LONG LIVE THE PEOPLE OF THE REVOLUTION / 2004
Aural piece in 9 songs and 5 spoken cantatas
by Oliver Augst and Christoph Korn
Using choruses of workers’ voices by Bruno Schönlank and Ernst
Toller, and texts by Raymond Pettibon.
Production: Hessischer Rundfunk, 55 minutes
First Broadcast: November 3, 2004 / Hessischer Rundfunk / hr2 / D
with
Oliver Augst (voice/electronics)
Rüdiger Carl (voice/accordion/clarinet/keyboard/claviola)
Christoph Korn (voice/guitar/melodica)
Raymond Pettibon (voice)
Otomo Yoshihide (turntables/sampling)
Down the murderers! Down! Down traitors! Down! Down! Blood dogs, murderers!
Weapons, weapons! Down the murderers! Down traitors! (drum roll)
The basis of Oliver Augst and Christoph Korn’s aural work is choruses
of workers’ voices from 1910 to the 1920s. The pithiness and impact
of these texts is testament to a revolutionary workers’ movement which,
for a short time at least, believed anything was possible...
"Mostly, this is a warm and affectionate personal project that captures
the atmosphere of that politically turbulent period before the Third Reich
silenced
dissenting voices in Germany." (The Wire)
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