The Hafler Trio
is a 'collective enchanted loom' centered around Andrew McKenzie who collaborates occasionally with whoever is interesting and around. And nice.

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COMPOSITIONS

(all compositions by A.M. McKenzie unless otherwise stated)

Suppressed Noise | Inherent Aggression | All Largely Propaganda | A Sound & Color Analogy | Acoustic Lens Facsimilie | "BANG!" | The Morality of Sound | The Location of Detached Sounds | Psychophon Installation Test Tape | Location Screening Exercise | The Limitations of Silence | Echoes in the Body | "Robolised" Atomium Dawn Chorus | A Demonstration of the Non-Medical Use of Microphones | Owl Ionisation Recording (1968)
on "BANG" — an Open Letter
(DVR 4, Doublevision, U.K., LP + booklet, May 1984)
all with C.R. Watson, published by Rough Trade Music

Soundtrack to "Alternation, Perception & Resistance" — a Comprehension Exercise | Extract from Exercises in Conjunction with the Emotional Responses Incurred During a Performance of "BURST"
(LAY 13, L.A.Y.L.A.H., Belgium, LP + booklet, March 1985)
with C.R. Watson, published by Rough Trade Music

Seven Hours | Six Hours | Five Hours | Four Hours | Three Hours | Two Hours | One Hour
on Seven Hours Sleep
(LAY 17, L.A.Y.L.A.H., Belgium, 2EP + booklet, October 1985)
(Re-released by Korm Plastics with a revised booklet, March 2006)

Hotondo Kiki Torenai
(no catalogue number, AQM, Japan, C60, 100 copies, 1985)

An Introduction to Go | Of the Building of Forms by Vibrations | The Howney Stone
on The Sea Org
(TO:5, Touch, U.K., 10" EP + 20pp booklet, 1 October 1986)
(Re-released by Korm Plastics, NL, March 2005 with a revised booklet and 4 extra tracks: Behind You! | All, All, All | Family Voices | ''''''' and a video for PC/Mac "Impact Stadystate" by Deborah O'Rourke and The Hafler Trio)

'Blanket' Level Approach | Captation #7 — 'Transilient Membranes' | Buggy Whip Flings | Captation #9 — 'Sareköbe' | Strata Definition Test #10
on Brain Song
(T33:5, Touch, U.K, 10" EP, 1000 copies, 5 November 1986)
Released as the 'programme' to the exhibition Interaction held at The Camden Arts Centre, London NW3.

Redintegrate 1, 2 & 3
(STCD 014, Staalplaat, NL, CD [25:31] + booklet, deluxe wallet paper sleeve, 1991)
an extended re-release of
Redintegrate 1 & 2
(TOC:1, Touch, U.K., cassette, 1986)

Three Ways of Saying Two — The Netherlands Lectures
(CHARRM 3, CHARRM, U.K., LP + booklet, 7 November 1986)

'Tourist With Pendulum' — Ultrasonic Setting Up Procedure | Isle of Dogs | Gap in the Popes' Jar | Tribal Hourglass Geometry | The Quest for Rigel 6 | Anthopological G.I.G. for St.David : 'Chronos Destroyed' — Do | Experimental Earth Physics | Minus the Sea and the Sky
on Dislocation
(ST CD 003/Staalplaat OOK, Staalplaat, NL, CD [46:17] + booklet in deluxe wallet paper sleeve, 1990)
an extended re-release of
Dislocation cassette
(Staaltape OOK, Staalplaat, NL, C60 in a clear plastic bag with an insert, 1986)
(The CD was re-released by Korm Plastics with a revised booklet, 20 march 2008)

A Thirsty Fish | The Dirty Fire | A Loud Egg | The Blind Table | A Hungry Stone | The Rubber Ice | A Deaf Stick | The Closed Bread | An Elderly Testament
on A Thirsty Fish
(TO:9, Touch, U.K., 2LP, 7 November 1987)
(Re-released by Korm Plastics on 2CDs with a revised booklet, November 2005)

Initiation | Ascent | Purgatory No.1–'Remorse' | Purgatory No.2–'Work' | Descent | Consecration
on INTOUTOF
(SOL 14CD, Soleilmoon, U.S.A., CD [53:46] + booklet / LP KK 008, KK, Belgium, 1988)
(Re-released by Soleilmoon in jewelcase, 1998)

Kuklos
(TOC:2, Touch, U.K., C60, 1988)
Recorded for The Graphic Language of Neville Brody exhibition at the Twentieth Century Gallery at the V&A, and around the world thereafter. Includes the text 'Intention, attention and duplication' by Andrew McKenzie.

