cryptic scenery & chs - sampler appearances

cryptic scenery and/or chs tracks have been appearing on a number of various artists samplers since 1999. here, chronologically (more or less, i think) listed, you'll find an overview, sharing the odd remark concerning the sampler and its circumstances.

hidden treasures

cd-r, public records, released 1999.

track 19:
cryptic scenery - the bridge

words, music, recording & production
by christian h. sötemann.

personnel:
christian h. sötemann: vocals, guitar, keyboards; michael tibcken - bass; ronald meyer - guitar; michael heger - drums.

this sampler assembles 21 projects from bremen.

hidden treasures vol. 2

cd-r, public records, released 1999.

track 19:
cryptic scenery - spoon lost in the snow

words & music by christian h. sötemann.
recorded by robert g.; produced by robert g. and cryptic scenery.

personnel:
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitar, keyboards; michael tibcken - bass; ronald meyer - guitar; michael heger - drums.

another volume of hidden treasures. or so the title would imply. the cryptic scenery track, 'spoon lost in the snow', also appears on 'oceanic feeling', though this is a slightly differently mastered version.

bsbta radio/press promo winter 2001-2002

cd-r, bsbta, released 2002.
for promotion only.

track 9 & 10:
chs/cryptic scenery - being

music by christian h. sötemann.
recorded and produced by chs.

personnel:
christian h. sötemann - guitar, presence; michael tibcken - presence; ronald meyer - presence; michael heger - presence.

this is a rare bsbta sampler destined for promotional purpose only, thus unavailable commercially. two of the three shorter versions from the 'being -six objects' disc are present here, along with tracks by branta ix, brumdrøn, david neuer, tha phantom phootsoules, sort stue sounds, tang under the bridge and tsk tsk tsk.

musical chain letters

cd-r, bsbta # 20, released 2002.

6. brrrrrr
xoxo & paw - tang under yr britches - christian h. sötemann - tanja - prins emil

9. bell (dark)
mox - christian h. sötemann - overtin vertis - (((my lost era))) - sfu-ma-to - jomi massage

personnel:
various artists (see above); christian h. sötemann - guitars (6 & 9), melodica & vocal (6).

footnotes: musical chain letters odds & ends e.p.

cd-r, bsbta # 20b, released 2002.

track 6:
con/crete/cow/boy (for (the) e.(b.)p.) / les vagues pulsatives / refuse to act on lorry
david neuer, christian h. sötemann, (((my lost era))), antenne, maquatre, tang under yr britches, xoxo, sfu-ma-to.

personnel:
various artists (see above), including christian h. sötemann - guitar.

several outtakes/alternatives from the 'musical chain letters' project, and one new track to which i contributed one channel of delay guitar.

bsbta e.p. club - february 2003

cd-r, bsbta, released 2003.

track 3:
cryptic scenery - red brick coffin

words & music by christian h. sötemann.
recorded by cs; produced by chs.

personnel:
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitars; michael tibcken - bass; lars schwennesen - guitar; friedrich buse - drums.

cryptic scenery's only recorded & released appearance of this particular line-up.

bsbta e.p. club - june 2003

cd-r, bsbta, released 2003.

track 6:
chs - sedatives

words & music by christian h. sötemann.
recorded & produced by chs.

personnel:
christian h. sötemann - vocals, guitars.

bsbta e.p. club - july 2003

cd-r, bsbta, released 2003.

track 4:
the organisation of sound - sadness will you shimmer?

music by christian h. sötemann.
recorded by & produced by chs.

personnel:
christian h. sötemann - guitars (four of them).

bsbta 5-0

2 cd-r, bsbta, released 2003.

disc 1:
track 16: chs/cryptic scenery - being, ix/2000 (edit)
track 17: cryptic scenery - cd-r
track 18: cryptic scenery - six daughters
track 25: chs - two pictures

disc 2:
track 4: cryptic scenery - behind the gates
track 5: cryptic scenery - forward
track 11: chs - kick out the disc
track 21: cryptic scenery - zone i.d.

words & music by christian h. sötemann, except 'forward', music by sötemann/fritz.
recorded by & produced by chs, except 'forward' by chs/jcf.

personnel:
see original releases; for disc 1, tr. 25: chs - vox, keyboard; for disc 2, tr. 21: chs - vox, guitar, loop, rhythm machine.

this collection representing many of bsbta's first 50 releases contains a bunch of cs/chs tracks, including two unreleased ones: 'two pictures' and 'zone i.d.'

bsbta e.p. club 2003 - promo disc

cd-r, bsbta, released 2003.
for promotion only.

track 3:
cryptic scenery - red brick coffin

words & music by christian h. sötemann.
recorded by cs; produced by chs.

personnel:
see february e.p. of the bsbta e.p. club.

this promo-only disc features a selection of various tracks released on any of the twelve e.p.s throughout 2003, amongst them 'red brick coffin'.

sonic supper # 3

cd-r, sonic supper, released 2004.

track 3:
chs/cryptic scenery - being

music by christian h. sötemann.
recorded and produced by chs.

personnel:
christian h. sötemann - guitar, presence.

this sampler from new york city features an exclusive version of 'being'.

affiliate program, vol. 1

cd-r, bsbta #69, released 2004.

track 20:
cryptic scenery - blue boy soul

words & music by christian h. sötemann.
recorded by & produced by chs.

personnel:
christian h. sötemann - vocal, guitar, bass, keyboard, rhythm machine.

on this bsbta collection of various artists, you'll find 22 songs, amongst them cryptic scenery's 'blue boy soul',