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PIRX is an electroacoustic duo founded by Marion Wörle aka Frau W (Laptop) and Maciej Sledziecki (Guitar) in 2006. They released their first album in 2009 (deleted scenes - satelita/a-Musik). PIRX uses the vocabulary of sound-art as it does elements from psychedelia, noise and Krautrock. The electronic music of the 90s and 2000s is also bursting through every crack of their music. Refreshingly non-academic and equipped with a fine sense of humor they bring great diversity to the day. So far they have toured Germany, The Netherlands, Switzerland, Luxembourg, France, Poland, UK and Hungary.
The filmmaker-collective JJST produced <<<<< this videos, based on the music. |
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![]() some excerpts of reviews of our first release (deleted scenes, 2009 - satelita/a-Musik): [...] The music that Marion Wörle and Maciej Sledziecki make under the name Pirx makes bold steps into the unknown and moves within this area so naturally and assuredly that it is hardly possible to trace them in words. Yet if one landmark of good music is that has to listen to it because one doesnt want to disturb its presence in the room, then Pirx have managed to pull off a damn good album. With an instrumentation comprising guitars and electronics, they create tones and noises that really sounds unique and at no point random, artificial or academically boring. Music which is „new“ without having to make a label out of it.
TCB, De:BuG.133, 06/09 „ [...] The music is very much song based, with all of the 11 tracks based on a specific idea or sound. All in all a great record that has been stuck in my cd player for a number of days. Steimblog / Robert van Heumen [...] The so-called „Deleted Scenes“ certainly live from noise. and they seem to work really well. The accompanying psychedelic guitar sounds suggest a certain affinity to Krautrock. Which doesnt go without saying, just because PirX are from Cologne. all in all, the record walks along atonal pathways and dives deep into dense walls of sound. not always easy listening, but interesting throughout. Hardmate [...] The interesting thing about Deleted Scenes (satelita/a-Musik) is, how sounds come into being - seemingly ex nihilo, which are hardly comparable with any other. There is neither a deconstruction, nor is a hermetical system built up. Which comes very close to the idea of freedom. Groove Warm noiSe an all-round pleasant and thankfully far removed from any stupid fairground pop noise music. actually there is far too little of this kind of music in the world. at last, something more than an empty la-la-la, no mundane epigone, no choruses, no pop-doodle nonsense. [...] just listen and enjoy it.
Thomas Blum, JungleWorld, 08/09 Well Tempered Disharmony This duo doesnt just master extreme situations - it goes out looking for them. The musicians layer imponderables one over the other and avoid predictability. Maybe it is a sign of a healthy mental faculty not to return to previously used melodies and rhythms? [...] The music of Pirx is well tempered disharmony - it only deviates from being purely detuned as much as the ear can tolerate. Sebastian Reier / Zeit online [...] So in the end one is justified in using a variation of the silly cliche: „Deleted Scene“ sounds like the soundtrack to a film, which was shot a long time ago but which nobody will ever see. Arno Raffeiner Kölner Stadtrevue 07/09 Tip: Pirx [...] one guitarist and one laptop musician attempt to unite free- jazz, ambient and new music. The result: well calculated off-notes mixed with warm soundscapes. But what am i saying - just have a listen to it!
vioworld.de 06/09 [...] Basically this is about a piece of electronic music which uses a similar means of production to say Fennesz: Maciej Sledziecki uses his guitar as sound generator and his partner Marion Wörle further processes the material on the laptop. The result is an arrhythmic stream of sounds which cunningly builds tension and offers interesting dynamics of the course of the whole album. (7/10) Werner Reiter [...] The two musicians have been playing together for quite some time, and this can be heard in the recordings. They distinguish themselves with a musical love of experimenting which is self-confident and convincingly expresses itself - sometimes with heavy interludes, noisy field recordings or ambient arrangements. its particularly nice to observe how Sledziecki works his guitar - on one hand harnessing its typical sound reservoir and on the other hand using special playing techniques, which are in turn then supported by Wörles intelligently applied digital play on sound. Raphael Smarzoch, Partikel/Kölncampus, 06/09 |
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