Before | Materia Confusa | Calcination | Aqua Ardens | Sublimation | Condensation | Crystallization | Albification | Solification | Nigredo | Journey in the Dark | The Inner | Words of Power | Gold from the Blackness | After
on Ignotum per Ignotius
(TO:11, Touch, U.K., CD [36:43] in deluxe wallet paper sleeve, 1989)
(Re-released by Korm Plastics with a revised booklet, 19 January 2007)

Alternation, Perception & Resistance | Kuklos | Imsak | Crucible | Mesne (Kruis)
on A Bag of Cats
(SPL:1, Touch, U.K., CD [23:22] + booklet, slipcase paper sleeve, 13 January 1990)
(Re-released by Touch in 1992 with a revised booklet in a jewelcase)
First issue of the Spiral audio-magazine

Masturbatorium
(Tone 1, Touch, U.K., CD [17:38] + booklet in jewelcase, 1991)
"Part one of the sexually-based epic project for the young at heart and girded of loin. Essential."

"Sheet" Level Approach | Ben, Ruach, Ab, Shaloshethem Yechad Thaubodo | Assent | Mesne (Kyss) | Of the Building of Vibrations by Forms | Before #3 | The Detachment of Locational Sounds | Metanoia | Up Like The Sun and Down Like a Pancake | Extract from Exercises in Conjunction with the Emotion Responses Uncurred During a Performance of "OATH" | The Same Room, Left*
on The Hafler Trio Play The Hafler Trio
(C3, Anckarström, Sweden, CD [63:16] + leaflet, deluxe wallet paper sleeve)
(STCD 031, Staaplaat, NL, CD + booklet in jewelcase, 1991)
(* With Z.Karkowski)

The Man Of Paper | All That Rises Must Converge | Bread & Shit | Without Mercy | Spiricom | I Remain, Yours
on The Hafler Trio Play The Halfer Trio Play The Hafler Trio
(TF 027, Tragic Figures, C60, 1991)
This tape was limited to 30 copies (all numbered and signed by Andrew McKenzie and Zbigniew Karkowski).
Released on the occasion of the first visit of The Hafler Trio to Portugal in December of 1991

Maps of Sand Dunes | The Threat That Cannot Be Obeyed | The Ames Room* | Hallowing | Fact (plural)# | Obelus | Sweat on Paper
on Kill The King
(SR 9113/STCD 013, Staalplaat/Silent — NL/U.S.A., CD [73:03] + 20pp booklet, deluxe wallet paper sleeve, 1991)
(Re-released by Korm Plastics with a revised booklet, December 2003 and Re-pressed in March 2007)
(* with Z. Karkowski — # with John Duncan)

Bull Baiting* | Empty Rooms and their Occupants | Splitting the Stick | The Vowel Flame | Callibre | Sec Check* | Eloise C
on Mastery of Money
(TO:18, Touch, U.K., CD [75:26] + 20pp booklet, deluxe wallet paper sleeve, 1992 )
(Re-released by Korm Plastics with a revised booklet, 28 September 2005, this release is unauthorised, and in its present state is not commensurate with the wishes of the author)
(* with Z. Karkowski)
"The second part of the scintillating trilogy widely acclaimedas 'album of the year' at the Mute Records Christmas party 1994."

FUCK
(Tone 3, Touch, U.K., CD [29:48] + booklet in jewelcase, 1992)
(with Z. Karkowski)
"Part two of the sexually-based epic project for the young at heart and girded of loin. Essential."

