Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt * Dear Beloved (I Have A Heart) 

  01. Black Leather Jesus 
   
  02. The Shadow of the Past 

  03. Daphne Oram (Hidden Treasures of Oramics) 

  04. A Tribute to The Genius of Carl Crack (Radio Tschernobly Revisited) 

  05. Crepusculum One (Dawn of The Ohio Valkyries) 

  06. Dear Beloved (I Have A Heart) 
 
  07. Elegy for Everett Andreus Gant (When Everything Ends, Picture Me Smiling)  

  08. A Tribute To The Genius Of Michael Scott (KINGDOM Koobaatoo Asparagus) 

  09. American Dub (Some Like It Hot)  

  10. Will The Real Mitt Romney Please Stand Up (Finally Getting Tough On Big Bird) 

  11. Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt And Me (A Personal History Recorded in Five Minutes)  

                                           
                                                   2012 cOmaRecOrdz  (CR#22)   


                                                           "Accidental Guitar" 

Experiment and concept are not mutually exclusive, and this is made evident by Berlin-based musician and composer Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt’s concept of “Accidental Guitar”. However, the outwardly emotional-spontaneous, intuitive and occasionally wild and furious qualities that are characteristic of his performances and recordings are certainly not generated “by accident” – in other words, they do not arise by chance or as a result of a spontaneous mood. “Accidental Guitar” is a holistic and grounded concept that includes three main aspects. The first of these is the creation of sounds and sound worlds by combining the guitar with distortion effects – a type of “routing” or “mapping” technique where the musician does not lose himself, however, but instead works in a deliberate manner with the tools available to him. The second dimension of “Accidental Guitar” is improvisation – an approach that Cooper Marquardt has chosen, systematically rejecting predetermined choreographies and all forms of rehearsal or planning. This applies not only to live performances, but also when making recordings in his studio. Finally, the third dimension to this concept is the specific situation that the musician encounters when playing: the atmosphere and setting, the persons, conditions and moods present in the space in question lead to a contextualisation of his music.

The carefully considered and, at the same time, situation-specific concept behind “Accidental Guitar” allows Cooper Marquardt to maintain conscious control of his work despite its experimental nature. This awareness becomes a formative element of his music, which arises from “accidents” that the musician reacts to. Ultimately, this chain of reactions results in a certain logic, which nonetheless does not restrict the spontaneous, free momentum of his work.

                             Birgit Anna Schumacher, author and curator
(Based on a conversation with Sean Derrick Cooper Marquardt in February 2011)   


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