Linien II 1948-49, by Linien II

Linien II 1948-49

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	1.	Interview med Richard Winther, 1971 02:16
	2.	H. Kragh-Jacobsen - Bruitistisk koncert nr. 1, 1948 03:48
	3.	Richard Winther - Maskinsymfoni nr. 2, 1948 03:51
	4.	Richard Winther - Bruitistisk improvisation, 1949 03:02
	5.	Ib Geertsen - Lyddigt uden titel, 1949 03:04
	6.	Interview med Gunnar Aagaard Andersen, 1971 06:19
	7.	Gunnar Aagaard Andersen - Koncert for fem violiner og et lysbilledapparat, 1949 [performed by Gruppen for Alternativ Musik, 1971] 13:23

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This release presents the earliest known Danish works of sound art. Five works from 1948-49 created by the visual artists Richard Winther (1926-2007), Hans “Bamse” Kragh-Jacobsen (1913-92), Niels Macholm (1915-1997), Ib Geertsen (1919-2009) and Gunnar Aagaard Andersen ( 1919-1982), all of whom were part of the artist group Linien II.

“This isn’t music; it is painters making noise paintings”
- Richard Winther

“One ought to be able to make a line that is free of the canvas, standing straight in the air – one ought to be able to do that with sounds”
- Gunnar Aagaard Andersen

The story of Linien II's sound experiments is a story about how a handful of young, idealistic, self-aggrandizing and silly Danish artist dandies in 1948 by a detour invented their own concrete sound art, almost exactly at the same time as radio technician and composer Pierre Schaeffer worked on developing his musique concréte in Paris – and even presented their concrete sound works to the public at an exhibition in Copenhagen before Schaeffer's first and landmark musique concréte work 'Cinq études de bruits' was premiered on French radio.

The release presents five experimental sound works that in different ways represent the artists’ attempts at finding new solutions to a set of formal aesthetic concerns in relation to concrete art by transposing them into the medium of sound. It is a story that hasn’t been told before, as the works until now have only existed in two sets of copies on the original fragile lacquer records, both of which have been locked deep inside museum archives. Now the historical sound works can finally be heard when the Institute for Danish Sound Archeology are releasing them on LP almost 75 years after their recording.

Accompanying the release, a comprehensive art historical text knits
together the story about the creation and context of the experimental sound works.

The release is made in collaboration with SMK National Gallery of Denmark, Museum Jorn, and with the support and invaluable help of the heirs of the artists.

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released February 11, 2022

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