Burkard Schmidl

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Burkard Schmidl (born October 14, 1955 in Würzburg ) is a German composer , sound artist , music producer and keyboard player .

Life

Burkard Schmidl received classical piano lessons at the age of 10. In the same year he formed his first band. At 15 he gained experience on stage. He played in the opening act for Albert Mangelsdorff , Joachim Kühn , Volker Kriegel , Klaus Doldinger and Terje Rypdal . In 1973 he went to Munich to the Jazz School and became a student of Joe Haider and Joe Nay . After six months he left school because it seemed too theoretical to him. He got the offer to join the cult band " Missus Beastly " and soon composed a large part of the repertoire of this fusion group. In 1976 he co-founded "April Records", later renamed "Schneeball Records". This was a merger of the groups Ton Steine ​​Scherben , Embryo and Missus Beastly, inspired by the publishing house of the authors , for the purpose of a joint alternative record distribution.

In 1982 he dissolved " Missus Beastly " and gained new musical experiences on several trips with the dissidents to Tangier , Morocco . There he played with the musicians of the Gnawa Brotherhood, among others . Out of an interest in Moroccan music and the desire to combine ethnic music with western rock elements, the first dissidents emerged - recordings "Casablanca" and "Sahara Elektrik." With this band Schmidl was significantly involved in the development of the world music genre . Another dissident project was the joint tour with the ensemble of the Karnataka College of Percussion . The collaboration with the master drummer TAS Mani and his wife, the singer RA Ramamani , was an important influence for Schmidl. Likewise the collaboration with the Indian Tavil players Paramashivam and Ramesh Shotham .

He left the dissidents and released a bizarre LP under the pseudonym "Ivan Opium" and completed several TV appearances with a sticky beard, strange dialect and claimed to come from Tashkent. He was a talk guest on Thomas Gottschalk's radio show. At Bavarian television he met the presenter, comedian and actor Eisi Gulp , who recognized Schmidl's funny side. Schmidl spent five years as “Prof. Ivan Opium “Part of the Eisi Gulp Comedy Show with around 500 appearances in Europe.

At the same time, he was a guest lecturer at the State University of Music in Würzburg, played with Charlie Mariano and strengthened the Munju band on the occasion of the ballet "Faust" at the Würzburg City Theater. He composed film music and worked as a studio musician - among others with the ex- Spliff and Nina Hagen band members Bernhard Potschka and Herwig Mitteregger . Schmidl composed one and a half hours of music for the “Art Disco” project, the official cultural contribution of the Federal Republic of Germany to the Olympic Games in Seoul in 1988 , and gave several live concerts in South Korea for the Goethe Institute .

In 1990 Burkard Schmidl retired from the stage. He was looking for new ways to present musical projects - beyond the classic stage situation. He realized a sound installation with twelve discrete channels for the State Garden Show in Würzburg. The “ Sound Garden ” project came into being and was presented in the same year at the Erlangen “Festival of Hearing” alongside works by Edgar Varèse and John Cage . He developed an individual mix of serious and popular music, jazz , minimal music , electronics and the experience of the musical culture of other continents. For his work the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts awarded him a scholarship at the Cité Internationale des Arts Paris at the instigation of his sponsor Berthold Hummel . This is followed by 2 CD productions and Klanggarten Vol. II at the IGA Stuttgart EXPO 93 with 9 million visitors. With such major events, Schmidl succeeded in bringing the genre of sound installation closer to a large audience. In view of the relaxing effect of his music, he also installed permanent installations in parks and spa facilities in the following years. B. in Bad Sassendorf , Bad Mergentheim , Bad Kissingen or Meran . There were other projects such as a sound avenue with 16 discrete channels for the first Hessian State Garden Show . In 1999, the third part of the Klanggarten trilogy was premiered at the second Saxon State Garden Show in Olbersdorf and Zittau . In the spring of 2000 the premiere of the installation “Music in the dark” on the occasion of the “Festival of quiet sounds” in Kitzingen.

