Allgrena – Tonräder (1999)

Country: Austria

Tracklist

1. Tonräder 08:54
2. Im Haus Ist Feuer 04:22
3. Aufmarsch Ins Ego 08:34
4. Partitur Ur 03:17
5. Traum Rotor 09:59
6. Entfesselt 12:14
7. Era 03:19
8. Erdgut 09:18
9. Häutung 04:06
10. Tonräder 03:12

11. Wo Die Wilden Kerle Wohnen (Bonus Track) 04:25

Allgrena is a dark post-industrial ritual project that has been run by Franz Nigl since 1990

with the help of various guest musicians.
The name is an invented word and means "all nature",

made up of "All" and "Grena" for the color green that stands for nature.
At the beginning (1990-94) Allgrena was a neo-folk project,

with the helps of some musicians from the group Rozengracht, a band in which Nigl did percussion and vocals.
Since 1994 he has been creating music only in the industrial way working with iron or steel percussion, 

pianos, flutes, drums, water noises and recording sounds in unusual places.
On "Tonräder" he was supported by Sonja Leutmetzer (Violin), Norbert Payer (Samples, ex-Rozengracht member)

and Johannes Nendwich (Clarinet, ex-Rozengracht member).
Parts of the album were recorded in "extraordinary" locations: percussion on the walls of a bunker (Vienna Wall),

clarinet, violin and organ pipe in the Vienna Canal (with Sonja and Johannes),

percussion on water tanks in an old factory in Dresden

and percussion and clarinet (with Johannes) in one of the 4 gasometer towers in Vienna Simmering.
Allgrena has produced three full length albums, various cassette releases, a 7'' EP

and a VHS tape dedicated to the four elements earth, water, fire and air.
The Memory Link contains a bonus track that was taken from Allgrena's participation on the the 7'' EP compilation

"Wo Die Wilden Kerle Wohnen", that was released in 2000 and featured Allerseelen, Der Blutharsch and Nový Svět.

Memory