I must admit, before the Klang Farben Text in Munich, and that remarkable project’s constant exchange and collaboration as an active learning experience for me, I had never come across the German sound / concrete poet Raphael Erdinger. It’s thanks to Chris McCabe’s curatorial vision in suggesting we ask the German participants in the project to present on classic concrete poets that this fascinating figure came up. And then over dinner, stories of this anonymous trailblazer so stoked us that it has resulted in a rare reprinting of his work, thanks to Barrie Tullett, in this beautiful limited edition of 6. I have one and you, if you are reading this, cannot have one. But behold
