Pas Paravant
Pas Paravant was an Austrian avant-garde music group. It was created in 1980 in the so-called “living room” in Vienna and found its name in 1982. With one exception, it consisted of visual artists who used a wide variety of media and materials. The initial core group of three people grew to nine in the first few years, briefly shrank to the first three in the mid-1980s, only to level off at six in 1987. Wolfgang Stengel wrote about the working method of the band in 1991: “… There is no common denominator, blocking the smallest common, the individual (musicians) are not connected by a verbalized program, but an a priori consensus of action. The results grow out of this openness and heterogeneity. "
Members
- Felix Dorner - vocals, guitar - 1983–1985
- Martin Eiter - vocals, synthesizer - 1982–1983
- Karl Kowanz - alto saxophone , soprano saxophone , vocals, synthesizer - from December 1980
- Renate Kowanz-Kocer - drums, vocals - from Dec. 1980
- Wolfgang Poor - bass saxophone , percussion, vocals - from Dec. 1980
- Günther Schrom - e-bass, vocals - 1981–1985
- ManfreDu Schu - vocals, synthesizer - 1982–1985
- Wolfgang Steng (e) l - vocals, guitar, percussion - 1981–1985
- Hans Weigand - guitar, electric bass - 1981–1985
history
1980–1985: Founding history and early years
The roots of the band go back to 1980 when Karl Kowanz (as., Ss., Synth., Voc.), Renate Kowanz-Kocer (dr., Voc.) And Wolfgang Poor (bs., Perc., Voc .) founded the initially nameless group Pas Paravant in Vienna, Floridsdorf . It formed as an open group from the art academy environment of visual artists and musicians in order to make new music together in the so-called "living room".
In March 1981, the trio's first limited music cassette was released from the “living room”. Soon afterwards their mutual artist friends Martin Eiter (synth., Voc.), Who, however, left the group again after a year because he moved to Kitzbühel, Günther Schrom (eb., Voc.), Wolfgang Stengel (guit., Voc.) .) and Hans Weigand (guit., eb.), and shortly afterwards released “Die Grüne”, “Twilight, for Pleasure” and “Naema”, with independent structures of indie synth rock, new wave and minimal wave experimented and acted very quickly in artistic circles. In 1982 Manfred Schu (ManfreDu) (voc., Synth., Harm.) And in 1983 the guitarist Felix Dorner (guit., Voc.) Became members of the band.
The limited edition "No. 5 "and the limited" No. 6 ”, on which their musical language had changed to a more transparent color tone due to the diverse artistic positions of the band members, the influences of minimal music, jazz, noise, minimal synth and experimental electronic soundscapes developed and through the spontaneous way of working with reinforced guitar riffs and acoustic ones Instruments such as clarinet, saxophone, drums or flute created integrated sound spaces.
At the time, W. Stengel defined the band's ensemble as follows: “… Pas Paravant is an organoid-long surplus company undertaking. ... Material is played in with a constant infrequency until the time for production, for holding, sieving and compacting results from an internal or external necessity. "
The year 1983 marked a turn for Pas Paravant from the “living room” to a larger public: in the video “Sketches based on motifs of the hedge” and the first major appearances on ORF radio, with the “miniatures” in the jukebox and in the Television, with the ORF program "Art for Survival" this was reflected.
On May 23rd, the first highlight took place with the concert in the international festival “Töne & Gegentöne” at the Wiener Festwochen in the Vienna Secession, after which, as the following group, The Residents followed, a great pride for PAS PARAVANT, as they are for the Band had a role model.
Due to the strong relationship of the group members of Pas Paravant to the fine arts, a legendary concert was staged on March 4th in the well-known gallery next St. Stephan in Vienna. On June 21st he performed at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, at that time still a University of Applied Arts, where artists like Joseph Beuys and Bazon Brock taught at that time. with "The Longest Night".
In autumn 1983, “Die Rosa” appeared in a limited edition from the “living room” interspersed with musical innovations.
On January 8, 1984 the opening concert "Pas Paravant" was given in the "Szene Wien" in Vienna-Simmering. This was followed by the radio play “The Princess” on ORF and the “Post Stand” at Ars Electronica in Linz.