In 2004, the “the secret element” project was premiered in a dome of the Trier cultural garden show. A disklavier is at the center of this sound and light installation . In 2005 the installation could be seen in the Würzburg “Museum im Kulturspeicher”. In 2006 he was nominated for the German Sound Art Prize, documented his concept “1000 m under Marl” in the Sculpture Museum Glaskasten Marl and performed the sound installation “the secret element” at Art Cologne 2006 as part of SoundART 06. In 2007 "the secret element" was installed at SoundART 07 in Duisburg as part of the Traumzeit Festival . The work “Rheinklang”, an installation that thematically deals with the topic of “river”, could be experienced from April 2008 at the State Garden Show in Bingen am Rhein, along the banks of the Rhine. He presented the most extensive work in 2010 in the Aschersleben city park: "Sound clock - The Olearius Symphony" - an installation that changed constantly over the course of the day. It is dedicated to the life and work of Adam Ölschläger - called Adam Olearius .

Discography

solo

• 2010 - “Klanguhr” (fine-media)
• 2008 - “The River” (fine-media)
• 2007 - “Made On Earth” (fine-media)
• 2004 - “The Secret Element” (fine-media)
• 2001 - " Klanggarten Vol. III" (fine-media)
• 1998 - "Klangallee Vol. II" (IC-DA)
• 1994 - "Klangallee" (IC-DA)
• 1993 - " Klanggarten Vol. II" (fine-media)
• 1992 - “Zodiac Symphony” (IC-DA)
• 1991 - "Enter & Return" (IC-DA)
• 1990 - " Klanggarten Vol. I" (fine-media)

also various samplers

Discography group projects

• 2009 - Aufbruch - Die Free and Draussen Festivals 1975–1978 (Sireena Records)
• 1990 - Herwig Mitteregger : "Mitteregger" (CBS)
• 1986 - Perxon: ( Bernhard Potschka ) “Lose your mind” (CBS)
• 1985 - Perxon: (Bernhard Potschka) “Still cryin '” (CBS)
• 1985 - Dissidents : “Casablanca” (Exil Records)
• 1984 - Ivan Opium: “Made in Hong Kong” (JARO)
• 1984 - Dissidents: “Sahara Elektric” (Exil Records)
• 1978 - Missus Beastly : “Spaceguerilla” (Schneeball Records)
• 1976 - Missus Beastly: “Dr. Aftershave and the mixed Pickles ”(Schneeball Records)

