about John Watermann

Invitation

Celebrate the life and work of John Watermann (Feb.19.1935 - Apr.4.2002)

Using only the material found on the hotline server (in the "John Watermann Drop Box/raw sample" folder) create a new work no longer than 6 minutes in length.

As usual, feel free to mutate, mangle, destroy, induce failure in, and generally further f_ck up the samples to your hearts content.

Pieces submitted will be released here.

The deadline for submissions has passed.

MP3 // John Watermann

	Title	Length	Size (MB)	Artist
1	NovemberCircle	04:34	4.18	aal
2	too_short.mp3	01:50	1.68	andrey kiritchenko
3	WaterthisMP3	03:25	3.14	Bobby Karate
4	carlkruger_homes.mp3	03:05	2.84	carl kruger
5	servi	05:18	4.86	craig stansifer
6	WASSERMANN_WEIDER_GEMISCHT_2.mp3	02:37	2.40	dale lloyd
7	wassermann_wieder_gemischt.mp3	01:59	1.82	dale lloyd
8	JEWG	03:50	3.52	e.g.ø
9	ish-mayim_chant.mp3	04:49	4.42	forma
10	bach_cutoff_and_mend.mp3	04:08	3.79	fransdewaard
11	mix	02:59	2.74	fransdewaard
12	cutoffandmend.mp3	04:08	3.79	gbach
13	remended.mp3	05:29	5.03	gbach
14	Trojan Man Hewn	04:46	4.38	Gydja
15	watermann_serenade.mp3	05:09	4.72	jeff morey wirbellos
16	watermann_suberror_serenade.mp3	05:07	4.69	jeff morey wirbellos
17	untitled	04:45	4.36	juanjo fernandez
18	pan	01:35	1.46	juanjo fernandez quickie
19	pop	04:25	4.06	juanjo fernández
20	quickie.2002.11.6.14.45.57	01:21	1.24	juanjo fernandez quickie
21	quickie.2002.11.6.14.45.57	01:21	1.24	juanjo fernandez quickie
22	€ € € € € € € € € €	03:40	3.84	€ € € € € € € € € €
23	resurrecting_a_dove.mp3	02:46	2.54	logoplasm
24	Johann Wassermann	03:56	3.62	ma_hovina
25	Kommi Waveerprmaennn	03:04	2.82	ma_hovina
26	marc_mcnulty__wassermench	04:01	4.61	Marc McNulty
27	John Waterman remix	04:03	3.72	m comma
28	hair,with curl	03:13	2.95	michael bleming
29	rosies	05:55	5.43	Michael Sellam
30	treecity.mp3	02:11	2.01	michael sellam
31	Neudeckwtmrmx.	02:20	2.15	NEUDECK
32	circles_in_her_head.mp3	05:38	5.17	part of me apparatus
33	py_waterman1.mp3	01:54	1.75	paulyates
34	play_watermann.mp3	02:36	2.39	play
35	cutoffcut	04:46	4.38	shannon o'neill
36	shannon_o'neill_watermann_cutoff_rmx.mp3	04:46	4.38	shannon o'neill
37	w4drdefekt	05:53	5.38	sola
38	200ms	05:40	5.19	specimen
39	watertheatre	03:15	2.98	stereolisa
40	Surface Exposure	05:08	4.70	Store
41	cutoff (tofu remix)	01:00	0.92	John Watermann
42	under water	04:18	3.95	tu m'
43	vicious sludge blur	04:02	3.70	urkuma www.sanfocahotel.com
44	anent mawr	01:52	1.71	will soderberg

 

abstract

About John Watermann

by Frans de Waard, from the brainwashed brain

John Watermann was one of the truely underground sound and visual artists.

In the late eighties his name surfaced out of knowhere, when a double CD was released by Walter Ulbricht in Germany. Starting out in Berlin, Germany, where he was born, as a filmmaker and photographer, he found out that he needed soundtracks for his films. He started composing music in the mid sixties and moved to Australia in the early seventies. Although he was collecting sound equipment, his first releases do not surface until the late 80s. In the nineties his music was released on CD's by ND, Dark Vinyl, Walter Ulbricht and Raum 312. He also recorded a collaborative work with Merzbow. One of his last big projects was a CDRom "A Rose Is A Rose", which he released himself and has his visual work and music.

Much of his work incorporated field recordings, which were heavily treated by electronics, resulting in highly rhythmic music, through the extensive use of cut ups. Although in the later part of the nineties he was less actively involved in producing music (mainly due to his illness), his output will not be forgotten.