Squidco: Bohlen / Reimann Duo: 2nd Floor

2nd Floor

Recorded on various floors and in different rooms at the music school Bochum in Germany in 2014, the duo of reedists Katharina Bohlen and Claudius Reimann add spring drums, gongs, cymbals, tubular bells, and sound plates to their understated and moody improvisations.

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Personnel:

Katharina Bohlen-reeds, percussion

Claudius Reimann-reeds percussion

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UPC: 5609063402629

Label: Creative Sources
Catalog ID: cs262
Squidco Product Code: 19123

Format: CD
Condition: New
Released: 2014
Country: Portugal
Packaging: Jewel Case
Recorded by Katharina Bohlen and Claudius Reimann on various floors and in different rooms of the Bochum music school, Germany, in February 2014.

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"Katharina Bohlen studied the clarinet in Germany at the "Folkwang Universität der Künste" where she was rewarded with the prestigious price of "Folkwang" in 2009."

-Creative Sources (http://creativesourcesrec.com/creative_artists.html)
10/26/2026

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"Claudius Reimann is a composer, improviser and performer of contemporary music. He calls his prepared woodwinds "Sografone". Since the 1990s he has published numerous recordings with experimental music."

-Creative Sources (http://creativesourcesrec.com/creative_artists.html)
10/26/2026

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Track Listing:

1. 1 1:53

2. 2 9:09

3. 3 3:11

4. 4 6:45

5. 5 3:31

6. 6 7:15

7. 7 4:44

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