THE GOLDEN HAMMER
"Re-release programme of previous and previously unreleased workfrom the days when CD's were just drinks coasters of the future's imagination. From when the world was a better and more interestingplace to feel alone with. When records such as these could be released...". The whole set in not approved by The Hafler Trio. See Korm Plastics re-releases.

Suppressed Noise | Inherent Aggression | All Largely Propaganda | A Sound & Color Analogy | Acoustic Lens Facsimilie | "BANG!" | The Morality of Sound | The Location of Detached Sounds | Psychophon Installation Test Tape | Location Screening Exercise | The Limitations of Silence | Echoes in the Body | "Robolised" Atomium Dawn Chorus | A Demonstration of the Non-Medical Use of Microphones | Owl Ionisation Recording (1968) | Extract from 'Hotondo Kiki Torenai' #1 | 'Controller of the Instrument' #1 | Grey Voices | /Extracts from 'Hotondo Kiki Torenai' #2 | The Hafler Trio Demonstration Cassette | 'Reasoning Noise' | The Inner Church | Lexington '59
on "BANG!" — an Open Letter
(KUT 1, Touch/The Grey Area of Mute Records, UK/U.S.A., CD [70:53], 1992 )
"The first classic, packaged with much extra material"

Alternation, Perception & Resistance — a Comprehension Exercise | Extracts from Exercises in Conjunction with the Emotional Responses Incurred during a Performance of "BURST" | Jenseits (previously unreleased) | Last Extant Recording from 'The Guard Bridge' — 403.34 (Originally recorded in 1954-modified in 1975) | Extracts from "'Just' Physiological Intonation" — 1:Plan I.E., 2:Shortfall, 3:The FifthMantra, 4:Three Remarkable Examples of Air Turbulence (i,ii,iii) (Originally bootlegged in Germany in 1982) | Au Delà | Introductory Function (Previously unreleased)
on Walk Gently Through the Gates of Joy
(KUT 2, Touch/The Grey Area of Mute Records, UK/U.S.A., CD [74:47], 1992 )
"A collection of hard-to-find and previously unreleased experimentswith the essence of matter. Or something..."

Seven Hours | Six Hours | Five Hours | Four Hours | Three Hours | Two Hours | One Hour
on Seven Hours Sleep
(KUT 3, Touch/The Grey Area of Mute Records, UK/U.S.A., CD [58:19], 1992 )
"The trance-like dream experiment sees light of day once more"

Three Ways of Saying Two — The Netherlands Lectures | "The Butcher's Block" — a collage of very selected extracts from Hafler Trio performances, installations and rituals (private and public) from 1986-92
on Four Ways Of Saying Five
(KUT 4, Touch/The Grey Area of Mute Records, UK/U.S.A., CD [68:00], 1992 )
"A collage of extracts from very selected extracts of The Hafler Trio's live manifestations, performances, installations, rituals (private and public) from 1986-1992 "

"The Sea Org" — an Introduction to Go | Of the Building of Forms by Vibrations | The Howney Stone | Asburd: 'A Luna Kanula' (previously unreleased) | "Brain Song" — "Blanket' Level Approach #3 | Captation #7 — 'transilient membranes' | Buggy Whip Flings | Captation #9 — 'sarekobe' | Strata Definition Test #10 | Myriologue #2 — "calenture" | Myriologue #3 — "quonking" | MZVLNE (previously unreleased)
on All That Rises MUST Converge
(KUT 5, Touch/The Grey Area of Mute Records, UK/U.S.A., CD [70:01], 1992 )
"All sorts of thingys — 'The Sea Org', 'Brain Song', and gobs of unreleased disturbances..."

A Thirsty Fish | The Dirty Fire | A Loud Egg | The Blind Table | A Hungry Stone | The Closed Bread | An Elderly Testament
on A Thirsty Fish
(KUT 6, Touch/The Grey Area of Mute Records, UK/U.S.A., CD [71:15], 1992)
"The much-reffered to, imitated and discussed classic returns to fight another day..."

