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{{Short description|German artist, band leader, musician, and composer}}
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▲[[File:Alfred 23 Harth August.2010.jpg|thumb|Alfred 23 Harth – August 2010 – <br /> in front of his art]]
'''Alfred Harth''', now known as '''Alfred 23 Harth''' or '''A23H''', is a German [[multimedia]] artist, band leader, multi-instrumentalist musician, and composer who creatively mixes genres.
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Harth founded a free improvisation band, [[Just Music (band)|Just Music]] (1967 to 1972), which in 1969 was recording number 1002 on the [[Munich]] based label [[ECM (record label)|ECM]].
In 1967 he opened the platform ''centrum freier cunst'' in [[Frankfurt/Main]] — a meeting point for live free music, art exhibitions, experimental poetry, action, and happening events.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kurzbiographievonalfredharth.blogspot.kr/2011/11/sechziger-jahre-des-20jhdts.html |title=Kurzbiographie von Alfred Harth |work=Alfred Harth homepage |first=Alfred |last=Harth |accessdate=2016-01-21}}</ref>
He formed the group [[E.M.T. (music group)|E.M.T.]] (1972 to 1975) with artist and pianist Nicole Van den Plas from [[Belgium]] and [[Sven-Åke Johansson]] from [[Sweden]]. E.M.T. implemented [[Dada]] elements, integrating European Music Tradition by using fragments of composers ([[Edvard Grieg]], [[Robert Schumann|Schumann]]).
In 1975 he had just returned from three months in [[New York City]], playing there with some greats of the Loft scene: [[Perry Robinson]], [[John Fischer (pianist)|John Fischer]], [[Jay Clayton (musician)|Jay Clayton]], a.o. and met [[Heiner Goebbels]] in Frankfurt/Main with whom in 1976 he recorded a first LP ''Vier Fäuste für Hanns Eisler'' ([[FMP (Free Music Production)|FMP]]/SAJ 08), including works from [[Hanns Eisler]] as [[Duo Goebbels/Harth]] (1975 to 1988). Meanwhile, also having established the [[Sogenanntes Linksradikales Blasorchester]] to bring political music to the streets within
The Duo Goebbels/Harth had become a highly creative nucleus for
In 1984 the Duo Goebbels/Harth created a musical theatre piece, ''Nach Aschenfeld'' together with the author and director [[FK Waechter]] and actors Heinz-Werner Kraehkamp and Michael Altmann. This was mounted at the Residenztheater in Munich where they played live within the stage scenery on a huge
The same year Harth made
In 1987 the Duo Goebbels/Harth had been recorded live at the [[Festival International de Musique Actuelle de Victoriaville]] in [[Canada]] and came to an end in 1988. In 1992 Harth managed to put out a best-of album in [[Japan]], ''Goebbels Heart'', and in 2007 a double CD of the duo's first two LPs, in Great Britain.
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In 1989 Harth created the performance ''Wenn Gott tot ist, dann ist er im Himmel'' with a sound collage of original interviews with [[Jean Baudrillard]], [[Villem Flusser]], [[Friedrich Kittler]] a.o., and composed the CD ''Sweet Paris'' in 1990 which implements recorded German texts read by foreign language speaking street pedestrians in [[Paris]].<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kurzbiographievonalfredharth.blogspot.kr/2011/11/achtziger-jahre-des-20jhdts.html |title=Kurzbiographie von Alfred Harth |work=Alfred Harth homepage |first=Alfred |last=Harth |accessdate=2016-01-21}}</ref>
During the transition phase of the opening of the East Harth was a member of [[Lindsay Cooper]]
1993 to 1995 Harth worked out his art project ''Gedankenhotel'' that had no audiences, but just events with 10 "guests" that had been documented in 10 maps.
Also in 1993 he formed the FIM (1993 to 2001, Frankfurts Indeterminables Musiqwesen) a platform for many local avantgarde music activities including the group Imperial Hoot (1998 to 2000).
