Janek Schaefer - Alone At Last

'Alone at last' is a studio album, written over the first decade of Janek's career as a composer, sound artist, and musician. Each of the eight tracks is a
response to an invitation to write a piece of music for either a compilation or installation. The original sound sources are produced using location
recordings and manipulated vinyl, which are then processed through a combination of foot pedals & mixing desk, and then assembled on screen.
Anamnesis refers to the ability of sound to trigger mental images in our mind's eye. Each new series of images is specific to each of us - and they are
all uniquely generated and framed in turn by these supremely evocative compositions. The CD arrives housed in an elegant 100% black jewelcase with
an 8 page black & white booklet of Janek's photography.
01. Alone at last - Composed for a symposium in Tasmania on the theme of Isolation:
'On Isolation' CD [::Room40::, Australia]
02. come on up... - Sound & Projection installation for a tiny listening room with a 3 seater Chesterfield sofa: Geluidpost Gallery [Lookal01, The
03. Scarlett Arrives - Composed the week my first child was born, at home, in front of the fire, under the christmas tree: 'Idioscapes' CD
[Idiosyncratics, Belgium]
04. Vasulka Vauban's 'A day in the Good Life' - Composition for a compilation of experimental electronic musicians: 'BiP_HOp Generation Vol 7' CD
05. End of Hope & Glory - Live collage using a 'Land of Hope and Glory' 78 shellac for a CD on the theme of Hope: 'Hope' CD [Audio Research
06. All Bombing Is Terrorism - Produced using 5 loop pedals playing sounds from the Henry Cowell/Leo Theremin 1930's tape loop instrument
recreated online by The American Composers Forum: 'The Art of The Rhythmicon' CD [Innova, USA]
07. Boulevard Peripherique - Composed for the French fanzine Feardrop, partly using the soundtrack from the French film 'Alphaville': 'Feardrop 13'
CD [Feardrop, France]
08. Ever Ending Story - Created using the Tri-Phonic Turntable for my first live concert, in a courtyard outside Stock/Aitken/Waterman's recording
Tri-Phonic Revolutions party, 14th July 1997 [The Urban Salon, London]

With thanks to all who commissioned the pieces:
Lawrence English, Martijn Hohmann, Yannick Franck, Philippe Petit, Colin Fallows, Philip Blackburn, Denis Boyer, The Urban Salon, and Sirr.ecords.

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