<ot>Christoph Heemann,Richard Devine, and Magicicada atEyedrum on Feb 1st

["Christopher White" <magicicada@charter.net>]

Euphonic Productions & Electric Arts Alliance of Atlanta
present
CHRISTOPH HEEMANN
plus special guests RICHARD DEVINE
and MAGICICADA
9pm, Sat, Feb 1st
$8 at the door
EYEDRUM
290 MLK Jr. Drive, SE, Suite 8
Atlanta, GA 30312
404-522-0655 or http://www.eyedrum.org
http://tk-jk.net/euphonic/
http://www.theEAAA.org
http://www.magicicada.com
http://schematic.net/artist/devine.htm
Christoph Heemann's recordings with H.N.A.S. and as a solo 
act reflect his inheritance of a number of rich European 
legacies: Kraut-rock, the industrial cut-ups of Nurse with 
Wound and Cabaret Voltaire, and the idea of the invisible 
soundtrack which has intrigued many independent-minded 
producers from Brian Eno to Paul Schütze. In 1983, the 
teenaged Heemann formed H.N.A.S. (Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa, 
roughly translated as "Deer Not on the Sofa") with Achim 
Flaan (aka Achim P. Li Khan).

Amidst a parade of obscure cassette-only releases on their 
own Dom Records, the duo's first major album, 1985's 
"Abwassermusik" reflected an interest in collages of 
samples, tape loops and found sounds, often repeated ad 
infinitum. For 1986's "Melchior", an expanded H.N.A.S. 
Lineup worked with the very sympathetic Steven Stapleton 
(of Nurse with Wound) and issued the album on Stapleton's 
United Dairies label. The group released two more LPs 
during 1986-87, "Im Schatten Der Möhre" and "Küttel im 
Frost" (both on Dom).

Meanwhile, Christoph Heemann had begun working farther a 
field, with an assortment of figures in the noise 
underground. He recorded a remix-by-mail project with 
Merzbow ("Sleeper Awake on the Edge of the Abyss"), 
appeared with Chicago guitarist Jim O'Rourke's Illusion of 
Safety, recorded with H.N.A.S.'s own Andrea Martin, and 
released work as Mimir with Legendary Pink Dots main man 
Edward Ka-Spel, Silverman and Jim O'Rourke. Heemann's 
first solo work, the 1992 EP "Über Den Umgang Mit Umgebung 
und Andere Versuche" (released on Robot Records), 
effectively ended H.N.A.S. as a recording entity (though 
Achim P. Li Khan continued with the Damenbart and Brigitte 
projects).

Christoph Heeman's first album work, "Invisible Barrier", 
appeared on the Australian Extreme Records in 1993. 
Inspired by filmmakers Alain Resnais and Louis Malle, he 
recorded "Aftersolstice" one year later, for the Barooni 
label. Following his third solo album, 1997's Days of the 
Eclipse,
Heemann again branched out to work on other projects, 
among them another Mimir release, several dates with 
Illusion of Safety, and a role in the recording of the 
Current 93 album "In a Foreign Land, In a Foreign Town" 
with David Tibet and Steven Stapleton.

He also runs the Streamline label. For further info, 
please see: http://www.brainwashed.com/ and 
http://www.robotrecords.com/.



H.N.A.S. entry in "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg" compendium 
(Audion Publications, 1996) 
by Steven & Alan Freeman 

Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa (in English "Deer Not on the 
Sofa", aka H.N.A.S. for short) have proved to be amongst 
the most radical of the 80's post industrial/new-wave 
bands to emerge in Germany. Most notably inspired by Nurse 
With Wound, Faust and the Krautrock scene, the duo of 
Christoph Heemann and Achim P. Li Khan (aka Achim Flaam) 
have made some remarkable music. The history of H.N.A.S. 
seems to have been deliberately kept obscure, so possibly 
some early cassette releases may exist. Their first record 
was made together with Mieses Gegonge, and was heavily 
industrial and a mite chaotic. To gain the independence to 
do exactly what they wanted, H.N.A.S. established their 
own DOM Records after this. But, before releasing an album 
of their own, they tested the water with some 
international samplers. As with Nurse With Wound albums, 
much of the Hirsche Nicht Aufs Sofa sound is created by 
studio trickery and effects, yet there is much more rock 
structure in their albums, especially so the later ones. 
Much of their products is limited or at least extremely 
obscure, naturally due to being so bizarre! 

At the turn of the 90's H.N.A.S. fragmented and became 
just an occasional project. Christoph Heemann has done 
much solo work and collaboration with other musicians and 
friends since, and with other H.N.A.S. cohorts he formed 
the Mimir project together with Legendary Pink Dots 
musicians. He also runs the Streamline label. Achim P. Li 
Khan established his own label DOM Elchklang, and set up 
many bogus groups and offbeat projects, especially good 
being the psychedelic "Damenbart", and the weird 
industrial art-rock of "Brigitte". 


Locals Richard Devine (Warp Records) and Magicicada 
(Submarine Records) open.


Christoph Heemann - "Time is the Simplest Thing" CD (3P9)
This new solo release will only be available at this 
performance.



UPCOMING...
Feb 23: Paul Flaherty/Chris Corsano at Eyedrum
March 5: Chris Cutler, Son of C.O.D. at Eyedrum
    


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