Discography
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RAVE in the Style of G.M. Koenig
LP, single sided, Edition of 10, sold via JUBG, 2024
Timekeepers II
LP A-Musik, 2023
Sky Dice / Mapping the Studio
LP / digital editions Mego, 2021
Richters Patterns
℗ Tochnit Aleph, 2CDs, 2020
A double CD of works for chamber-ensemble collecting five of Schmicklers key-works composed & recorded between 2006 and 2016.Edition of 400 copies in fullcolour 6-panel digipak with 8-page booklet.The centre-piece “Richters Patterns” (2016) is a collaboration with German painter Gerhard Richter, “Kemp Echoes” (2013) focusses on instrumental sythesis, “E-UROPAS“ from 2006 is a long piece for quintet with electronics and narrators, “Fokker Bifurcations” (2014) a microtonal work for keyboards and mallet instruments, and “Ata Oto” (2016) a compositions for Robot instruments by Logos Foundation & computer.
Richters Patterns (2016)is a collaboration among Marcus Schmickler, artist Gerhard Richter, director Corinna Belz and the Ensemble Musikfabrik. In 2011, Richter took an image of his work Abstract Painting (CR: 7244) and divided it vertically into strips and gave them to Belz who utilized specially developed software operations involving cuts, mirroring and reproduction to create a movie from these images. Schmickler and Belz worked in parallel, with the film and composition following their own independent logic. Schmickler’s idea was to extend Richter’s method to divide, mirror, repeat into sound and time. Richters Patterns was commissioned by Koeln Musik and had its premiere on September 9, 2016 at Cologne Philharmonic Hall.
Kemp Echoes (2013)refers to a physical phenomenon in the ear discovered by physicist David Kemp in 1978. Otoacoustic Emissions (OAE) are signals in the ear (that can be detected with high quality small microphones) that are emitted by the cochlea, either spontaneously or in response to stimuli (frequently clicks). I have strived to create a piece that can seem ‘electronic’ to the ear without actually utilizing electronics.
Fokker Bifurcations (2014)marks a departure into microtonal works for keyboards and mallets and maintains the composer’s penchant for juxtaposed fixed pitches with pitch continua. Recorded live at ISSUE Project Room, Brooklyn on Nov 7 2014. The recording has been edited for this publication.
E-UROPAS / Plurality of Centers (2006)Shall we say goodbye to modernism? I dare to confront the myths of new music in this music theater creation. Layers containing the manifestos of Cornelius Cardew, Guy Debord and sound materials from six decades of the avant-garde create a collage that utilizes some of the formal principles guiding John Cage’s Europera V.
ATA OTO (2017)for Robot instruments by Logos Foundation & computer.
Particle/Matter-Wave/Energy
℗ Kompakt, LP, 2019
kompakt welcomes veteran contemporary experimental producer marcus schmickler with the release of his spectacular noise/techno fused medallion entitled "particle/matter-wave/energy". marcus schmickler's fifty plus release discography is one of the most fascinating in his field. from his studies under cologne based stockhausen collaborator johannes fritsch to his releases through legendary imprints a-musik, editionsmego and mille plateaux, over the years schmickler has been behind innumerable collaborations and sonic explorations. be it through his ground-breaking indie/electronic band pluramon or through his releases that have included collaborations with musicians such as john tilbury, thomas lehn, julee cruise or mimeo he has even had his works being performed by ensemble recherche, musikfabrik or paragon ensemble. beyond continuing to perform on the world stages, he authors theatre and film and currently teaches at institut fuer musik und medien in duesseldorf. this brings us to the release of "particle/matter-wave/energy" - a 37 minute long piece (split into 2 parts on the lp version) that explores the borders of a scientific universality of sonification towards something that becomes a singular experience - sound. the pieces' foundational aim was to create an acoustic rendering of what it sounds like when two galaxies collide by gravitational forces. to avoid this one sheet getting lost in theory, the audible result of "particle/matter-wave/energy" is an incredibly, immersive work that is required listening from start to end. contemporary experimental music and modern techno collide as waves of synths caress the listener through intense waves of frequency variables. the orchestral enormity of the piece is both discomforting yet embracing as the listener feels engulfed with it's robotic caress." (label info)
Politiken der Frequenz
℗ Tochnit Aleph /editions Mego, CD/LP, 2014
R/S (Rehberg / Schmickler) :
USA@PAN) LP, 2011,
Schmickler / Lehn :
Live Double Séance [Antaa Kalojen Vida]'@editions Mego, LP incl. 5.1 DVD audio, 2011
Rule of Interference
@a-Musik, CD, 2011
BAri Workshop
@Presto!?, LP, 2011
Gratkowski / Nabatov / Schmickler :
Deployment@leo records, CD, 2010
Palace of Marvels [queered pitch]
@editionsMego, 2LP/CD, 2010
Navigation im Hypertext
@a-Musik, CD, 2008
Kölner Kranz
@a-Musik, LP, 2008
John Tilbury
Variety CD A-Musik, 2005
Timekeepers
@a-Musik, CD, 2015
Neue Bilder
Mikroton, CD, 2017, order
Altars of Science
editions Mego, DVD plus, 2007, order
Sight
Cathnor, CD, 2007, order
ONE (Snow, Mud, Rain)
erstwhile records, CD, 2007
DEMOS for choir, chamber-ensemble and electronic music
a-Musik, CD/LP, 2006,
Mein Kopf verlor ein Dach
CD Whatness , 2002
The Monstrous Surplus
LP/CD Karaoke Kalk 2008
Dreams Top Rock
LP/CD Karaoke Kalk 2003
Bit Sand Riders
2 LP /CD Mille Plateaux, 2000
Render Bandits
CD/LP, Mille Plateaux, 1998
'AMAZING DAZE'
(Häppna) , 2007
'SOLO AND ACCOMPANIMENT (FOR CLAUDIO B.)'
(Kronberg Academy / Aulos), 2006
'THERE MUST BE A (BRINKMANN-) REMIX'
a-Musik, 2003
(CD) Erstwhile Records, 2003
Param
2LP, CD, A-Musik, 2001
The Hands of Caravaggio
erstwhile Records 2000
CD Ersttwhile Records, 2000
LIFTING CONCRETE LIGHTLY
CD Serpentine Gallery, 2003
Sator Rotas
CD A-Musik, 1999
AMPLIFY COLOGNE
erstLive
Wabi Sabi
CD/LP A-Musik, 1996
Sieben
1000 FEHLER
(supposé)
'AMPLIFY: BALANCE'
erstwhile records
Kontakta
CD Odd Size, 1994
Onea Gako
CD Odd Size, 1994