SEMUIN

Music
Semuin is an attempt to combine (de-)construction with diminished expression in a friendly and subtle manner. This is achieved by mixing computer-generated sounds, noise and field-recordings with acoustic instruments. The use of strong beats has been deliberately avoided as they would dominate the tracks too much.

Person
Semuin is Jochen Briesen, a musician, who is currently working on several projects with very different approaches: TAUNUS and GASTON. He also works for film- and theatre productions. Jochen Briesen was born in Heidelberg in 1976 and lives in Berlin since 1998. He is finishing his musicology and philosophy studies in 2004.

Set-Up
The live-set-up consists of: Powerbook, 4- track-rec., steelstringguitar, kalimba, harmonium and some effects.

DISCOGRAPHY

Anne "Laplantine/Semuin Splitt 12" (happy zloty)
Tracks on various compilations
Province (Audio Dregs, July 2005)

THE WIRE says:

SEMUIN
province
With the cover artwork of FS Blumm, mastered by Greg Davis and released under a name that conveys next to nothing, this album from Berlin´s Jochen Briesen is one of those fine-boned forest creatures that only emerges from the shadows when you pretend to be looking away. The structures are delicate, barely more than torn scrims of acoustic sounds, rumpled snatches processed effects. Pay close attention an they all but disappear. The occasional bold gesture may still catch you unawares, however, such as the extended quotation from Stravinsky´s Symphony Of Wind Instruments at the end of "Lok" or surging, rapidly spliced voices on "Lktubii". Out of such moments are strong passions born. "It´s really a fucking great record," says Greg Davis. "I love it." And so will you.