Mirko Uhlig http://virb.com/mirkouhlig
Mirko Uhlig (*1981 in Aachen, Germany) is a German musician and producer in the contemporary field of drone and minimal ambient music and co-founder of Ex Ovo Records. He first appeared with surreal sound collages and musique concrète-techniques under the moniker Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf (catching eels with a horse's head) around 2004. After releasing four albums and some EPs (on Aal, Einzeleinheit, Taalem, Mystery Sea and Drone Records) Uhlig decided to release his now much more minimalistic and serene works under a less delusive name. Uhlig's music is inspired by pioneers of drone and minimalistic music such as La Monte Young, early Tangerine Dream, Brian Eno, David Lynch, William Basinski and current Hafler Trio; echoing the blurred distance of a late Turner image. "Uhlig plays a form of drone music that is highly refreshing. He creates something that is beyond the ordinary! For me Mirko Uhlig is one of the better and unfortunately lesser known drone masters of Germany." (Vital Weekly) "Uhlig is one of the few ones able to cut the oneiric bliss of his creations right in the moment of maximum ecstasy." (Touching Extremes) Beside various field recordings, the wooden sounds of an old acoustic six-string, a battered accordion and an original Indian shruti-box build the acoustic sources for the process of composing and letting go. Mirko Uhlig currently lives in Bonn, Germany.]]> Virb 2.0 (@mirkouhlig) en No other record (except H.S.) made me laugh much more than this... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3336720 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:23:35 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3336720 THE THIRD REICH'N'ROLL: I guess no other record shaped me as much as this... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3336719 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:23:33 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3336719 Actual flat music: The Resident's "Our tired, our poor, our huddled masses"... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3336718 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 13:23:32 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3336718 Well, it seems: A new AALFANG MIT PFERDEKOPF album this or next year called... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3332070 Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:37:47 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3332070 We're watching the first after the disastrous actual fourth. Self-mockery... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3247328 Mon, 08 Jun 2009 10:29:34 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3247328 AND listening to Fischer-Z's "Red Skies Over Paradise". Still fresh and... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3215659 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:20:17 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3215659 Recently bought some book-stuff from my current favourite artist Ralf... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3215658 Fri, 05 Jun 2009 09:20:16 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3215658 Just stumbled upon a Swiss painter called Adolf Dietrich: http://bit.ly/19hBVc . http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3148636 http://bit.ly/19hBVc .]]> Sun, 31 May 2009 10:17:28 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3148636 A SHAME he never got that attention! http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3146387 Sun, 31 May 2009 04:14:21 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3146387 Christian Hound: Cynicoy (1987) from Phillip Boa's Constrictor label.... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3146386 Sun, 31 May 2009 04:14:19 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3146386 "Wedding Song" by Bob Dylan. Loud, hard and via headphones. http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3089634 Tue, 26 May 2009 14:43:44 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3089634 "You're a wasted face/You're a sad-eyed lie/You're a holocaust." Big... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3086282 Tue, 26 May 2009 10:24:25 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3086282 Fixed by John Watts and Fischer-Z again... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3073653 Mon, 25 May 2009 10:23:00 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3073653 "Tanz der Lemminge". Then we have a look at the Jonathan Meese-exhibition in... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3026688 Thu, 21 May 2009 06:04:59 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3026688 In some minutes I'm going to record again with the Traffic Orchestra.... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3026117 Thu, 21 May 2009 04:21:49 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3026117 Austin O. Spare "liked milk stout, fruitcake and large quantities of tea."... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3005065 Tue, 19 May 2009 12:20:36 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3005065 Tempus Fugit. Recently got a new book about Gurdjieff that I'm going to... http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3005064 Tue, 19 May 2009 12:20:34 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3005064 getting healthy again; being obscured by clouds . . . http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3001371 Tue, 19 May 2009 07:14:12 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/3001371 sets the controls for the heart of the sun . . . . . . http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/2999811 Tue, 19 May 2009 03:09:08 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/2999811 Currently bougt the diary of LM for 0,01€. SHAZAM! http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/2949239 Thu, 14 May 2009 16:00:04 -0700 http://virb.com/mirkouhlig/posts/status/2949239