Diagnosis | I touched The Memory | "'''''''"(meaningless) | Orange Disaster | Sigil 1 | Sigil 2 | Sigil 3 | Song of the Houseproud Ghost | Touch
on various Touch Cassettes (Touch, U.K.)

The Brain Sneezing | I Remain....... | The Emasculation Of Contempt | All Done With Mirrors | Pregnant Film | Alexis St.Martin | Total Instant Relief
on How To Reform Mankind
(TO:24, Touch, U.K., CD + 20pp booklet [78:33], deluxe wallet paper sleeve, 1994)
(Re-released by Korm Plastics with a revised booklet, December 2005)
"Totally experimental (maybe with the emphasis on 'mental...') stuff. Sound sculptures with an attutude, no less. Very influential ensemble (on a few importants)."

Coscinomancy | Catoptromancy | Ceromancy | Cephalonomancy | Ceraunomancy | Crithomancy | Cromnyomancy
on Negentropy
(M11, Anckarström, Sweden/Ash International, LP, edition of 1000 copies, 1994)
with the assistance of Adi Newton
"Piano deconstructions for the 21st century"

some high flying toxic luck, on the earth possibly | by eager discarded mention, such distance | a on a | stolen track found in search of the path | froma cause, the supply | like watching winter. long the abuse of night | after the dark, shadow never again | who approach only through anxieties. absolutely pouring the afternoon buildings | film to the body, later | the seventh door into the site | be in damp mould, up | first enough and ceased finally to comfort
on One Dozen Ecomomical Stories by Peter Greenaway
(l'innomé SR71, Sub Rosa, Belgium, CD [51:32] + booklet in deluxe wallet paper sleeve, 1994)
"12 texts by director Peter Greenaway accompanied by The Hafler Trio. Deluxe CD packaging in wallet with booklet, texts and knots. A film for the mind. Totally unique sound phantasmogoria. (Whatever that might be...)"

various methods of attaining immortality | three different kinds of seed
(317, Austria, CD in a clear paper case [28:00], 1995/1996)
CD included with book "(Antarctica) Brahma" — limited edition of 500 numbered copies which also includes Hafler Trio text "If I Know About It, Then It Becomes My Business" and images. Among the contributors B. Andresson, I. Arnarsson, F. Graf, K. Gudmundsson, B. Thorarinnsson

i am aware of the situation | thank you for your understanding
on Infidelity to Reason
(BLESS 11, Syntactic, Austria, 7", 1996)
Limited edition of 111 hand-numbered copies of which 11 copies are signed and come with a Mac diskette containing a 1.1 MB sound entitled A True Story

a circle of salt | the act of the first mark
on The Day I Married The World
(F6, FIRE. inc, Iceland, 7", 1996)
Limited edition of 479 hand-numbered copies

WHO SEES GOES ON

#1: "TIMERAPE" 11.1996 (DS 02)
#2: "BROADCAST IN WHITE" 02.1997 (DS 03)
#3: "LIPCHAMBER" 05.1997 (DS 04)
#4: "GODfood"08.1997 (DS 05)
#5: "solvitur ambulado" 11.1997 (DS 06)
#6: "dream adjustments" 01.1998 (DS 07)
#7: "avec le vide les pleins pouvoirs" 03.1998 (DS 08)
CD: "HAND WAVE"04.2000 (DS 09) (for subscribers only)
Seven part series of 7x10" vinyl discs each in an edition of 333 copies with booklet, of which 111 are numbered, signed and stamped. Collaboration between Die Stadt and Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien (Germany). Subscription copies (there are 46) come in box (DS 10) with print and extra CD "HAND WAVE".

