Fridge Trax

Recording of Fridge Trax In 1994, Bauer, Pieper and Rehberg had the idea of creating music from recordings of refrigerators. After collecting enough recordings by placing microphones in refrigerators of various sizes, they traveled to Berlin. There, in Andi Pieper's studio, the four tracks of Fridge Trax were composed in a single session in October 1994. The Mego label was created in order to release these recordings. Recording of Live and Final Fridge On July 10 1995, at the Interference festival held as part of Berlin's Love Parade, the trio performed their Fridge Trax live during a session played between 6 and 7 a.m. The first six tracks on Live and Final Fridge are from this performance. Three further tracks were recorded in September 1995 in Berlin (Thaw Fridge), and finally in October 1995 in Vienna (Raw Fridge and Final Fridge). The album Live and Final Fridge was released in 1996 on the German label Source Records. Following these collaborations, the musicians soon released their first solo albums: Pita's Seven Tons for Free (1996), and General Magic's Frantz (1997). == Critical reception ==

Fridge Trax In his review for AllMusic, Sean Cooper describes the EP Fridge Trax as a fascinating record: "The range of sounds Pita and General Magic are able to extract from such seemingly unmusical sources is nothing short of phenomenal, from blunt, funky breakbeats and warbling basslines to weird, shivery drones and echoing atmospherics." Florian Hecker describes Fridge Trax in Artforum as "an ultralightweight construction—focused, clear, conceptual, rhythmic but static, witty, and utterly new." Oliver Lamm described the album as "a true manifesto (...) which would serve as a blueprint for Peter Rehberg's entire career." For Oli Warwick, the track Spring Fridge, with its rich sound palette, is one of the album's standout tracks. == Further releases ==

In 2007, a digital reissue of Fridge Trax was released by Editions Mego. In 2015, a new edition entitled Fridge Trax Plus was announced to mark the 20th anniversary of the original release. Fridge Trax Plus combines all the tracks from the Fridge Trax EP and the Live and Final Fridge album, which have been remastered. A new cover was designed, once again by Tina Frank. Fridge Trax Plus was released on May 25, 2015, on double vinyl (with all 13 tracks) and digitally. == Track listing ==

Fridge Trax (12") Live and Final Fridge (CD) ==References==