Schneeball’s 75th publication is every bit as unusual as an anniversary product should be. Schneeball is rightly regarded as one of the first Indie labels. With its publication of “tube”, this label presents contemporary music that satisfies the original Indie criteria: unconventional musicians, a regional environment, a courageous contribution of new and far-out listening experiences in accord with the musicians’ own ideas, lengthy compositions, and abundant freedom for improvisation.

This is a collection of their live recordings from 2005 and 2006. This recording draws its life not only from its incredible heterogeneity, but especially from the musical qualities of its musicians, who have profoundly understood and mastered their instruments.

The cover features a painting and backgrounds by the artist Stefan Rustige, who continues to visually weave the same threads that the musicians first audibly spun.

Klaus Burger says: Improvised music needs time to unfurl. Space and time must be allowed for its controlled growth. (Such a structure elicits only limited enthusiasm from the ears of a typical CD listener.) The fruit is enormous vitality, suddenly separated from the process of coming into being. Absolute music.

Tracklist

1. Intro (00:16)
2. 2. Juni (02:24)
3. Vorwaschbären (02:57)
4. TeckDachs (07:51)
5. Masada (01:22)
6. Sirenenschwurbel (03:54)
7. Marcus Aurelius im Bade (01:05)
8. Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD) (06:57)
9. Waiting For Compliments (02:18)
10. Dodo (05:55)
11. Im Garten nur Kännchen (09:25)
12. The Absence Of Nothing (05:20)
13. Abesha (a-b-e-es-h-a) (03:14)
14. S 3/6 (06:20)
15. Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) (07:49)