DIJKSTRA, RAYMOND - Die Wille

"Its perhaps no big secret that I am a big fan of the work of Raymond Dijkstra, and maybe reviewing all of his previous work, entitled me to a copy of each of this: a big black wooden box with golden text, in an edition of merely 100 copies - the preprogrammed art item or well calculated collectors item? (You decide). Times three. Crouton released a big wooden box, while Dijkstras Le Souffleur label releases two LPs at the same time in a linen hardcover box with debossed and gold print, like his previous Affen-Theater (see Vital Weekly 479). Sound wise Dijkstra continues the road he choose now for a while. A while ago I saw him in concert,with Timo van Luyck, with whom he has an ongoing collaboration, and their set up is very simple. An ancient loop echo, a small table and a small bunch of objects that are played on the table, like glass, knives, forks and wood. On Maskenstilleben Dijkstra continues this. Somewhere in the back there are the disharmonious drone like chords he plays, see