Das Hertz: The 2009 Podcast Album Series

Hertzutage

Sun, 22 November 2009 18:00:00 +0200

In order to present something "fresh" we hope you'll enjoy some silly jamming along with some silly sound effects. Hahahaa! Let's face the truth: Cologne's seemingly most prolific Band in fact is currently very busy being not very existent. Gee, this was recorded in March this year and it is the last thing we had done!
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2009-03-19)

Psychotic Carnival

Sun, 18 October 2009 18:00:00 +0200

Following the seemingly ambitious production of last month's "Grapevine Blues", Das Hertz is back here at it's most authentic: Just two tracks drawn from two sets from one session. No gimmicks!
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2008-01-31)

Grapevine Blues

Fri, 18 September 2009 14:00:00 +0200

Once again this is a group's favourite, probably the most accessible thing we ever did and maybe a recommendation to neophytes. By the way this is the very first collection from the podcast-series to be finished. It could have become the group's third web-album, if it wasn't recorded by the guitar-based power-trio in the first case and if the podcast-idea didn't emerge anyway.
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2006-11-02 & 2007-03-28)

Dazu

Fri, 21 August 2009 21:00:00 +0200

If you would ask about what the average Hertz-session is like, this sequel could be the answer.
The title of this sequel directly translated is "to it". On the first track Michael mockingly announces: "ladies and gentlemen, this (what you hear) doesn't yet belong to it (the performance)". Thus the track is baptised "This doesn't yet belong to it". The rest of the tracks are baptised with explanations, how much or why they belong to it.
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2007-08-02)

Trommelfrei Pianorausch

Sun, 18 July 2009 19:00:00 +0200

Puns in German can become much too confusing even for Germans. A "drum-free piano-intoxication", what is the meaning of this? You'll find out easily by listening.
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2007-03-13)

Halb Mono

Sat, 20 June 2009 13:00:00 +0200

In 2006 our best loved joke was that we were considering mono for future recordings. A year later it became distressingly true at this session, when one channel on the recording defected.
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2007-05-03)

More Hertz Per Hour

Sat, 23 May 2009 13:00:00 +0200

This is a sort of philosophical question:
If there were more minutes per hour, would the hours be longer or the minutes be shorter? We dug both directions!
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2007-07-19)

Les suites du Hertz

Sat, 18 April 2009 13:00:00 +0200

Now finally here's the first podcast featuring the "regular" quartet line-up. This could be called an instant composing experiment. It started as an demonstration of how many ideas the band is able to produce in just one session or what the band possibly is capable of. It ended as one of the earliest collections in this series, to be exact the second podcast-album to be finished.
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2007-04-19)

40 Minuten

Sat, 21 March 2009 13:00:00 +0200

This is a collective improvisation lasting 40 minutes. No edits this time but a couple of guests, making up a HertzSeptet. The intro might take a couple of minutes.
Recorded in Cologne, Germany (2007-07-07)

PZM 38

Sat, 21 February 2009 19:00:00 +0200

This is the other version of the HertzTrio featuring Martin Ziegler on rhodes and synth and again Guido on Bass and Wolli on drums. This time we present the more jazzier side of the group, recorded at one session on May 11th 2008.

Idden Planet

Mon, 26 January 2009 23:00:00 +0200

This sequel presents the guitar-based "power-trio" line-up with Michael Peters (guitar and looping devices), Guido Erfen (bass, editing, remastering) and Wolli Dieckmann (drums) initially heard on "Initial".