EPISODE 7 *** Tracklist & Credits

01 Las Tong

Mucho Pitchu (electronic measuring equipment: Brüel & Kjaer, Rohde & Schwarz, Hewlett Packard, Wandel & Goltermann; analogue and digital modular synthesis)

inspired by Phoebe Lesch

02 She

Helena Hartmann (text, vocals), Klaus Erika Dietl (bass synthesizer, production), Stephanie Müller aka Rag Treasure (skateboard guitar, production)

03 Die Waschmaschine von Aresing

Klaus Erika Dietl (bass synthesizer), Thomas Glatz (field recordings, PDF-read-aloud text, production), Laura Melis Theis (harmonica), Lina Zylla (text, voice loops)

04 Yurei

Klaus Erika Dietl (bass synthesizer, production), Sarah Ines (field recordings), Aoi Swimming (casio keyboards, composition, text, vocals), Stephanie Müller aka Rag Treasure (skateboard guitar, vocals), Notum (drone)

05 München-Berlin

Thomas Glatz (field recordings, guitar, production), Notum (electronic beats and sounds), The Hercules And Leo Case (sounds, vocal performance)

06 Morning Raga

Phoebe Lesch (songwriting, text, vocals), Mutcho Pitchu (electronic measuring equipment: Hera Laborsysteme, Brüel & Kjaer, Rohde & Schwarz, Hewlett Packard, Wandel & Goltermann; analogue and digital modular synthesis)

07 Don't Look Back – Soft Forward

Klaus Erika Dietl (table tennis ball percussion, electronic beats), Jo (field recordings), Stephanie Müller aka Rag Treasure (production), The Hercules And Leo Case (sounds, vocal performance), Carla Rosalia Zuccon (breath, field recordings), Manuela Zuccon (zither), Lina Zylla (text, voice loops)


08 A try – the grate prevents leaves from getting into the drain

Klaus Erika Dietl (ski guitar, sounds), Thomas Glatz (field recordings, guitar, production), Dorothee Jakubowski (chimes), Stephanie Müller aka Rag Treasure (prepared sewing machine, production, sounds, typewriter, vocals), Anas Nahleh (soundtrack of a paper coreography), Sigi Wiedemann (saxophone)


09 Füße ohne Sohle

Klaus Erika Dietl (bontempi, castanets, composition, litophone), Karl Hagen (amplified ballon, composition, drums, field recordings, Gugelhupf ring cake percussion, litophone), Elisabeth Anna Maria Kaiser (amplified comb, text, vocals), Djibril Mbow (djembe), Stephanie Müller aka Rag Treasure (asthmatic plastic toy rabbit, drums, text, vocals, production)
10 Occasional Terror

Klaus Erika Dietl (bass synthesizer, vocals), gamut inc (Marion Wörle: sounds), Sebastian Giussani aka Gustavo Moi (production), Inga Ramona Hansen aka INGA (electronic beats), Phoebe Lesch (electronic compositions), Stephanie Müller aka Rag Treasure (amplified air pump, text, vocals), Notum (soundscapes), Kat Petroschkat (KI voice, text)

11 Arme kleine John-Lee-Hooker-Spinne, wohin wirst Du wohl gehen, wenn der Bluesfrühling kommt

Thomas Glatz (guitar, field recordings, production), Helena Hartmann (text, vocals), Anton Kaun aka rumpeln (noise), Moni Kliche (noise, ventilator, guitar), Phoebe Lesch (electronic beats and composition), Mimosa Pale (accordion)

12 Petit

Klaus Erika Dietl (birdy flute, kitchen improved plastic percussion), Karl Hagen (bontempi, drums, noise), Dorothee Jakubowski (chimes, vocals), Djibril Mbow (djembe), Magnus Mösch (straw percussion), Stephanie Müller aka Rag Treasure (vocal overdubs, production), Gerda Reutlinger-Mösch (Wok percussion)

the lyrics are based on excerpts from „Le Petit Prince“ written by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Alligator Gozaimsu (pronunciation: Alligator Goh-sai-mahs) refers to the Japanese expression Arigato Gozaimasu (English: Thank You Very Much), just with a bity „Alligator“-spice on top

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ALLIGATOR GOZAIMASU *** The XXL group

ALLIGATOR GOZAIMASU is made of many heads, voices and noises. The sound collective with about 60 members, spread all over the world, is back on the map with their upcoming release: Solange bunte Balken durchlaufen (engl.: As Long As Render Bars Go Colourful). The album title refers to the process of rendering in audio or video editing programmes.
The centerpiece of the XXL band is the experimental pop group beißpony (ChicksOnSpeed Records/ RagRec). In the midst of the lockdown beißpony's percussionist and songwriter Stephanie Müller reactivated a music collaboration that had already started in 2014. In spring 2020, step by step, more artists and sound lovers joined in.

During the process of sharing sonic fragments, voices and noises online, the collective decided to try an album in episodes: an album that is open for all the different circumstances and needs of such a large band, an album that celebrates mood swings and listens closely to the different tempi in these days.

The artists

... come from Berlin, Bremerhaven, Horb am Neckar, Munich, Salzburg, Vienna and Zurich, from Phoenix (Arizona, USA), Dakar (Senegal), Istanbul (Turkey), Ivano Frankivsk (Ukraine), Oxford
(UK), Banjul (Gambia), Rome (Italy), Sevilla (Spain), Turku (Finnland) and Tokyo (Japan).

The album * Solange Bunte Balken Durchlaufen * As Long As Render Bars Go Colourful

Something vague is raising its voice inbetween the lines. The seventh episode consists of 12 songs. They swing along with all the ups and downs of the these days. The episode celebrates the beauty of delay. Digital interferences and latencies are not edited. Instead they become a mutual part of the collaborative compositions.


Cover Artwork

by Jo and Frank Nagel // Orange 'Ear, Berlin,Germany // orange-ear.de


The release

Starting in July 2020 sound lovers are heartily invited to enter ALLIGATOR GOZAIMASU's sonic cosmos and to join the journey as long as render bars go colourful. Each release will be shared via bandcamp. All contributions will be donated. This time to Sea Watch e.V..

Enjoy listening *