Search - Janek Schaefer :: Above Buildings

Press Release Having made his debut outing on FatCat at the end of 1998 (a Split Series 12 alongside Pan American), producer / turntablist Janek Schaefer has since gone on to release material on Diskono, K-RAA-K3 and Stock, Hausen + Walkman's Hot Air label. Having established a strong live reputation, other projects for Schaefer include collaborations with Robert Hampson (a CD under the monicker ?Comae? will appear soon on Mego-offshoot Rhiz), turntablists Phillip Jeck, Martin Tétreault, and Viennese laptop wizard Christian Fennesz in 2001. Whilst a full-length live CD was released on the Belgian K-RAA-K label, this release marks Schaefer's first studio release, and possibly his strongest work to date. Full of shimmering textures and sublime soundscaping, 'Above Buildings' is essentially an album produced through studio manipulations of field recordings and vinyl manipulations built up through live processing. The sound palette was sourced in England, France, Canada and the USA, and marks! a move away from Janek's previous emphasis on his Tri-phonic Turntable.