“Ferdinand Kriwet (1942, Düsseldorf, Germany) is a German visual and audio artist who has produced films and sound works for radio and television, in particular throughout the 1960’s and 1970’s.

As a sound artist, Kriwet is more known for his Hörspiele (radioplays) series named Hörtexte (radio texts) produced for German public radio stations and composed with edited sound bites taken from mass media broadcasts.”

Box containing five radio works on two LPs, each a picture disc with an exquisite and intricate text-art design taking up an entire side. The designs are directly associated with the LP content and explained in a booklet. Audio-collage of radio broadcasts, absolutely brilliant works made mainly between 1961 and 1972.

Contains:

Side 1-Rundscheibe Nr. XII (1963):

“Offen” (1961/62), Sprechtext für fünf Solisten (read text for five soloists), mono 1961/62.
“Into your life there will come friends”, Tonbandschleife (tape loop), mono 1972.

Side 2-Rundscheibe Nr. III (1961):

“Hörtext I” für drei Sprecher (for three speakers), mono 1963.
“Again And Again”

Side3-Rundscheibe Nr. XIV (1963):

“Rotoradio (Teil 1)”

Side 4-Rundscheibe “Jo Ach Im Ich Ael” (1963-64):

“Rotoradio (Teil 2)”

Comes in glossy black and white sleeve with 4-page booklet in German.