home / music & video / gallery / contact / links
Music and Video
(Krispen Hartung & Robert Sterling)
Released March 25, 2009
|
Edge
of the Fringe is the third project born out of a dynamic
and creative musical collaboration between Krispen Hartung (Boise,
ID, USA) and Robert Sterling (Ventura, CA, USA). "Edge of the
Fringe" is an introspective, thought and mood provoking collection
of improvised compositions that truly push the boundaries of what
can be done in a virtually collaborative recording context. For
more information on Kribophoric and their prior two CD productions,
visit www.kribophoric.com Krispen
Hartung - Mini archtop guitar, laptop computer, Max/MSP, Reaktor,
voice |
 |
Hartung,
McFadin, Hallock, Shawn, and Good
- Abstractions
and Associations
Released
October 22, 2008
|
Abstractions and Associations is a collection of colorful, dynamic, and freely improvised performances recorded live at the 3rd Annual Boise Experimental Music Festival, 2008 (www.boisemusicians.com/BEMF-3).
|
 |
Kribophoric
- Visceral
(Krispen Hartung & Robert Sterling)
Released
June 7, 2008
|
KRIBOPHORIC
EVOLVED AS A COLLABORATION BETWEEN DRUMMER/PERCUSSIONIST BOB STERLING
AND ELECTRO-ACOUSTIC GUITAR PLAYER KRISPEN HARTUNG. LIVING IN DIFFERENT
CITIES, THEY DECIDED TO EXCHANGE SOUND FILES BASED ON SPONTANEOUS
IMPROVISATIONS AND THEN DEVELOP SOUNDSCAPES, SONGS AND TONE POEMS
BASED UPON THEIR SHARED IDEAS. AS EACH PIECE DEVELOPED, THEY WOULD
ADD IMPROVISATIONS AND AURAL MODIFICATIONS IN ORDER TO DEVELOP A
FULLY-REALIZED COMPOSITION. OVER THE COURSE OF SEVERAL MONTHS THEY
ACCUMULATED A SUBSTANTIAL BODY OF WORK WHICH THEY INTEND TO RELEASE
AND SHARE WITH YOU. THEIR FIRST COLLECTION, 'VISCERAL,' IS NOW AVAILABLE
AS A CD OR AS INDIVIDUAL MP3 FILES. |
 |
Krispen
Hartung & Ted Killian - Mojo at the Dojo
Released
December 27, 2007
|
Despite the fact that the title of this project was cleverly selected out of consideration of the performance venue (i.e., an Aikido dojo) rather than actual programmatic musical intent, the adroitly improvised live music on this work nevertheless does conjure a fair share of the psychological drama (if not the physical) of an old Kurosawa samurai movie duel between master swordsmen. The two musical protagonists, Krispen Hartung (on nylon-string guitar and laptop) and Ted Killian (on electric guitar synth and live loops), parry and weave - often as though in extreme slow motion - through the course of three tracks (totaling slightly over the fifty-minute mark) with a rare, almost perfectly matched skill and simpatico. The textures that Hartung and Killian produce are often seismic and dark (you will definitely want to have your subwoofer turned on to hear all the tectonic lows). However, many of the surface gestures are frequently delicate, smallish and subtle, with bright flashes that skitter by so quickly that you might miss them entirely if you are not attentive. Moreover, this work is not background music for casual listening or mult-tasking. On the contrary, it requires a rigorously disciplined attention span to discern and appreciate its nuances and worth. However rare this might be, it is also rare for such formally "free" music to inhabit such an emotionally and psychologically rich reality - particularly in the field of "electronic" music. While obvious moments of traditional guitarist "flash" may be fewer and further between within this work, the sense of an unrelenting, volcanic, smoldering heat and intense musical strategic mind-game is everywhere evident. |
 |
Krispen,
Tristan, & Kyra Hartung - Music Unfit for Children
Released
October 26, 2007
|
Music Unfit for Children is a Hartung family collaboration and experimental collection of improvisational compositions. Each musical composition is based on various children's toys, acoustic and foundsound instruments, and processing by the notebook computer and Cycling 74's Max/MSP. Krispen Hartung - Mini electric guitar, Notebook computer, Cycling 74 Max/MSP, Native Instruments Reaktor 5, vtech® Bright Lights toy phone, Alphabet Pal® Caterpillar, Joe Rut Sound Machine, Craftsman® Toy Screwdriver , Spinning Star Globe Wand Tristan
