. NONPLACE.DE

Following a concert they gave together, Tim Motzer joined Friedman and Liebezeit in the studio and crucially influenced 3 album titles. Motzer already appeared on the predecessor CD (Secret Rhythms 2, non19) and also provided guitar accompaniment to Friedman’s contributions to the Nine Horses (with David Sylvian and Steve Jansen, samadhisound). Originating from the Philadelphia Jazz scene, the guitarist’s activities include a creative partnership with Ursula Rucker and King Britt. It is Motzer’s acoustic guitar that links up with the 2005 vinyl EP (Out In The Sticks, non17), on which Motzer likewise played an important role.
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"It's not important, but i like it if people dance to the music," said Jaki Liebezeit in a recent interview. "Sometimes it happens." The drummer is likely to get his wish with Secret Rhythms 3, his third collaboration with Cologne's dub deconstructionist Burnt Friedman. The album, their most muscular so far, is a study in music as movement. Liebeziet's drumming sets the pace on every song, and the duo's collaborators - improvising guitarist Joseph Suchy, Philadelphia's jazz- and soul-schooled guitarist Tim Motzer and Root 70 reedman Hayden Chisholm - fold themselves into the mix like tendons and sinews. Some of that is no doubt due to Friedman's touch as a producer. The studio remains one of his principle instruments, and his mixing helps to smear disparate contributions into a blurry totality. But these seven songs also sound as live as anything Friedman has done, less the product of clever studio constructions than of a real-time mind meld. the album's sheer physicality is helped by the fact that many of these rhythms do indeed seem to harbour secrets. Try as I might to count out the time signatures to "Morning has Broken', I fail, and yet nothing sounds 'difficult' here. Their loping pulses may be riddled with kinks and strange switchbacks, but they keep coursing forward, carrying the listener with them. Although melody takes a third place to rhythm and timbre, riffs and pointillistic daubs of colour create an expressive sensibility that's often lost in rigorously repetitive music. The album's most bruising song, "Entsafter", presents all the contradictions that makes the collective's music so exciting, somehow managing to squeeze grinding, 5/4 guitar strumming into the rigid, 4/4 grid of rock and dance music. Over the course of eight minutes, scabby electric guitar riffs and and unflinching keyboard ostinato whip themselves into a frenzy, and it's not difficult to imagine even a fairly conventional DJ using the track as the climax of a club set. That Friedman, Liebezeit and their colleagues are capable of sneaking their secret rhythms into even the most hidebound contexts only confirms the power of their beguiling approach to pulse.
Philip Sherburne The Wire (uk) October 2008


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NUCULTURES – BUTTERFLIES, ZEBRAS, AND MOONBEAMS (1K)
Not only is it becoming increasingly hard to find an album that runs the gamut of several different musical styles, but all-encompassing double albums are even more of an anomaly in this day and age. But the Philadelphia collective Nucultures is not your average, ordinary band. On their 2007 two-disc set, Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams, the group (which is comprised of lyricist Ellie Perez, guitarist/producer Tim Motzer, and bassist/songwriter Barry Meehan -- all of whom also contribute vocals) issues a true musical potpourri. With a largely laid-back feel throughout and a mixture of electronic and acoustic instruments (additional players lend a hand), many of the songs sung by Perez are equally jazzy and sultry -- and slightly Portishead-esque -- especially such standouts as the album opening "Night Is Beautiful" and "Behind the Moon." But even Nostradamus couldn't predict the group's next move, as they manage to touch upon electro-acoustic-folk ("Think I'm Losing It"), breezy meditations ("Mind Dunes"), and soundscapes ("Amorphous Lake") -- all the while managing not to lose the listener. If it's laid-back but unpredictable pop that is equal parts jazz and trip-hop that you're after, Nucultures' Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams will most definitely not disappoint. -- ALL MUSIC GUIDE Review by Greg Prato

ECHOES TOP 25 AIRPLAY--ESSENTIAL ALBUM OF 2007-JOHN DILIBERTO
TOP 25 on ECHOES - a nationally syndicated radio show hosted by John Diliberto on over 130 radio stations across the United States and streaming on the internet. Sept 2007
www.echoes.org
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it’s a masterpiece that sets up us nicely for the third cometh of Portishead later this year.
STRAIGHT NO CHASER UK

it holds a top spot on my list of phenomenal down-tempo albums of the year.
...a truly sublime aural experience. –Ross Solomon -- SLUG MAGAZINE