A New Kind Of Paper | A Series Of Living Presences
on Right Here Where You Are Sitting Now
(artifact five, Povertech, U.S.A., 7", 1996)
Limited edition of 333 hand-numbered copies

Placing the Seed | Seeding the Place
on An Utterance of the Supreme Ventriloquist
(SOLV005, Soleilmoon Recordings, U.S.A., transparent light-green 12" LP, 1996)
Limited edition of 451 hand-numbered copies
(Re-released as CD+booklet Sol 154, Soleilmoon Recordings, U.S.A., 15.06.2005)

Hljóðmynd
(DS01, DIE STADT, Germany, CD [60:19], end of March 2000)
Limited edition of 1000 hand-numbered copies, special cloth digipack with embossed cover and a full colour 12 page booklet
for installation at Menningarmiðstoð in Gerðuberg, Iceland, in collaboration with Erla Þórarinsdóttir

Mein (part i unreleased)
a piece A.McKenzie made specially for the Ukranian dancer in Vilnius, using (mainly) her voice as material
(bootleg mp3/160kbps [11:09] which is circulating on the net since March 2000)
published in a modified form on the 3rd CD of "how to slice a loaf of bread (lengthwise)"

trilogy in three parts

Humectation | Dessication | Olygarchy | The Campaign | A Confession | Actualisation | Some Unfolding | Possible Culmination | Involution (required)
on Cleave: 9 great openings
(era2017-2, Nextera , Czech Republic, CD [62:13] with 12 pages booklet, limited edition of 1000 copies
in embossed gatefold paper-wallet with special transparent wraparounds and silver prints, 25.11.2002)

Not an Aquisition | That which Preys, Emerging from the Dark | The Smell of a Land | Through, Over, and Near the Skin | Confluence of Three States | Tip
on No Man Put Asunder: 7 Fruitful and Seamless Unions
(DS57, Die Stadt, Germany, CD [67:59] with 12 pages booklet, limited edition of 1500 copies
in embossed gatefold paper-wallet with special transparent wraparounds and golden prints, May 2003)

House of Beacons | State and Part of the Ocean | A Most Manifest Station | For Him who has Two Eyes | Document of Red Silk | The Highest Stopping Race | A Dome Without Supports | Fully Non-Automatic Linkage | White Nerve Tissue | Bringing Together the two Lights | The Three Fates Witheld
on No More Twain, Of One Flesh : 11 Unequivocal Obsecrations
(era2022-2, Nextera, Czech Republic, CD [60:59] with 12 pages booklet, limited edition of 1000 copies
in embossed gatefold paper-wallet with special transparent wraparounds and silver prints, 20.11.2003)

La Chanson Dada
by Tristan Tzara, tune by Georges Auric, arranged by the h3o for string quartet, harmonium, harp and voice
(raft 118, These Records, U.K., two-track 10" clear vinyl single with lyrics insert and postcard, 12.12.2002 )

I the whole hog including the postage — a: flying into the mouth | b: white line in front | c: without hat location | d: gesticulation of elbows | e: one other vantage point | f: restriction of movement | g: of ornithological cowardice | h: unable to traverse the fence | i: illegal admiration and contemplation | j: marvellous vitality | k: another kind of swallow
II arguing with pigs about the quality of oranges — a: what I know and you don't | b: what you know and I don't | c: what neither of us knows
on Whistling About Chickens
(Fire INC, Iceland/NL, 2CD [70:00] & [35:00], 19.12.2002)

the moment when we blow the flour from our tongues | akin to spoken thought entering paradise with boots on
(Crou016, Crouton Music, U.S.A., 10", 19.02.2003)
Limited edition of 500 copies on clear, DMM, 110 gm virgin vinyl, with a 4 page printed insert housed in a printed sleeve. The first 100 copies are available through mail order only, and also contain a signed photo print by Andrew McKenzie.

A Small Child Dreams Of Voiding The Plague
(IMPREC-012, Important records, U.S.A., 3" mini-CD embedded in 5", 5.08.2003)
Packaged in a deluxe 3 panel hand screened sleeve. Limited edition of 500 copies.
100 copies contain a hand numbered and signed photograph taken by Andrew McKenzie. Covers hand made by Neil Burke.

