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Formed at the Documenta'97, Rechenzentrum search for new processes of music/moving image production, while refining forms of presentation which create on-stage dialogue between audio and video. At the outset of Rechenzentrum they decided and defined their project as a "band" in which audio and video are equally important; they use video as an instrument, and they treat music visually. Animations, quicktime movies and DVDs are integral components of their finished work, not bonuses or enhancements. With each release they have moved closer to their ideal of a fused, symbiotic aural/visual product, thus their forthcoming DVD release on weiser music is very exciting.
Influences on them were various artistic directions, Lettrisme, Dada... also Burroughs' Cut-Up techniques, Punk and others. The common threads for them in these directions were on the one hand: the search for what lies beneath the surface of the music or the moving image (the samples from film and music we choose for their potentiality, not their hookline). On the other hand, they have always been interested in taking communication of music and entertainment to other levels, questioning the role of artist, the role of public personality.
they release material in numerous formats, testing the possibilities and limitations of each, often involving cooperations with artists based in other media/genres. they sometimes work with choreographers and dancers, the projected moving image being the only source of light on stage, all sound derived from live intervention.
It is important for them to break down borders of context, playing in museums, new music festivals etc, but also within the various club-scenes, underground cultures etc. from the Museum Ludwig in cologne to Hongkong's legendary "Chemical Suzie" den.
they use computers and digital devices, but see them ultimately as a tool & vehicle for realizing & expressing their musical and filmic desires, not as a lifestyle device to be worshipped, not as a method and certainly not as a friend.
One initial reason for them to start working together was that it seemed no-one was releasing the kind of music they wanted to hear or the video they wanted to see, or combinied them in innovative and appealing ways; so they set out to create it theirselves. Interestingly - 5 years down the road - this do-it-yourself principle has prevailed and is still a guiding light, bringing with it a multitude of offers for collaboration along the way.
The parametres of their live performances - (improvisational, sometimes irritating, sometimes melancholic, from pleasing to aggressive) are the same that their whole project is based upon, an ever evolving, organic from.
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