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In 1997-8 he re-arranged, conducted, and performed the [[West Side Story]] at the main theatre in Frankfurt.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kurzbiographievonalfredharth.blogspot.kr/2011/11/neunziger-jahre-des-20jhdts.html |title=Kurzbiographie von Alfred Harth |work=Alfred Harth homepage |first=Alfred |last=Harth |accessdate=2016-01-21}}</ref>
In 2000 Harth formed the Trio Viriditas (2000 to 2002) in New York together with [[Wilber Morris]] and [[Kevin Norton]]. Harth and his wife, the Korean artist Yi Soonjoo, wanted to relocate to New York where they both had a grant at [[Omi International Arts Center|OMI]]/
In 2004 Harth became a member in [[Otomo Yoshihide]]
In 2007 Harth created the European quartet 7k Oaks together with Massimo Pupillo ([[Zu (band)|Zu]]), Fabrizio Spera and Luca Venitucci in
In 2009 Harth formed the duo Gift Fig together with composer [[Carl Stone]] by the premiere of ''Adler_Kino 1166 – 1215'' in Frankfurt/Main.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kurzbiographievonalfredharth.blogspot.kr/2011/11/erstes-jahrzehnt-des-21jhdts.html |title=Kurzbiographie von Alfred Harth |work=Alfred Harth homepage |first=Alfred |last=Harth |accessdate=2011-11-06}}</ref> In 2013
To play [[Lindsay Cooper]]'s music Harth took part in [[Henry Cow]], Music for Films, [[News from Babel]] and [[Oh Moscow]] at the [[Barbican Centre]], London on 21 November as part of the EFG [[London Jazz Festival]]; at the [[Lawrence Batley Theatre]], Huddersfield on 22 November as part of the [[Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival]] and at the Teatro Diego Fabbri in [[Forlì]], Italy on 23 November 2014. In 2015 he collaborated with Chris Cutler founding a group Hope, a commission for the 46th [[Deutsches Jazzfestival]] with [[Kazuhisa Uchihashi]], Mitsuru Nasuno.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://kurzbiographievonalfredharth.blogspot.kr/2011/11/zweites-jahrzehnt-des-21jhdts.html |title=Kurzbiographie von Alfred Harth |work=Alfred Harth homepage |first=Alfred |last=Harth |accessdate=2016-01-21}}</ref> In 2018 Harth toured with his group Revolver 23 by an invitation by the Jazz in Autumn Festival in [[Moscow]]. In 2019 he was invited to show his art work at the Seongbuk Documenta 6 at the Choi Manlin Museum in [[Seoul]], in 2020 he participated at the JazzKorea Festival ''Alive!''. Alfred Harth is an [[Honorary Citizen]] of [[Seoul]].
A23H founded many other bands, composes for film, TV, theatre, ballet, radio plays, and has exhibitions of his art works.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://a23h-interview.blogspot.com|title=Interview with Alfred 23 Harth |work=kurt |first=Massimo |last=Ricci |accessdate=2016-01-21}}</ref>
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[[Just Music (band)|Just Music]] – A23H/Thomas Cremer/Dieter Herrmann/Johannes Krämer/Thomas Stoewsand/Witold Teplitz/ Peter Stock/Franz Volhard :
* ''Just Music'' [[ECM (record label)|ECM]]1002, Germany, 1969
* ''4.Januar 1970'' - A23H/Nicole Van den Plas/Thomas Cremer/Peter Stock/Franz Volhard, 1970
* ''Born Free'' [[CBS]], 1970
[[E.M.T. (music group)|E.M.T.]] – A23H/[[Sven-Åke Johansson]]/Nicole van den Plas :▼
▲[[E.M.T.]] – A23H/[[Sven-Åke Johansson]]/Nicole van den Plas :
* ''Canadian Cup of Coffee'' [[FMP (Free Music Production)|FMP]], 1974
* ''E.M.T. live at Fabrik Hamburg in 1973'', SAJ-CD, 2012
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* ''Beauty and the Beast'' (LP Riskant, Germany + LP and CD [[Recommended Records]], UK), 1984
* ''The Cassiber Box'', 6 CDs + DVD [[Recommended Records]], UK, 2013
[[Duck and Cover (German band)|Duck and Cover]] – A23H/[[Tom Cora]]/[[Chris Cutler]]/[[Fred Frith]]/[[Heiner Goebbels]]/[[Dagmar Krause]]/[[George
