A 13
CRIPPLE STORY
»Ein Streichquartett«

Artist/s
The Kaifus (AT / Okko Bekker)

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7″
AURECS 001 • Germany 1985
Private edition of 3 copies

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CD
On A 2a ADVENTURES IN SOUND

Tracklist
01 Walking like a Cripple
02 A Cripple trying simple
03 A Cripple collapsing
04 A Cripple dying total 8’52”

Annotations
04 Disfigured version of German national anthem.

»Aufgenommen am 18.12.67 in den Audiplex Studios.« – credit
»Kaifus« is short for »Kaiser-Friedrich-Ufer-Schule«, the school AT and Bekker were attending by the time they met. The private edition was dedicated to Ralf Zander, a teacher who called the piece »the ultimate string quartet«.
See name index for other work with Okko Bekker.

Description
Dense, scratchy layers of mistreated string instruments.

Source
Bowed electric bass, bowed electric guitar, bowed violin, bowed balalaika.