In and out of the box, singularly | White is the colour of cannibal silence | The trace of the immediate
on The Birds Must Be Eliminated
(Dekorder 004, Germany, 10" clear vinyl / printed inner sleeve, 500 copies, 26.05.2003)

1 — evidence pertaining to the destroyer : on assimilation | on struggle (May 2003)
2 — evidence pertaining to the creator : on service | on reception (October 2003)
3 — evidence pertaining to the preserver : on submission | on acceptance (November 2005)
on Wolf Sheep Cabbage
(som10009-som10011, Somnimage Corporation, U.S.A., 3 x 7" singles with booklets in a box)
Limited edition of 333 copies. Numbers 1-33 being signed and numbered by Andrew Mckenzie include special letterpress prints. Subscribers received a letterpess box (signed by Andrew as well) with the issue of the 3rd record.

my dear very yours...not crying | the real name | open bank is closed
on The man who tried to disappear
(OSSO1, Ossosnossos, U.K., 10" vinyl, 500 copies, 30.07.2003)

everything that stops you becomes your idol | nobody had come in, but somebody had arrived | the tragedy of the loss of inaccessibility
on A house waiting for its master
(RSLP001, Rossbin, Italy, 10" vinyl, 500 copies, 20.10.2003)

"how to slice a loaf of bread"
2 x sets of 3 CD's limited to 500 hand-numbered copies in extraordinary packaging with prints, texts, diagrams
(pgram001 & pgram004, Phonometrography, U.K., Part I — Thursday 4th December 2003, Part II — Thursday 4th March 2005)

CD1: as when no one is speaking | outside the mazes with unravelled head | in no wise double | at the other end of the great chain of being | I, thou, he, she, it, we, you | nothing continues to happen | the most beautiful breath
CD2: sphotavAda
on "NORMALLY. being by that entity formally known as THE HAFLER TRIO"
(based on the voice of Blixa Bargeld)
(SOL 93 CD, Soleilmoon, U.S.A., 2CD, 500 copies, December 2003)

kisses with both hands from gods little toy
(IMPREC-034, Important records, U.S.A., 3" mini-CD embedded in 5", 20 March 2003)
Packaged in a deluxe 3 panel hand screened sleeve. Limited edition of 500 copies.
100 copies contain a hand numbered and signed photograph taken by Andrew McKenzie. Covers hand made by Neil Burke.

anything that someone else tells you is not good enough
(pgram003, Phonometrography, U.K., 12", Thursday 5th February 2005)
The soundtrack of the Hasselt event, 12" limited to 500 hand-numbered copies

the long corridors lit | the function of sincerity is to kill | glue, postage-stamp flowers, pebbles, razor blades, unrest and onions
on the concentrated recapturing of thought
(Slp-001, Slapart, U.S.A., 10", 500 copies, 11th June 2005)

1: figure | 2: ground | 3: frame
on scissors cut arrow
(pgram005, Phonometrography, U.K., 2 CD [53:09 & 50:47] & DVD in 5.1 surround, Thursday 1st July 2005)
In amazing cover with prints and all the rest of it, of the material premiered at Clifford's Tower, York

I was told what happened | like a woman about to give birth | time was coming near | the whirling flight of ephemera | living nourishment | the counsel | abandoning forever
on WHERE ARE YOU? the partial results of an investigation by THE HAFLER TRIO
(based on the voice of David Tibet)
(pgram006, Phonometrography, U.K., CD, Thursday 2nd September 2005)
Special edition of 93 copies comes in special box with the title of the series from which it is taken printed in Sanskrit, and contains the complete release of "where are you?", plus a DVD of the video elements screened at Atlantis Bookshop for the launch of the project on the 2nd September 2005 and two 5.1 surround mixes of the project (only with this edition), fragments of actual letters from David Tibet to A.M. McKenzie in the former's handwriting (not copies), a unique print from an edition of 93, a text concerning the release, and some other random related items. the boxes are numbered and fully signed and authenticated)

I never knew that who you thought you were
(IMPREC-039, Important records, U.S.A., 3" mini-CD embedded in 5", October 2005)
Packaged in a deluxe 3 panel hand screened sleeve. Limited edition of 500 copies.
100 copies contain a hand numbered and signed photograph taken by Andrew McKenzie. Covers hand made by Neil Burke.

and there I was hoping the door would go | who is the mother of the sun? | our wishes are commensurate with the time of your birth | a endless holiday (or "vacation") in uchronia
on only the hand that erases can write the true thing
(SVV002, SmallVoices, Italy, 2x10" [44:47], 15 October 2005)
First 100 copies in WHITE SOLID vinyl. Heavy white textured cardboard cover with black script and silver images. Gatefold cover.
Last 500 copies in transparent/clear vinyl. Heavy white matt cardboard cover with black script and silver images. Gatefold cover.
The cover was not properly executed — see the details.