In 1985, under the name Pas Paravant, K. Kowanz, R. Kowanz-Kocer and W. Poor produced the film music for “Remember this face” under the direction of Gerhard Mesek.
1986-1991
The early work of Pas Paravant was summarized by K. Kowanz, R. Kowanz-Kocer and W. Poor in October 1986 with the record "Brot und Spiel" at the Videonale on ORF, this presentation with an installation by the artist Romana Scheffknecht and the cover by artist Peter Kogler were completed. Wolfgang Kos described the music of the “Pas Paravant record” with the words: “Bread and games; ... These short pieces are pretty wild rides: They are composed in a way that is not typical for wind players because they leave the players no space to blow and breathe ... The computer pieces, which sometimes rock around with dance music like minimalist sports coupés, have their pitfalls: There is the smooth smoothness of an organ sound à la Sixties, but there is also percussive restlessness ... ”This was followed by a performance from the series“ Two Rooms - Pas Paravant & Guests ”at Ars Electronica in Linz in 1987, again with a stage installation by Romana Scheffknecht and R. Plaster.
In 1988 the performance with the exhibition of the same name "Two rooms - 2nd act" with the Pas Paravant guests Wolfgang Stengl and Hans Weigand took place in the Galerie Grita Insam in Vienna, where the record with the "Music from - two rooms" was also presented. This was followed by a longer break, as the individual group members pushed ahead with their solo projects, only to find a common project together again in the spring of 1991 under the motto "The Beat Goes On", which was called "Listening period Pas Paravant" with a Live performance in a stage structure built from colored layered Funder panels and the video “The Beat Goes On” in the Funderhalle, Sankt Veit an der Glan / Austria.
Discography
Studio albums
- 1981: Floridsdorf Dec. 80 – Feb. 81 (MC)
- 1981: The Greens (MC)
- 1981: Twilight, for Pleasure (MC)
- 1981: Naema (MC)
- 1982: No. 5 & No. 6 (MC)
- 1983: No. 7 (die Rosa) (MC)
- 1986: Bread and Games (12INCH33)
- 1987: Pas Paravant Revisited / Workshop (MC)
- 1988: Music from - Two Rooms (12INCH33)
- 1991: Listening period Pas Paravant (CD)
- 2010: Neonbeats (CD-2)
Audio recordings
- 1981: 1st audio cassette: Kocer / Kowanz / Poor - Floridsdorf Dec. 80 – Feb. 81.
- 1981: 2nd audio cassette: Eiter / Kocer / Kowanz / Poor / Schrom / Stengl / Weigand "Die Grüne"
- 1981: 3rd audio cassette: Eiter / Kocer / Kowanz / Poor / Schrom / Stengl / Weigand "Twilight, for Pleasure"
- 1981: 4th audio cassette: Eiter / Kocer / Kowanz / Poor / Schrom / Stengl / Weigand "Naema"
- 1982: 5th audio cassette: Eiter / Dorner / Kocer / Kowanz / Poor / Schu / Schrom / Stengl / Weigand "Nr.5"
- 1982: 6th audio cassette: Eiter / Dorner / Kocer / Kowanz / Poor / Schu / Schrom / Stengl / Weigand "Nr.6"
- 1983: 7th audio cassette: Kocer / Kowanz / Poor / Schu / Schrom / Stengl / Weigand "7" (the pink)
More shots
- 1983: Sketches based on the motif of the hedge (video)
- 1983: Miniatures (an audio exhibition of the music box / ORF)
- 1983: Art for Survival (ORF broadcast)
Concerts
- January 8, 1983 opening of "Szene Wien"
- March 4, 1983 Gallery next to St. Stephan
- May 23, 1983 "Tones & Counter-tones" - Wr. Festival weeks
- June 21, 1983 “The longest night” - Hochschule f. Applied arts in Vienna
- Video presentations: “1.Intern. Video Festival “- Berlin
- "Krienser Filmtage" - Switzerland
- 1st Festival Intern. "Cinema Giovani Torino '83",
- Telephone concert: "Berlin-Budapest-Vienna"
Individual evidence
- ^ Pas Paravant Archive of Austrian Popular Music. Retrieved July 13, 2016.