During the days between the 19th and 24th June 2023, Christoph Ogiermann, composer, performer, painter gives a workshop at the John Cage Haus in Halberstadt, Germany, on performing ideas derived by John Cage and the I-Ching. In the group of participants, Mattia Bonafini performs also with a No-Input Mixing Board configuration in duo with Christoph, aka Crog, on the violin
On the 25th, they decided to play together in the main Hall of the J. C. Haus: they placed a handheld recorder and performed for themselves
The recording was mixed and mastered by Mattia Bonafini; they decided to propose this material to Attenuation Circuit / EMERGE and Vykintas Baltakas
The name CROMB is the mixture of ChRistophOGiermann + MattiaBonafini
The drawings on the cover are CROG’s creations
Cover made by Mattia Bonafini