Einzelganger: Recent Episodes
Thijs Geritz
SOTU (Sounds of the Underground) is an annual alternative music festival in Amsterdam. SOTU has a "passion for genre bending sound and performances". This results in a broad festival program – you can listen to noise, punk, folk, improv, rave, avant-garde and electronics.
The festival celebrated its 10-year anniversary in 2021, and this edition was completely online due to Covid-19.
My contribution was streamed from my living room. I hope you enjoy it.
A podcast exclusive episode. A 45 minutes long seascaped drone laced with harbour sounds, seagulls and waves. (© 2019 Th. Geritz)
An episode from the archive. The original piece, l'Alph art (1987), was a improvisation done with one monophonic analogue synthesizer (a Korg Sigma) and originally released on a compact cassette-album called Unique (1988). This recording is one of two digitally reworked versions dating from 2008. Both versions are available on archive.org: https://archive.org/details/EinzelgangerlAlphArt08 (© 2020 Th. Geritz)
One of the three intermezzos I produced for the Freazzp Society. The Freazzp Society, which I was part of, was a musical collective that made jazz/rap/rock/electronica. During our live sets I played short solo interludes. This is one of them. (© 2017 Th. Geritz)
Recorded April 29th 2016 during a living room concert (huiskamerconcert) organized and hosted by Radboud Mens in Rotterdam. (© 2016 Th. Geritz)
'Bits and Pieces' is composed of short and longer sketches, demos, out-takes and other versions of my music that are brought back to life in this collage. (© 2015 Th. Geritz)
An unanticipated and fast produced track that I did with the enthusiastic help of Austin based Nisa Asokan (EMPremix). Check out the original field recording that started this little project here on SoundCloud.com/EMPremix. (© 2012 Th. Geritz)
The 3rd part of Saudade. The EP Saudade features 3 short drones. Listen and download the whole EP at Bandcamp: https://einzelganger.bandcamp.com/album/saudade (© 2011 Th. Geritz)
A feeling of vague longing. Build around a dirty field recording of a saxophone player, Paris city sounds and samples of a prepared piano. (© 2011)
A phosphene is an entoptic phenomenon characterized by the experience of seeing light without light actually entering the eye. (© 2011 Th. Geritz)
Saudade is an improvise drone. The 1st part of Saudade. The EP Saudade features 3 short drones. Listen and download the whole EP at Bandcamp: https://einzelganger.bandcamp.com/album/saudade (© 2011 Th. Geritz)
Oxymoron was produced using my very first childhood keyboard (Yamaha PS-3) that I bought somewhere around 1980. Switching it on again after decades provided me with some great noises and glitches. The voice was taken from an audio captcha. (© 2010 Th. Geritz)
Chion-in is made using a sound recording by Ollie Hall (http://www.binauraldiaries.co.uk/) in the Chion-in temple in Kyoto, Japan. (© 2010 Th. Geritz)
"West End Collected" is made of original sound recordings all made in the center of the city of The Hague. (© 2010 Th. Geritz