- Vladimir Estragon
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Name = Vladimir Estragon
Img_capt = From the left:Phil Minton ,Ulrike Haage,FM Einheit ,Alfred 23 Harth (A23H)
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Origin =Germany
Genre =Avant-progressive rock
Years_active =1988 –1989
Label =Enja /TipToe
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Past_members =FM Einheit
Ulrike HaageAlfred Harth Phil Minton Vladimir Estragon were an
avant-progressive rock group founded inGermany in 1988 by German composer and reed playerAlfred Harth withFM Einheit ,Ulrike Haage , andPhil Minton (UK). In 1980 Harth produced the LP "Es herrscht Uhu im Land" on JAPO/ECM with the idea of integratingpunk rock ,free jazz andclassical music and followed this design throughout the 80s in the groupsCassiber , Duck and Cover,Gestalt et Jive and "Vladimir Estragon"."Vladimir Estragon" were using electronic arrangements whose preset-derived poetry was poisoned by oblique complexities and sudden animations entering the picture when less expected. "Vladimir Estragon" performed theirpostmodern program during the years 1988 – 1989 as well as on theBerlin Jazz Festival and theJazzfestival Münster .Despite having invitations for upcoming tours toAustralia and theUSA the group stopped too early when Haage left to join the pop groupRainbirds .Name
The group’s name referred to the characters in
Waiting for Godot bySamuel Becket .The group’s album title was taken from a phrase inJames Joyce ’sFinnegans Wake .Both names were chosen by Harth who had favoredSamuel Becket as a writer from around 1968 on.Harth interpreted the two characters Wladimir and Estragon inWaiting for Godot asWest Germany andEast Germany during the Cold War who are waiting for unification.Surprisingly to everybody theiron curtain collapsed some months after the foundation of the music group "Vladimir Estragon".Members
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FM Einheit –percussion works,drums,stones
*Alfred Harth - composition,tenor saxophone,alto saxophone,clarinet,bass clarinet
*Ulrike Haage – composition,programming,piano,synth
*Phil Minton – vocals,trumpetDiscography
"Three Quarks For Muster Mark" (LP+CD,
Enja Records /Tip Toe, 1989) [http://www.enjarecords.com/cd.php?nr=TIP-888+803&PHPSESSID=e31c7d2599fe04a1db07d837ca3c8ece]References
*Jürgen Schwab: "Der Frankfurt-Sound. Eine Stadt und ihre Jazzgeschichte(n)." Frankfurt/Main: Societäts-Verlag, 2005, with 2 CDs,ISBN 3-7973-0888-4
*Christoph Wagner: "Brüche und Kontinuität".In “Neue Zeitschrift für Musik” 6/2007
*FM Einheit in the www : [http://www.fmeinheit.org Webpräsenz von FM Einheit]
*Discogs|F.M.+Einheit
*PND|123539501External links
* [http://riccireviews.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_archive.html Massimo Ricci's review]
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