At times, Butterflies, Zebras and Moonbeams could stand as a testament to the budding mystique of a great Miles Davis masterwork such Kind of Blue. But it exists in a post-Portishead era, encapsulated in its own time and entity. There's that gorgeous block piano chord tinkle on the standout track, "Babylon is Crying (Tigris)." Like a good Davis cut, "Babylon is Crying (Tigris)" fills the room with its ubiquity, changing everything in the room with its seismic wake. -- NIKKI STYLE

Silky smooth but never sleepy, Nucultures have arrived to fill the gap left after Kruder and Dorfmeister failed to follow-up their landmark K & D Sessions. This is unabashed trip-hop, a descendent of Tricky, Morcheeba and, on the more bootilicious bangers, Deee-Lite. Where Nucultures expands on their ancestry is in the bedrock musicality and undeniable melodic grace of this ultra creamy double-disc offering, an endlessly shifting landscape spread over 21 tracks that never drags or falters. Nice. -- JAMBASE

It's a strong outing in the downtempo realm and boasts one of that subgenres more distinctive personalities of late. -- review by Kristofer Upjohn -- RAVES.COM

At times evoking images of Portishead, Postal Service, and even Pink Floyd... Unlike other releases flirting with the trip-hop sound, however, "Butterflies, Zebras, and Moonbeams" transcends existing as sheer ambience, or a hot bedroom soundtrack. Songs like "Head," "Babylon is Crying," and "Think I'm Losing It" all prove the serious chops behind the songwriting talent. -- RIFFIN


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burnt friedman - first night forever (nonplace) "Veteran producer and master of electronic kraut-funk, Burnt Friedman returns for another solo album after his acclaimed collaboration with David Sylvian, Stina Nordentsam and Arve Henriksson on the Nine Horses project. First Night Forever finds Friedman recruiting a number of vocal contributors, including Australian singer Steve Spacek, Funkstoerung collaborator Enik, Berliner Barbara Panther and Daniel Dodd-Ellis. The productions themselves are the real stars here though, Friedman's multi-layered studio excursions sewing together detailed drum edits, misty horn sections and even the odd burst of strings when needed. musicial support from tim motzer, joseph suchy, jochen rueckert, mandjao fati, hayden chisholm, and many others... =======================================================

nine horses - money for all (samadhisound)
22nd January 2007 will see the release of an extended play cd from David Sylvian, Steve Jansen, and Burnt Friedman's band 'Nine Horses'. It will feature two new tracks, 'Money For All' (the title of the ep), co-written by David and Burnt and 'Get The Hell Out' by Steve and David. The ep will also feature remixes and interpretations by Burnt of 3 tracks from the Nine Horses album 'Snow Borne Sorrow' (The Banality Of Evil, Wonderful World, and Serotonin) and alternative versions of the two new tracks plus the Japanese only released bonus track 'Birds Sing For Their Lives' with Stina Nordenstam... musical contributions by Keith Lowe, Tim Motzer, Joseph Suchy, Hayden Chisholm, Morton Gronvad, and others... =======================================================
miami vice original motion picture soundtrack (atlantic) 2006 OUT NOW!
KING BRITT and TIM MOTZER scored 6 scenes for Michael Mann's MIAMI VICE motion picture starring Jamie Foxx, Colin Ferrel and Gong Li...in theatres now...
the MIAMI VICE original motion picture soundtrack contains two BRITT-MOTZER compositions from the film: a haunting guitar and synth interaction titled Ramblas, and the bluesy cinematic Sister Gertrude Morgan track - New World In My View.

available on directors cut dvd!
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secret voices - no time for silence (1k) 2006 OUT NOW! epic compositions and improvisations from this world collective of poets and musicians--conceived by producers tim motzer and enrico marani (reggio emilia)--colliding ambient, dub, free jazz, classical, and electronics laced with guitar feedback and loops along with the eclectic and sublime poetry of ursula rucker, rich medina, elliott levin (philadelphia), kalaf angelo (lisbon), and adriano englebrecht (rome) with mesmerizing results. musicians elliott levin, tim motzer, enrico marani, barry meehan, jeremy carlstedt, and gloria justen all contribute tremendous musical expression to this momentous dark cinematic vision.
cover paintings by stefano ricci.
mix translation by jeff chestek with tim motzer.
design by benjamin langsfeld at eneone.com
executive producer: tim motzer

SECRET VOICES - NO TIME FOR SILENCE
is available in Philadelphia exclusively at:
AKA MUSIC
27 N 2ND St
Philadelphia, PA 19106-2214
(215) 922-3855