also various samplers

Sound installations

• 2011 - "The river" at the garden show "Nature in Kitzingen"
• 2010 - "Sound Clock - The Olearius Symphony" in Aschersleben City Park
• 2010 - "Sound Garden" at the garden show in Bad Nauheim
• 2010 - "The River" In the courtyard garden of the Würzburg Residence, on the occasion of the UNESCO "World Heritage Day"
• 2009 - Sound level of the nature trail of the Dehner company as a permanent facility in Rain
• 2009 - "Sound garden" at the garden show "Nature in Rain 2009"
• 2008 - "Rheinklang" installation with 30 loudspeakers on the banks of the Rhine in Bingen
• 2008 - "Sound Garden" in the Palmengarten in Frankfurt am Main
• 2008 - "Klangallee" with 28 loudspeakers along the Soest city wall
• 2007 - "the secret element" at the Traumzeitfestival / SoundArt Duisburg
• 2007 - "Klanggarten III" in Nieheim
• 2006 - “Sound Garden I” in the Hofgarten of the Würzburg Residence
• 2006 - Installation with 26 loudspeakers along the Röder in Großenhain
• 2006 - Installation "Sound Garden" Meran / Italy as permanent facility
• 2006 - Documentation of the concepts "the secret element" and "1000 m under Marl" in the sculpture museum Glaskasten Marl
• 2006 - "the secret element" at ART Cologne within SoundART
• 2005 - "the secret element" in the museum in the Kulturspeicher in Würzburg
• 2005 - Installation "Sound Garden" in Bad Zwesten as a permanent facility
• 2005 - Contribution to the art exhibition "Artwork 3" in Roth
• 2005 - Contribution to the art exhibition "Search for traces" in Großenhain
• 2005 - Contribution to the art exhibition "Magic Forest" in Waldbrunn
• 2004 - "Spheres-Sounds" LGS Nordhausen
• 2004 - “Obscuratorium” sound dome, LGS Trier
• 2003 - "Klanggarten III" courtyard garden of the Würzburg residence
• 2003 - "Place of rest" in Roth
• 2002 - "Sound Garden" in Alzenau
• 2002 - Installation "Klanggarten" Karlstadt as permanent facility
• 2001 - "Music in the dark", festival of soft tones
• 2001 - "Klanggarten Vol. II", court garden of the Würzburg residence
• 2001 - Commissioned composition for the BUGA Potsdam
• 2000 - Project "Crazy circles", LGS Memmingen
• 2000 - Installation "Sound Garden" Bad Kissingen as permanent facility
• 1999 - "Klanggarten Vol. III", LGS Olbersdorf / Zittau
• 1999 - "Klangallee", courtyard garden of the Würzburg residence
• 1999 - Installation "Sound Garden" Bad Mergentheim as permanent facility
• 1998 - “Limited Horizons” commissioned composition for the contribution of the Bavarian Ministry of the Environment
• 1997 - "Klanggarten Vol. II", LGS Mosbach
• 1997 - "Klanggarten Vol. I" on the occasion of the exhibition "Experience Field of the Senses" in Großenhain
• 1997 - Contribution to the art exhibition “Field of Experience for the Senses” in Großenhain
• 1995 - "Klanggarten Vol. II", BUGA Cottbus
• 1995 - Installation "Sound Garden" in Bad Sassendorf as a permanent facility
• 1994 - "Klangallee", LGS Fulda
• 1994 - "Klanggarten Vol. I", LGS Paderborn
• 1994 - "Klanggarten Vol. I", LGS Bad Dürrheim
• 1993 - "Klanggarten Vol. II", IGA Stuttgart EXPO
• 1990 - "Klanggarten Vol. I" "Festival of Hearing" in Erlangen
• 1990 - "Klanggarten Vol. I", LGS Würzburg

Web links

• Burkard Schmidl homepage
• MySpace homepage
• Burkard Schmidl at Discogs (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gunther Schunk, Peter Nossel: What was going on in Würzburg 1950-2000 . Sutton Verlag, Erfurt 2001, ISBN 3-89702-283-4 , pp. 82-86.
2. ↑ Burkard Schmidl Archive 01 ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ^ Tibor Kneif: Sachlexikon Rockmusik . Rowohlt, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-499-16334-9 , pp. 58, 154, 199, 304.
4. ↑ Krautrock - Underground, LSD and Cosmic Couriers . Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-276-8 .
5. ^ Rock in Germany, Lexicon of German rock groups and performers . Taurus Press, Hamburg 1979, ISBN 3-9800079-6-0 .
6. ↑ Pop music: Krautrock self-distributed . In: Der Spiegel . No. 30 , 1976 ( online ).
7. ↑ MTV - Dissident Biography  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
8. ↑ Kraurock Music Circus
9. ↑ Burkard Schmidl Archive 03 ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
10. ↑ Südwind Magazin - Article "Stories from World Music"
11. ↑ Burkard Schmidl Archive 04 ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ^ Prisma, from the work of the Goethe Institute . Munich January 1989, pp. 68-73.
13. ↑ Burkard Schmidl Archive 05 ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
14. ↑ Trier - Perspective Petrisberg ( Memento of the original from December 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
15. ^ Trier - Obscuratorium
16. ↑ German Sound Art Prize 2006 . Documentation and catalog for the exhibition, ISBN 3-924790-76-0 , pp. 5–7, 56–57, 66.
17. ↑ Sound Art Prize
18. ↑ SoundArt - Traumzeit-Festival  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
19. ↑ State Garden Show Aschersleben