* ''[[RēR Quarterly|Rē Records Quarterly Vol.1 No.2]]'' [[Recommended Records]], 1986
[[Gestalt et Jive]] – A23H/[[Steve Beresford]]/[[Anton Fier]]/Peter Hollinger/[[Ferdinand Richard]]/Uwe Schmitt :
* ''Nouvelle Cuisine'' [[Moers Music]], Germany 1985
* ''Gestalt et Jive Trio'' Creative Works Records, Switzerland 1986
* ''Neowise'', Al Maslakh, Lebanon 2020
Duo Alfred 23 Harth/[[John Zorn]] :
* ''Anything Goes'' Creative Works Records, 1986
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* ''[[Oh Moscow]]'' (victo, Canada,1989)
[[Vladimir Estragon]] – A23H/[[FM Einheit]]/Ulrike Haage/[[Phil Minton]] :
* ''Three Quarks For Muster Mark'' [[enja]]/tiptoe,LP + CD 1989
Domestic Stories – A23H/[[Chris Cutler]]/[[Fred Frith]]/[[Lutz Glandien]]/[[Dagmar Krause]] :
* ''Domestic Stories'' [[Recommended Records]],UK 1991
QuasarQuartet – A23H/[[Simon Nabatov]]/[[Vladimir Tarasov]]/Vitold Rek)
* ''POPendingEYE'' free flow music, 1992
Trio Trabant a Roma – A23H/[[Lindsay Cooper]]/[[Phil Minton]] :
* ''State Of Volgograd'' [[FMP (Free Music Production)|FMP]], 1994
Imperial Hoot – A23H/Guenter Bozem/Marcel Daemgen/
* ''Secrets of Development'' Blue Noises,1999
Trio Viriditas – A23H/[[Wilber Morris]]/[[Kevin Norton]])
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* ''7000 Oaks '' [[Die Schachtel]], Italy, 2007
* ''Entelechy'' Die Schachtel, 2011
Taste Tribes – A23H/[[Guenter Mueller]]/[[Hans Joachim Irmler]]/samples by [[Eruption (German band)|Eruption]] & [[Kawabata Makoto]]
* ''Taste Tribes'' [[For4ears]], Switzerland, 2008
* ''Nischen'' [[Moloko Plus Records]], 2023
Duo Gift Fig – A23H/[[Carl Stone]]
* ''Gift Fig'', KSE, USA, 2012
Revolver 23 – A23H/Nicola L. Hein/Marcel Daemgen/Joerg Fischer
* ''Kirschblüten mit verstecktem Sprengstoff'', Moloko Plus, Germany, 2019
* ''As Yves Drew A Line.Estate'', Re Records Hong Kong, 2013▼
== Discography of special projects (selection) ==
* "Es herrscht Uhu im Land“ JAPO/[[ECM (record label)|ECM]]
* "This Earth!“ [[ECM (record label)|ECM]]1264
* "Sweet Paris“ free flow music, 1991
* "Pollock“ Orkestrion Schallfolien
* print-on-demand internet-label "recout.de“[http://www.recout.de/mailorder_ah.htm] : 1996–2000
* cottage industry label LaubhuetteStudio, since 2002 [http://laubhuettestudio.blogspot.com/]
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Expedition (New York) – A23H/Chris Dahlgren/[[Jay Rosen]]/Hans Tammen
* ''Expedition'' [[ESP-Disk]], USA 2006
Homura Trio ([[Seoul]]) – A23H/Yoriyuki Harada/Choi Sun Bae
* ''Homura'' off note, Japan 2007
Dead Country ([[Istanbul]]) – Şevket Akinci/Umut Çağlar/Murat Çopur/Kerem Öktem/A23H
* ''Gestalt et Death'' Al Maslakh, 2012
The Expats ([[Tokyo]]) - [[Samm Bennett]]/[[Carl Stone]]/[[Kazuhisa Uchihashi]]/A23H
* ''The Expats'', KSE, USA 2013
concept recordings
* ''micro-saxo-phone'' series, vol.II on Laubhuette Productions, 2008, vol.III + IV on KSE, USA 2011 + 2013
▲* ''As Yves Drew A Line.Estate'', Re Records Hong Kong, 2013
* ''Five Eyes'', Moloko Plus, 2014 - A23H/ [[Nicole Van den Plas]]/[[Wolfgang Seidel]], Germany
* ''Malcha'', Moloko Plus, 2016 - A23H/ Nicole Van den Plas/Wolfgang Seidel/[[Fabrizio Spera]]
* ''Campanula'', Moloko Plus, 2017 - A23H/John Bell
* ''Zisch!'' Split-LP w/[[Jonathan Meese]]/[[Mama Baer]]&[[Kommissar Hjuler]], Germany, 2017
* ''Laubhuette Productions'' , Moloko Plus, 2020
* ''Sweet Paris Reloaded'' , Moloko Plus, 2022
== References ==
{{Reflist}}
* Wagner, Christoph. ''Brüche und Kontinuität'', Alfred 23 Harth, in “Neue Zeitschrift für Musik”, Schott Music, Mainz, Germany, 6/2007
* Lake, Steve; Griffiths, Paul. ”Horizons Touched – The Music of ECM”
* Schwab, Juergen. ''Der Frankfurt Sound''. Frankfurt/Main: Societaetsverlag, 2004.
* Repecaud, Dominique. ''Musique Action''. Vandoeuvre, France: CCAM, 1993.
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