ORDER ON-LINE FROM:
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once there-- simply search for 'SECRET VOICES'
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and in the UK from
BURNING SHED

NEW! Download secret voices - no time for silence @ i-tunes
======================================================= tilomo - soft lunch (1k) out now!
"Tim Motzer has made some pretty noisy shit...Ursula Rucker and King Britt's Sister Gertrude Morgan CD-not to mention contributions to David Sylvian's Nine Horses and Jaki Liebezeit's Secret Rhythms. Yet, on this new solo excursion, this Philadelphian finds solace in silence.
Tilomo, Tim Motzer's guitar/laptop solo project, benefits greatly from the sloe-gin-y liquid soul of his work with Britt-you can hear it in the way his fuzzy jazz-foink chords ooze through the title track. But there's a sputter, beep, whoosh and clink to the proceedings that make it happily irksome and decidedly un-neo-soulful. The sawed, strained string samples of "Blue Samari," the thickly blown wind sounds that trace the development of "Embrace" from autumn chill to winter storm, the cheery tinkling of "Chi Moto"-there are eight million moody stories to be told in this ambient jungle."
--A.D. Amorosi (City Paper)


Tilomo's "Soft Lunch" is both jagged and soft, smooth and abrasive. And the sum total is greater than its parts. With the touch of the play button on your CD machine, you are launched into realms beyond moral thought. In this CD, mankind symbolically achieves transcendence. Dark and light, sharp and blunt, smooth and rough - dichotomies merge in a mind-soothing sort of rapture experienced by minds on the fringe. Intelligent and informed by dadaism (at the same time that it seems to be couched in meaning), "Soft Lunch" is an exploration of the beyond, transcendence for the brave.
Four stars-(djfix.com)


Not purely ambient and not purely dance-oriented, guitarist Tim Motzer's latest effort, Tilomo is a project that speaks volumes by stating things subtly. Released on his own 1K imprint [a name that may or may not be paying homage to the undisputable kings of subtle click'n'pop, 12K], "Soft Lunch" sees the man turn it down a notch and still come out miles ahead of the competition. For a man who's been involved with projects such as Nine Horses, Ursula Rucker, Burnt Friedman, Jaki Liebezeit and King Britt, Motzer is one busy individual. Here, he shows off a more docile approach to music, where the details make all the difference in the world. Halfway through "Spellbound", he uses what could pass for pan-flutes to induce moments of tranquil glory, while "Gelid" is heavy on percussion - real and manipulated - that moves the piece along in some interesting directions. When they make an appearance, beats are hushed and delicately strung out. "Chi Moto" features just a tinkering beat that is on high-end of the spectrum and features the mandatory soothing triangle. Closing number "After They've Gone" is a droopy, drooling and float-in-space concoction which features the sounds of slide guitar being tuned in and out. Sounds perfects to keep your mind occupied for the voyage into the nether regions of your own consciousness. (Gazeta)

produced by tim motzer for one k music group

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more info at www.myspace.com/tilomo
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tim motzer - starship (5-6) is currently available as a download on i-tunes, or in the shops on the album 'this is what radio should sound like' (5-6).

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nine horses - snow borne sorrow (samadhisound) this album is a global collaboration of david sylvian, steve jansen, burnt friedman, and a world collective of amazing musicians including ryuichi sakamoto, morton gronvad, tim motzer, hayden chisholm, arve henriksen (supersilent), stina nordenstam, keith lowe and others...

"The (London) Guardian's best and worst of 2005 DJ Nick Luscombe selects Snow Borne Sorrow as the best album of 2005. High: The best album was Snowborne Sorrow by Nine Horses. I've been a lifelong fan of David Sylvian, and this album features songwriting and production that is light years ahead of pretty much anyone in popular music. Low: The death of synthesiser pioneer Robert Moog. The past 40 years of music would have sounded completely different without this electronics genius." ======================================================= king britt present sister gertrude morgan (ropeadope)
produced by king britt and tim motzer
check it out on a local listening station near you. top 10 college radio. top 10 on cmj rpm charts. best of 2005 philadelphia inquirer. featured on david dye's world cafe, npr all things considered, and whyy radiotimes. check out the sister!!!! get it at a store near you (tower, borders, etc) or also available at itunes!

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burnt friedman + jaki liebezeit - secret rhythms vol. 2 (nonplace) jan 2006
the ex-CAN drummer jaki liebezeit and sonic scientist burnt friedman team up with a stellar cast of musicians featuring morton gronvad (vibes), tim motzer (guitars)and hayden chisholm (reeds) and vocalist david sylvian. don't miss this record.

