2016 / 1986

'2016 Side

Make It Up As You Go Along
Vocals, melody and bassline by Wolfgang Tillmans
Recordings of Heidelberg Speedmaster XL printing press by Wolfgang Tillmans
Keyboards, harmonies and Speedmaster syncopation by Tim Knapp
Initial audio project set up and drums programming by Konstantin Gebser, Armin Lorenz Gerold and Daniel Matysiak
Guitar by Juan Pablo Echeverri
Additional percussion by Edys Da Silva
Additional arrangement and production by Tim Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Mixed and mastered by Klaus Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Recorded at Cantz’sche Druckerei, Ostfildern, 2011, Prinzessinnenstrasse, Berlin, 2015/16 and Stage Studio, Porto, 2016
Written and produced by Wolfgang Tillmans, 2016

Triangle / Gong / What
Triangle, gong, vocals and recording by Wolfgang Tillmans
Recorded at Sebastian Street, London and Prinzessinnenstrasse, Berlin, 2015
Engineered by Tim Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Mixed and mastered by Klaus Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Written and produced by Wolfgang Tillmans, 2016


1986 Side

Fascinating This Time
Vocals, lyrics, melody and effects, 1986 by Wolfgang Tillmans
All harmonies, instruments and programming, 1986 by Bert Leßmann
Recorded at Barlachweg, Remscheid, 1986
Restoration of original cassette recording and reconstruction of original music and instruments, 2016 by Tim Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Additional arrangement by Tim Knapp
Mastered by Klaus Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Written by Bert Leßmann / Wolfgang Tillmans, 1986
Produced by Wolfgang Tillmans, 2016

Stranger
Vocals, lyrics and melody, 1986 by Wolfgang Tillmans
All harmonies, instruments and programming, 1986 by Bert Leßmann
Recorded at Barlachweg, Remscheid, 1986
Restoration of original cassette recording and reconstruction of original music and instruments, 2016 by Tim Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Mastered by Klaus Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Written by Bert Leßmann / Wolfgang Tillmans , 1986
Produced by Wolfgang Tillmans, 2016

Time Flows All Over
Vocals, lyrics and melody, 1986 by Wolfgang Tillmans
Keyboards, 1986 by Bert Leßmann
Guitar, bass and drums, 1986 by anon. -
(Musicians, Bert, and I met for a one night session in a rehearsal room in Wuppertal. Since Bert passed away in 2013 I’m unable to find out the names of the other musicians)
Restoration of original cassette recording and reconstruction of original music and instruments, 2016 by Tim Knapp and Klaus Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Mastered by Klaus Knapp at Trixx Studios, Berlin
Written by Anon, Bert Leßmann, Wolfgang Tillmans, 1986
Produced by Wolfgang Tillmans, 2016

Cassette digitisation by Alcuin Stevenson
Cover design and images 1987, 2012, 2013 by Wolfgang Tillmans

Special thanks to Ute Lennartz, Juan Pablo Echeverri, Tim Knapp, Klaus Knapp, Konstantin Gebser, Armin Lorenz Gerold, Thilo Schneider, Peter Armster'[discogs]