Hartung - Nylon string acoustic guitar, fork on pot lid, Electronic
toothbrush, Voice |
 |
Krispen
Hartung - Mandolin from Mars
Released
May 11, 2007
|
Mandolin from Mars is colorful and complex exploration of the 6-string mandolin and laptop computer. This work weaves a fantastic story of the "red planet," babbling mountains, and menacing telepathic messages from the ancient chimera of HP Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
|
 |
Krispen
Hartung - Fragments
Released
January 4, 2007
|
Fragments is a collection of live electro-acoustic performances recorded at public venues or via the Internet. This free improvisational and avant-garde work exhibits a tasteful balance between the sound of the acoustic guitar and electronic processing via the notebook computer and various tone altering effects. Krispen Hartung - Guitar, laptop computer, voice, percussion |
 |
Krispen
Hartung Jared Hallock- Interstellar Delirium
Released
April 21, 2006
|
Interstellar Delirium is a delightful entanglement of insane free-improvisation and experimental electronica inspired by imagery of a spaceman's last dying moments and twisted hallucinations in the vacuum of space. Krispen
Hartung - guitar, laptop computer, voice, sound effects |
 |
Krispen
Hartung & Friends - Xperimentus
Released
January 1, 2006
|
Xperimentus is a series of experimental and avant-garde compositions by Krispen Hartung and 13 other musicians from the international Looper’s Delight discussion group and community. Each composition is a duo composed virtually and in collaboration over the internet by Hartung and these amazingly creative and awe-inspiring musicians from the U.S., UK, Norway, Italy, Belgium, and Italy. Xperimentus is a unique blend of personalities and multiple playing styles that fuses ambient, experimental, and avant-garde music into a delightful collage of music art. This is teamwork at its best! View the original project datasheet for Xperimentus here. |
 |
Krispen
Hartung - Descent to Self
Released
September 26, 2005
|
Descent to Self is a musical and introspective exploration of ideas inspired by themes such as theoretical physics, science fiction, mathematics, and philosophy. By means of real-time looping technology, Krispen Hartung weaves an avant-garde and improvisational tapestry of sounds that are colorful, innovative, and mood provoking. This instrumental work showcases Hartung's ability to fuse avant-garde jazz, experimental, and ambient music into a multifaceted musical experience.
|
 |
Krispen
Hartung & Vincent Miresse - Live at the Kulture Klatsch
Released
December 6, 2004
|
This music was recorded live at the Kulture Klatsch on December 2, 2004 and March 3, 2005 at Boise, Idaho. All songs were spontaneously composed and improvised on the spot without the aid of any pre-recorded material. Krispen
Hartung - Acoustic guitar |
-larger.jpg) |
Krispen
Hartung - Places
Released
April 12, 2004
| This
collection of improvisational ambient soundscapes will take you on
an eclectic journey through the heart and mind, through the abstract,
bizarre, and beyond! Krispen Hartung transforms and re-architects
the sound of the acoustic guitar, incorporating real-time loops, avant-garde
melodies, and ethereal sounds. These compositions test the boundaries
of popular music art by combining unpredictable and spontaneous composition
with melodic appeal. Krispen Hartung - Electric guitar, laptop computer |
 |
Hume's
Fork - Assaults & Reprieves
Released
May 12, 2004
| "Assaults
& Reprieves" is a series of instrumental space jams that
emanate sheer madness and an uncanny collective band consciousness.
