synthesizers, voices, noises – and deconstructed fragments of popular music,
resonating with our collective (sub)_consciousness.
after a long break from the studio – spending a lot of time in india, writing
his poetry and rhythmic prose, singing in a rock band, playing some concerts –
duca has released a series of new albums : the 'waves' trilogy.
waves 3 (magazine.mu, 2022) listen/ order/ reviews
waves 2 (magazine.mu, 2022) listen/ order/ reviews
waves 1 (magazine.mu, 2020) listen/ order/ reviews
as boomkat.com (UK) wrote, "...this marks the return of a lowkey but vital figure
from the '90s experimental electronics scene, whose series of LPs ('easy listening' and
'elevator' caught eyes and ears in record shops around the world, most often making their
way to chill-out sessions and the best record collections. curd duca's return could hardly
be better timed for an era clearly in need of enchantment and peace."
elevator 3 (mille plateaux 1999)
listen/ order
reviews voc: carin feldschmid
elevator 2 (mille plateaux 1999) listen/ order
reviews voc: carin feldschmid
elevator 1 (mille plateaux 1999) listen/ order
reviews
switched on wagner (mille plateaux 1997) listen/ order
reviews
since a lot of duca´s previous ‘easy listening’ tracks were actually quite experimental,
he soon got invited to release new material on achim szepanski´s legendary techno label
‘mille plateaux’.
these records were produced in miami, his winter residence at the time.
easy listening 5 (normal 1996) listen/ order
reviews
easy listening 4 (normal 1995) listen/ order
reviews
easy listening 3 (normal 1994) listen/ order
reviews
easy listening 2 (normal 1993) listen/ order
reviews
easy listening 1 (normal 1991) listen/ order
reviews
the 'easy listening' albums were duca's first experiments with sampled sounds –
influenced by early underground techno, computer (game) sounds, musique concrète ...
and the music he grew up with – klassik, volksmusik, and '50s and early '60s pop music,
which would eventually re-incarnate in the big 'easy listening' revival of the '90s.
("happy to have been there")