Alfred Harth
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Alfred 23 Harth (born September 28, 1949 in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany) is a musical polystylist and multimedia artist from Germany living in Seoul,Korea,and Frankfurt/Main.
Harth studied art,sociology and philosophy (public school teacher:1975-78) in Frankfurt/Main. Starting with his essay, "On Synaesthetics“ in 1967 he opened his creative horizons to a large variety of artistic fields. He included classical string players in his free improvising group "just music" in 1967 and opened the same year the platform, "centrum freier cunst“ (free art centre) in Frankfurt/Main--a meeting point for live free music, art exhibitions, experimental poetry, action, and other events. He included extended media in his music, including tape, field recordings and objects (since the 70's), videos, samplers and performance art (since the 80's), and electronic tools and laptops (since the 90's). He initiated a world concert via telephone in 1984 and included literature and classical works from people like Eisler, Bach, and a.o. in his conceptional improvisations, as well as dada and punk (since the 70's), noise art (since the 80's) and New Music. Harth has composed for the theatre and ballet since 1979. He has also composed film music and radio plays and is active as an exhibiting visual artist (since the 60's). In 1985 Harth adapted the number 23 to his name: Alfred 23 Harth or A23H.
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[edit] Group Formations and Discography (selection)
just music : 1967-70 (A23H/Thomas Cremer/Johannes Kraemer/Dieter Herrmann/Franz Volhard/Thomas Stoewsand/Witold Teplitz/ Peter Stock) LP "just music“ (ECM, 1969) LP "Born Free“ (CBS, 1970)
EMT : 1971-74 (A23H/Nicole van den Plas/Sven-Ake Johansson) LP "Canadian Cup Of Coffee“ (FMP, 1974)
Duo Goebbels/Harth : 1975-88 (A23H/Heiner Goebbels) LP "Vier Faeuste fuer Hanns Eisler“ (FMP, 1976) LP "Vom Sprengen des Gartens“ (FMP, 1978) LP "Indianer fuer morgen“ (Riskant, 1981) LP "Zeit wird knapp“ (Riskant, 1981) LP "Frankfurt/Peking“ (Riskant, 1984) LP+CD "Live in Victoriaville“ (victo, 1987) CD "Goebbels Heart“ (evva, 1987)
Cassiber : 1982-84 (A23H/Christoph Anders/Chris Cutler/Heiner Goebbels) DoMaxi+CD "man or monkey“ (Recommended Records, 1982) LP+CD "The beauty and the beast“ (Recommended Records, 1984)
Duck and Cover : 1983 (A23H/Tom Cora/Chris Cutler/Fred Frith/Heiner Goebbels/Dagmar Krause/George Lewis) LP+CD "Vol.1 Quarterly“ (Recommended Records, 1986)
gestalt et jive : 1984-87 (A23H/Steve Beresford/Anton Fier/Peter Hollinger/Ferdinand Richard/Uwe Schmitt) LP "Nouvelle Cuisine“ (Moers Music, 1985) 2LP "gestalt et jive trio“ (Creative Works Records, 1986)
Duo Alfred 23 Harth/John Zorn : 1986 LPs "Anything Goes" and “Plan Eden“ (Creative Works Records, 1987)
Vladimir Estragon : 1988-89 (A23H/FM Einheit/Ulrike Haage/Phil Minton) LP+CD "Three Quarks For Muster Mark“ (enja/tiptoe, 1989)
Trio Trabant a Roma : 1990-93 (A23H/Lindsay Cooper/Phil Minton) CD "State Of Volgograd“ (FMP, 1994)
Parcours Bleu a Deux : 1990-92 (A23H/Heinz Sauer)
Quasar Quartet : 1992-93 (A23H/Mark Dresser/Simon Nabatov/Vladimir Tarasov/Vitold Rek) CD "POPendingEYE“ (free flow music, 1992)
Forum Improvisierender Musiker/Frankfurts Indeterminables Musiqwesen (FIM) : 1992-98 (about 25 avant-garde musicians from the Frankfurt area including Christoph Korn, Ruediger Carl and Heinz Sauer)
print-on-demand internet-label "recout.de“[1] : 1996-2000
Imperial Hoot : 1998-2000 (A23H/Guenter Bozem/Marcel Daemgen/Christoph Korn) CD "secrets of development“ (Blue Noises, 1999)
Trio Viriditas : 2000-2002 (A23H/Wilber Morris/Kevin Norton) CD "waxwebwind@ebroadway" (clean feed, 2002)
[edit] Group memberships and discography (a selection)
Gunter Hampel Galaxie Dream Band :1973-74
Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester:1976-80 LPs +CD "Mit gelben Birnen“ (Trikont, 1977/80/99)
Trio Peter Brötzmann/Alfred 23 Harth/Sonny Sharrock :1987 LP "Go-No-Go“ Brötzmann/Harth (FMP, 1987)
Oh Moscow : 1987-93 (A23H/Lindsay Cooper/Hugh Hopper/Marilyn Mazur/Phil Minton/Elvira Plenar/Sally Potter) CD "Oh Moscow“ (victo, 1989)
CD "Domestic Stories“ (Recommended Records, 1991) (A23H/Chris Cutler/Fred Frith/Lutz Glandien/Dagmar Krause)
Otomo Yoshihide`s New Jazz Ensemble/Orchestra : 2004-present (A23H/Otomo Yoshihide/Sachiko M/Axel Doerner/Mats Gustafsson/Nakamura Toshimaru/Cor Fuhler/Tsugami Kenta/Aoki Taisei/Okura Masahiko/Ishikawa Ko/Unami Taku/Takara Kumiko/Kahimi Karie/Mizutani Hiroaki/Yoshigaki Yasuhiro) CD "ONJO“ (doubtmusic, 2005) CD "out to lunch“ (doubtmusic, 2005)
CD "Expedition" (ESP-Disk,2006) (A23H/Hans Tammen/Chris Dahlgren/Jay Rosen)
[edit] Works under Harth's direction (a selection)
LP "Es herrscht Uhu im Land“ (JAPO, 1981) (A23H/Annemarie Roelofs/Paul Lovens/Rolf Riehm/Christoph Anders/Heiner Goebbels)
Saxofonorchester Frankfurt :1980-82 LP (FMP, 1982)
"Frankfurter Stadtoper“ open-air event with 250 performers : 1984
Notes On Planet Shikasta : 1983+87 (A23H/Paul Bley/Trilok Gurtu/Phil Minton/Maggie Nicols/Barre Phillips) LP "This Earth!“ (ECM, 1983)
CD "Sweet Paris“ (free flow music, 1991)
"Gedankenhotel" : 1993-95 mixed-media including painter Yi Soonjoo, writer Juergen Ploog a.o.
Golden Circle project "Han Guk" : 1995 (A23H/David Murray, Dougie Bowne, Fred Hopkins)
CD "Pollock“ - remixes of out-of-print Alfred Harth LPs (Orkestrion Schallfolien, 1996)
Mother-Of-Pearl-Series (made in Korea) : 2003-2006 CD "eShip sum“ / 2CD "nu:clear re:actor“ / DVD "T_error“ / CD "kr ./. jp“ / CD "Seoul Milk“ / CD "NUN"