All Music Guide
"As the title indicates, it's the second full collaboration between the two performers, or at least the second in the series, following on the first from 2002. Working with a number of other guests, most notably Burnt Friedman's Nine Horses bandmate David Sylvian, the duo create eight tracks which are enjoyable if not always immediately stunning. But the subtlety is actually Secret Rhythms, Vol. 2's strength -- coming here for the second coming of, say, "Halleluwah" is missing the point. Jaki Liebezeit's skill as a hypnotic drummer remains strong, as the deceptively low-key performance on "The Sticks" makes clear -- quick fills and careful shifts between drums and cymbals revolve around the central beat, with Friedman's keyboards ably creating the core textures and melodies which other performers add to. (Special notice should be given to Tim Motzer's acoustic and electric guitar parts throughout.) "Fearer" is another standout, with just a hint of dub echo at points expanding the reach of both Liebezeit's steady beat and Friedman's equally important -- almost relentless -- single piano note. At times the two lead performers almost seem to disappear behind their guests, but the results are often quite intriguing -- thus, on "Niedrige Decken," Liebezeit's drumming is initially barely there, with Hayden Chisholm's clarinet playing lead, until at two minutes in Liebezeit begins a killer groove that transforms the song. Sylvian's guest turn is on a song originally done with Nine Horses, "The Librarian." It's interesting to hear just the first signs of a rougher, older Sylvian starting to surface in his voice, but it works perfectly nonetheless, while Liebezeit's background cymbal fills, treated more as texture than rhythm, are a beautiful touch."
Ned Raggett

The follow up to 'Secret Rhythms', 'Secret Rhythms 2' eschews any fancy appellation adjustment in favour of reacquainting the protagonists Burnt Friedman (Scape) and Jaki Liebezeit for more percussion pressed goodness. Having earned his stripes as Can's drummer, Liebezeit is no stranger to the skins; coaxing a cavalcade of percussive elements into a cohesive whole that doesn't rely on its existence to keep things propelled forwards. Opening with 'Sikkerhed', Friedman and Liebezeit allow a fog of waterlogged atmospherics to slowly breach the almost tribal rhythms, acoustic guitar and lazy horns; leading to a sound highly reminiscent of Friedman's Nu Dub Players (even if it does share a melody with Girls Aloud's last single...), albeit stripped clear of the overt shrugging that characterised their output. Next up is 'The Sticks' (re-recorded here after it's 12 appearance in 2005) wherein cut+sliced acoustica is given a wash of sun-set soundscapes and gradually toughening percussion, before David Sylvain contributes a tobacco stained vocal on 'The Librarian'. Fermented further by the discrete funk-guitar of Tim Motzer, tracks like 'Niedrige Decken' and 'Caracolas' rattle along with a sense of jovial intent that never descends into frippery, whilst the micro-sound creases found on 'Broken Wind Repair Kit' and 'Mikrokasper' suggest Jan Jelinek with the window open. Your new best kept secret...(boomkat) =======================================================
ursula rucker - ma'at mama (k7) philadelphia poetess ursula rucker is back with her third album. With maat mama (named after an ancient egyptian kemetic principle, the foundation of universal order and balance), Ursula shows a new level of maturity in her writing. "maat mama is pure poetry, sensuality and poignant social criticism, uniquely blending hip hop and funk with sparse beats. productions by anthony tidd, tim motzer, rob life and others. Released in the US Feb 07.
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les nubians - echoes chapter one (triloka) featuring poetry and les nubians with live + studio tracks w/ tim motzer, pete kuzma, queen godis, and others ========================================================
UPCOMING 2010 RELEASES ON 1K
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TIM MOTZER+MARKUS REUTER—DESCENDING (1k018) A duo project of ambient improvisations, begun in 2008, taken from their Stars End broadcast; and studio recordings at 1k. Two years later, a series of stellar musos/friends were invited to interpret and contribute to our initial work. UK Alto flautist Theo Travis was the first to contribute to two tracks. BJ Cole generously added gorgeous melodic and textural pedal steel guitar to four tracks; KC/Stickmen's Pat Mastelotto added sublime electronics and clicks (during his impossibly hectic schedule), and, finally, drummer Doug Hirlinger painted and sprayed in spatial cymbal and metal work. A stunningly beautiful record. early 2010 release.
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BASE3_LIVE FROM EARTH (1k017) assembled from several astonishing live performances earlier this year—featuring Doug Hirlinger, Tim Motzer, and Barry Meehan. coming early 2010. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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tim motzer is available for sessions worldwide:
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