(A)tonal Adventures. 37 Years of Music Production in Times of New Complexity and Creative Depth [Atonal Adventures/Tonal Adventures]
A Chronicle of Intakt Records by Patrik Landolt
Landolt, Patrik
ISBN 978-3-909066-32-2
1. Aufl.
Erscheinungsjahr 2025
Sprache E
123 Seiten
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37 years of jazz history. The Zurich label Intakt Records reflects musical and social developments and presents counter-worlds. As early as the 1980s, female jazz musicians brought their feminist protest to the stage. Louis Moholo and Irène Schweizer played drums and piano for the liberation of South Africa. Patrik Landolt, the founder of Intakt Records, visited pianist Cecil Taylor and guitarist Elliott Sharp in New York, when the Twin Towers were attacked. His chronicle of music production describes the adventures of Intakt Records, tells of the stubborn struggle for the survival of a creative minority culture – and also of the luck of being out in the open with this music. A new generation has been running the jazz label since 2022.
In this English translation, Florian Keller from the Intakt team adds an epilogue to the chronicle.
Book rewiews
Article (in Italian) by Piercarlo Poggio on www.thenewnoise.it (20/05/2025):
«… Lunga vita alla Intakt, comunque vada.»
«(...) And there’s the outstanding Intakt Records, founded in 1984 by Patrik Landolt, who stepped back in 2021 after 37 years of producing records and, in retirement, has just received the honorary award of the Deutsche Schallplattenkritik — the organisation of German record critics. His story of those years is contained in a new book, (A)tonal Adventures, containing short extracts from his journals, vividly describing the pleasures and problems of running such a label, travelling between Europe and America. (...)
Since Landolt’s retirement, the label’s reins have passed to a team including Florian Keller, whose postscript to (A)tonal Adventures takes us out on a note of optimism. “Intakt Records has never been an ivory tower,” he writes. “It is about setting topicality to music, where the political and social issues framing the music are also considered.” With albums as thoughtful and eloquent as Back to the Land, it’s fair to assume that the mission is in safe hands.»
Richard Williams, 9.12.2024, thebluemoment.com [Link to the blog post]
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Unterwegs im Freien. Zürich, New York, London, Berlin. 37 Jahre Musikproduktion von Intakt Records.