Potier. - Misleading Those Lost
C32 Tape
Jungle Crunk
Dayton, Ohio
2013
8 cuts of harsh noise
small motors & parts, magnets, needles, pins,
junk metal, marbles, contact mics, pedal fx
Recorded between May & August 2012
Thank you to Mr. Joel Walter (Inbreeder)!
Listen to a sample here.
Still:
Potier. - Apparatus/Styrene Migration
C32 TapeFoxhole Atheism Tapes
Dayton, Ohio
2012
Label Description:
Dense, methodically executed harsh noise. Swimming dynamics and varied leveling.
Packaged in modified cassette mailer and painted jewel case.
Thanks to Nate Tandy for putting this out.
Do yourselves a favor and check out Foxhole Atheism!
To get it from the label - contact: diaphragmaticbreath@gmail.com
Potier. - DuctileC16 Tape
Chrome
Edition of 50
Ramshackle Day Parade Records
2012
2 Tracks - Recorded, Mixed & Mastered By Potier.
Artwork Layout by Myles Bartel.
This tape showcases a different side of
my work - contact microphones, springs,
metal, wood, random objects.
Reviews:
"Sick! - Like a 50-car pileup at the Bonneville Salt Flats." (Kaonashi San)
"Nearly a year between appearances, Edmonton’s Michael Toepfer returns with another Potier. tape. Titled ‘Ductile’, this relatively-brief cassette demonstrates well the live performance of Noise, not only through the intense energy peaks of Toepfer’s last endeavor, but with the additional dynamics of practice – the setup, the fondling, the ambiguity; here complimented by additional materials like wood and metals sniffed-out by contact mics. The punchy angles are still there, repeating the arrhythmic outburst of frustration which is the driving force of Harsh Noise, but the finer-tunings around the edges have allowed in a more qualified contrast across each side (the “duct” of the title: pores, vents and gills), no matter the levels, indicating a more meditative and efficient performance overall." (Animal Psi)
Vital Weekly Review is here.
Potier. - Einsicht In Die Notwendigkeit
C20 Tape
Chrome
Edition Of 100
Self-Release 2011
Professionally Duplicated & Imprinted At National Audio CompanySpringfield, MO, USA
2 Tracks, Recorded & Mixed By Potier.
Mastered By Zach Adams. (seasonalaffect.com)
Artwork Layout By JLIAT. (jliat.com)
This one is now also being distributed in Europe through Sincope.
Reviews:
"A cassette which is a sound track to [...] urban failure and a cancer of body and soul." (Vital Weekly)
"...two side-long tracks of classic, self-loathing Noise"
"...disorienting and bluntly terrifying" (Animal Psi)
"...definitively bleak and oppressive..."
"...feels like windburn, but in a good way..."
"...a very rewarding listen for fans of harsh noise and walls."
(Memory Wave Transmission)
"It's a poisonous cloud. It shimmers while it thrashes. It tickles as it stings."
"Ear-splittingly and unapologetically rough..."
"Total sonic wreck. Positively murderous."
(Auxiliary Out)
Samples:
Listen to samples from the releases on Soundcloud.
Solo:
Peripherie - Self-Release - CDr - 2007 - Out Of Print
Schwere See - Self-Release - MiniCDr - 2007 - Out Of Print
Omnious Presentiments - Fingerbib Netlabel - MP3/256kbps - 2008 - Still available here.
Naturally Caged - Self-Release - C30 - 2011 - Limited Edition Of 20 (originally 18) - Last Copy!
Einsicht In Die Notwendigkeit - Self-Release - C20 - 2011 - Limited Edition Of 100
Potier.//Ocra Split C30 - Ramshackle Day Parade Records (RDP_003) - C30 - 2011 - Limited Edition Of 50 - try Scream/Writhe Distro - in Edmonton it may still be available through Listen Records & Blackbyrd Myoozik
Ductile - Ramshackle Day Parade Records (RDP_014) - C16 - 2012 - Limited Edition Of 50
Apparatus/Styrene Migration - Foxhole Atheism Tapes - C30 - 2012
Misleading Those Lost - Jungle Crunk - C32 - 2013
Compilation:
"Robotic Bishop" on "Various - HHHH006 1:01:36" - Hum And Hiss - MP3/320kbps - 2010 - Still available here.
"Untitled" on "Various - Second Bi-Annual Report" - Absurd Exposition - Various Formats - 2012 - Available here.
"Untitled" on "Various - Ramshackle Day Parade 2012 - Ramshackle Day Parade Records - CDr & other formats - Available from the label.
Live-History:
2011-02-22 - Ramshackle Day Parade @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Ocra, Zebra Pulse
Small excerpt is here.
2011-04-22 - Ramshackle Day Parade @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Wind Rose, Parker & others. Video is here. Thanks to Parker!
2011-06-15 - @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Zebra Pulse, Holzkopf & Mindkontrolultra
2011-08-10 - @ Wunderbar, Edmonton, AB - with Ocra, Zebra Pulse & Sir Ma'Am Ma'Am. Short clip available here. Thanks to Owen.
2011-10-21 - @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - as part of the "Symphony of Noise"
2011-11-22 - @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Commodities & Pigeon Breeders
2011-12-29 - @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Ocra & others
2012-03-17 - @ Pith Gallery, Calgary, AB - with TAIWAN, Pigeon Breeders & Zebra Pulse
2012-04-06 - @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - Tonus Vivus meets Ramshackle Day Parade - with Pigeon Breeders, Zebra Pulse (with Sean McIntosh), Mugbait, Allison Balcetis & Thom Golub, Dan Brophy & Ruth Guechtal
2012-04-22 - @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Meat Force, Vipers Without Vapours & Pizzarrhea
2012-08-22 - @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Lakes, Pigeon Breeders & Chishu Ryu
2012-08-23 - @ Vivo Media Arts Centre, Vancouver, BC - Destroy Vancouver II, with Burrow Owl, Totems, The Rita, Worker, Ghost Taco & Winters In Osaka
2012-08-24 - @ Open Space, Victoria, BC - Noise! 2012 - with more than 20 other artists; documented in fragments on the tube - starts here. (Thanks to Skrunt Skrunt)
2012-10-22 - @ Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Damno Te, Acid Attack, Xime
2012-12-22 - @ Emmedia Gallery & Production Society, Calgary, AB - with Citadel, Protagonist/Antagonist, Terrible Crayon, Lodestar Supernumerary, Taskmaster
2013-01-19 - Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Agape Raygun Experiment, Don Ross, Bill Damur, Skrunt Skrunt, Serenity Cell
2013-03-22 - Bohemia Cafe, Edmonton, AB - with Bong Sample, Damno Te & Psyrinx
Contact & Inqiries:
MichaelToepfer@gmx.net
Michael Toepfer
11919 82 Street NW, Apt. 204
Edmonton, AB, T5B2W4
Canada