CD1 "dIksha" : unwashed unclothed, but in flight | the faultless new substance | a shadowed hand reflected | always growing more obvious
CD2 "parA bindu": the first period described | the second period ignored | quiet open water
on EXACTLY AS I SAY. a rapid learning method devised partly by THE HAFLER TRIO
(based on the voice of Jónsi Birgisson)
(pgram008a, Phonometrography, U.K., 2CD, Thursday 2nd December 2005)
(Simply Superior, 2CD+DVD, February 2006. Edition of 111 copies comes in special box with the title of the series from which it is taken printed in Sanskrit, and contains the complete release of "Exactly As I Say", plus a DVD with the Dolby 5.1 and DTS versions of a piece not included in the 'standard' edition, and two videos, all of which is not released elsewhere, packet of fjallogrös, small piece of lava from Iceland wrapped in cloth used at The Hafler Trio performances, The Vowel Flame booklet and signed and numbered print of contruction by A. M. McKenzie)

letters I wish I'd mailed to the man who divorced me to marry a waitress | hello, momentary deity | never eat anything bigger than your own head
on The Water Has No Hair To Hold On To
(Dekorder 008, Germany, 10" clear vinyl / printed inner sleeve, 500 copies, 17.12.2005)

Á ég að halda áfram?
(IMPREC-050, Important records, U.S.A., 3" mini-CD embedded in 5", 8th February 2005)
Packaged in a deluxe 3 panel hand screened sleeve. Limited edition of 500 copies.
100 copies contain a hand numbered and signed photograph taken by Andrew McKenzie. Covers hand made by Neil Burke.

Being a firefighter isn't just about squirting water
(IMPREC-055, Important records, U.S.A., 3" mini-CD embedded in 5", March 2005)
Packaged in a deluxe 3 panel hand screened sleeve. Limited edition of 500 copies.
100 copies contain a hand numbered and signed photograph taken by Andrew McKenzie. Covers hand made by Neil Burke.

CD1 "Asis" : no one | nowhere | nothing | an angel pissed on my tongue | the table has a short leg | inhaled by god | spit and the world ends
CD2 "Shaktipat"
on EXACTLY AS I DO. the revised handbook of essential practice by THE HAFLER TRIO
(based on the voice of Jónsi Birgisson)
(imprec051, Important Records, U.S.A., 2CD, 24.05.2005)

"If you want to know the time, ask a policeman" — A: palpitating self-oblivion | B: disperse or continue | C: your message here | D: three brothers quarreling | E: how, what, why | F: split fool in hell | G: three brothers reconciled
"A recipe of non-empty speech" — A: emergent levels | B: no where near | C: when speaking to six people, notice seven
on If Take, Then Take—Tricks, Half-tricks and Real Phenomena
(c.i.p. 16, C.I.P. Chicago, U.S.A., black 12" LP, signed limited edition of 400, 24.08.2005)

CD1 "Vi-Parita" : never read a book that is not a year old & contrary properties of two metres | turned around perversely & try to hate your opponent | preparation of a kid of oil & inversion of direction | false, untrue, impaired & manufacture | assembly & combination | to excite thirst & a kind of measure | fixing on as an arrow & to receive admission
CD2 "Sam-Dhana"
on EXACTLY AS I AM. the complete course in speaking for all occassions by THE HAFLER TRIO
(based on the voice of Jónsi Birgisson)
(imprec066, Important Records, U.S.A., 2CD, 01.04.2006)

Who Gave You The Ability To Envisage Perfection?
(plonk 21, plinkity plonk, NL, 7", 333 copies, heavy vinyl and heavy vellum cover, 1.04.2007)