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The 1st Annual Boise Experimental Music Festival (2006)
The 2nd Annual Boise Experimental Music Festival (2007)
The 3rd Annual Boise Experimental Music Festival (2008)

Reviews

Reviews of the CD "Fragments"

"The first and most important sensation I get from listening to it is a 'rare' sense of musical freedom. Here, notes, melodies, sounds and effects are combined in such a complex and creative way that you may think that this kind of music come from another planet. Or that it's just the complex spirit of this edge that's reflected in this work.

I think this is one of the most important peculiarity of your work: an unusual ability to get control over a rich paintbrush of sounds and effects and have all that stuff mixed in a natural way with music (melodies, chords, improvvisation). Looping is very 'natural': every new layer is the development of the tension builded before.

Best track - in my opinion - is 'Nebula', with its nice minimal melodic theme, 'stellar' sounds in the background and a crescendo on finale and 'Mork og Iser', with that
floatings chords and that guitar on finale, that reminds me a certain Metheny's atmosphere. This is - for me - the best element that work in your music: that you don't forgive melodies, amongs sounds and effects." - Fabio Anile (Italy)

Reviews of the CD "Places"

"Rather than merely lull you into a meditative state, Krispen Hartung's New Age instrumentals challenge the ear with improvisational guitar solos that verge on the avant-garde. Creating experimental yet arresting musical moods, Hartung wrings sounds out of his acoustic guitar that you've never heard before." - C|NET DOWNLOAD.COM

"Idaho based guitar player Krispen Hartungs' new record features his unique approach on the guitar. His compositons reflect his abstract thoughts and uncommon melodies. An enjoyable listen. Much recommended." - AbstractLogix.com

"This is truly original art." - Ben Burdick, Guitarist, Composer, Producer (www.benburdick.us)

"I find the cd "Places" a must for music listeners who are seeking a transcendent journey into the avant-garde and improvisational sound." - Mike Oglesbee - Artist

"Krispen's album is truly creative, unique and thought-provoking!" - Steven Cravis - Composer and Producer

"Very adept usage of the looping tool and some really interesting guitar work interspersed with the background loops...a strange and haunting journey and very well executed improvisation." - Valkir

"Cool echo acoustic guitar Ntro...the genuine Xperimentation with the echoplex is refreshing and highly ambiotic with presence...pretty unusal stuff that is controlled Xcellently..." - Austn

"Quite like some of Robert Fripp's early excursions into echo-looping improv's. Slowly builds into some dark "lurking" that's well-produced and recorded properly." - Captioned

"Fusion jazz guitarist Krispen Hartung (www.krispenhartung.com) has garnered a cult lesbian following in the Northwest with his CDs (latest Places), a DVD (in which microscopic creatures dance to avant-garde music) and his honerary dykey coffeehouse stage performances, where phrases like 'Sometimes I think a less material life is a truer life' make the New Age lesbians swoon" - Diane Anderson-Minshall (Curve Magazine)

Reviews of the DVD "Microscopic Horrors "

"Wonderful, and very creative" - Michael Peters, Musician and Artist, www.michaelpeters.de/ (Germany)

"This film will move the viewer at one level or another rather than leaving a sense of blase', but only those who share Hartung's sense of the absurd and understand his humor will truly 'get it'" - Grant Keely, Musician/Writer/InfoTech Deviant

"I haven't found anything similar, which is kind of a surprise. It is a cool topic. I really enjoyed your video work. It reminded me oddly of something from Lovecraft-- moving gelatinous shapes mounted on walls-- very cool!" - Thomas Park, Mystified, www.mystifiedmusic.com

Reviews of the CD "Live at the Kulture Klatsch"

"Altitude is an amazing recording. Love the build of the performance. Really sweet stuff! Guitar parts are spicey, jazzy and I love it all." - Ed Drury (http://www.soundclick.com/eddrury)

"The self-titled Krispen Hartung Vincent Miresse: Live at the Kulture Klatsch is a CD of spontaneous compositions supposedly recorded live at the Kulture Klatsch on two different occasions...The music here is a soundscape for cosmic travel by two guys who improvise with each other. Krispen Hartung's acoustic guitar is looped (an electronic process by which rhythms and lines repeat themselves), and this repetition threads the astral tapestry while Vincent Miresse adds aural colors with a variety of instruments: didgeridoo, chimes, dumbek, udu and singing bowl..." - Larry Conklin of the Boise Weekly (view Krispen Hartung's response to the author and editor of the Boise Weekly)

"I am in a very comfortable atmosphere with this good music. It is a very fresh work. Great!!" - FlawTips

"Once again, you amaze and astound with your looping prowess. The percussion adds just he right ambience to your sonic explorations...What a cool atmospheric piece of music." - Valkir

Reviews of the CD "Assaults & Reprieves"

"70 minutes of uninterrupted music of the best Space-Jams that can be bought, including Jazz Rock and some Avant-Garde. EXCELLENT AND FUNDAMENTAL for those who love the instrumental style." - Paul Puleston from Nucleus