Alfred Harth

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Alfred 23 Harth (born in Kronberg im Taunus, Germany) is a musical polystylist and multimedia artist living in Seoul,Korea,and Frankfurt/Main.

Alfred 23 Harth
Alfred 23 Harth

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 (H)art(H) 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). Without any help of Heiner Goebbels or Micky Rehmann 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.

[edit] Group Formations and Discography (selection)

JUST MUSIC - A23H/Thomas Cremer/Dieter Herrmann/Johannes Krämer/Thomas Stoewsand/Witold Teplitz/ Peter Stock/Franz Volhard :

  • "just music“ ECM1002, 1969
  • "Born Free“ CBS, 1970

EMT - A23H/Sven-Ake Johansson/Nicole van den Plas :

  • "Canadian Cup Of Coffee“ FMP, 1974

DUO Goebbels/Harth  :

  • "Vier Faeuste fuer Hanns Eisler“ FMP, 1976
  • "Vom Sprengen des Gartens“ FMP, 1978
  • "Indianer fuer morgen“ Riskant, 1981
  • "Zeit wird knapp“ Riskant, 1981
  • "Frankfurt/Peking“ Riskant, 1984
  • "Live in Victoriaville“ victo, 1987
  • "Goebbels Heart“ evva, 1992

SOGENANNTES LINKSRADIKALES BLASORCHESTER :

  • "Mit gelben Birnen“ Trikont, 1977/80/99

CASSIBER - A23H/Christoph Anders/Chris Cutler/Heiner Goebbels :

DUCK AND COVER - A23H/Tom Cora/Chris Cutler/Fred Frith/Heiner Goebbels/Dagmar Krause/George Lewis :

GESTALT ET JIVE - A23H/Steve Beresford/Anton Fier/Peter Hollinger/Ferdinand Richard/Uwe Schmitt :

  • "Nouvelle Cuisine“ Moers Music, 1985
  • "gestalt et jive trio“ Creative Works Records, 1986

DUO Alfred 23 Harth/John Zorn :

  • "Anything Goes" Creative Works Records, 1986
  • “Plan Eden“ Creative Works Records, 1987

DUO Brötzmann/23 Harth :

  • "Go-No-Go“ FMP, 1987

OH MOSCOW - A23H/Lindsay Cooper/Hugh Hopper/Marilyn Mazur/ Phil Minton/Elvira Plenar/Sally Potter :

  • "Oh Moscow“ (victo, 1989)

VLADIMIR ESTRAGON - A23H/FM Einheit/Ulrike Haage/Phil Minton :

  • "Three Quarks For Muster Mark“ enja/tiptoe, 1989

DOMESTIC STORIES - A23H/Chris Cutler/Fred Frith/Lutz Glandien/ Dagmar Krause :

TRIO TRABANT A ROMA - A23H/Lindsay Cooper/Phil Minton :

  • "State Of Volgograd“ FMP, 1994

QUASARQUARTET - A23H/Simon Nabatov/Vladimir Tarasov/Vitold Rek)

  • "POPendingEYE“ free flow music, 1992

IMPERIAL HOOT - A23H/Guenter Bozem/Marcel Daemgen/Christoph Korn :

  • „secrets of development“ Blue Noises,1999

TRIO VIRIDITAS - A23H/Wilber Morris/Kevin Norton)

OTOMO YOSHIHIDE NEW JAZZ ORCHESTRA - A23H/Otomo Yoshihide/ Sachiko M/Axel Dörner/Mats Gustafsson/Nakamura Toshimaru/Cor Fuhler/Tsugami Kenta/Aoki Taisei/Okura Masahiko/Ishikawa Ko/Unami Taku/Takara Kumiko/Kahimi Karie/Mizutani Hiroaki/Yoshigaki Yasuhiro)

  • "ONJO“ doubtmusic, 2005
  • "out to lunch“ doubtmusic, 2005

[edit] Discograhpy of special projects (selection)

MOTHER-OF-PEARL-SERIES (made in Korea),2003-2006 :

  • 1. "eShip sum“ /
  • 2. "nu:clear re:actor“
  • 3. DVD "T_error“ / CD "kr ./. jp“ /
  • 4. "Seoul Milk“
  • 5. "NUN"
  • "Expedition" ESP-Disk,2006, - A23H/Chris Dahlgren/Jay Rosen/Hans Tammen

print-on-demand internet-label "recout.de“[1]  : 1996-2000

[edit] Links

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