These compositions were spontaneously composed and recorded live with
no overdubbing or multi-tracking.
Krispen
Hartung - Guitar, guitar synthesizer |
 |
CDs Projects Featuring or Led by Krispen Hartung
Bugs
- (CT)
Collective
Released
June 12, 2008
|
Bugs
is a collection of compositions based on a set of sample recordings
of a various insects from around the world. No other sound sources
were used other than the insects. The artists, all members of (CT)
Collective, manipulated these sample recordings with various effects
and audio software, in order to produce their final work of musical
art. |
 |
(CT)
Collective - Project MRI
Released
June 25, 2007
| Project MRI is a collection of compositions based on a set of sample recordings of a MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) machine. The artists, all members of (CT) Collective, manipulated these sample recordings with various effects and audio software, using the output as their final compositions, or using it as a backdrop for adding additional recorded tracks from various instruments. |  |
Boise
Experimental Music Festival (2006) - Volume I
Released
February 22, 2007
| The
2006 Boise Experimental Music Festival 2-CD compilation is
now available and on sale! This compilation features over 2 hours
of avant-garde, experimental, and free improvisational music, and
documents a music festival that has successfully placed Boise, ID
on the map of similar festivals from all over the world. All proceeds from the sale of these CDs will go directly to supporting the 2nd Annual Boise Experimental Music Festival (April 26-28), directed primarily to musician travel expenses. |
 |
Boise
Experimental Music Festival (2006) - Volume II
Released
February 22, 2007
| The
2006 Boise Experimental Music Festival 2-CD compilation is
now available and on sale! This compilation features over 2 hours
of avant-garde, experimental, and free improvisational music, and
documents a music festival that has successfully placed Boise, ID
on the map of similar festivals from all over the world. All proceeds from the sale of these CDs will go directly to supporting the 2nd Annual Boise Experimental Music Festival (April 26-28), directed primarily to musician travel expenses. |
 |
Looper's
Delight Compilation - Volume 3
Released
December 1, 2005
| A
Compilation album of the International Mailing List Community, Looper's
Delight. Volume 3 is release 7 years after Volume 2 and inclues 17
international looping artists performing withing multiple genres,
including ambient, experimental, minimal, drone, improvised, electro-acoustic
etc. Krispen Hartung - Acoustic guitar, laptop computer |
 |
Nachste
Ostara - Thee Art Of Music Collection (Spring 2007)
Released
April 20, 2007
| NACHSTE
OSTARA - Thee Art Of Music Compilation II Featuring: Fedayrin, Sunfall On Echos, Boundless, ISH, Eddy Zenn, Burn in Heaven, Krispen Hartung, Jeroth, b'eirth's Pscikadilik Psyrkuz, The Cold War Veterans, Lunegore, Voluptuous Brains, Circuit Surgeon, Los Gatos de Noche, Stabbing Children, A Force of None, Acrid Switch Krispen Hartung - Acoustic guitar |
 |
Videos
Krispen
Hartung's Microscopic Horrors (DVD)
Released
August 2, 2004
|
Avant-Garde Music Video Microscopy Beyond
the scope of the naked eye lies a hidden world...a fantastic world
of microscopic wonders that test the limits of one's imagination.
Within a drop of pond water the size of a pin head are organisms
that are both magnificent and bizarre...grotesque, yet elegant.
These creatures are actors on a microscope's stage, without moral
conscience, free will, or concern for human kind. They thrive in
a deterministic world dictated by the vicious rules of survival
and automatic response. Yet now they dance to the music of the avant-garde!.
Krispen Hartung - Music, video production, and microscopy
|
%20-%20small.jpg) |
Music Performance Videos
|
Various live performance videos "Is
that Jazz" Experimental Music Festival, Seattle, WA (2009) |
|
Copyright © 2007, Krispen Hartung Records