Photo Book "Palais Schaumburg 81" plus Anniversary Concerts

a photo book with material from the 1981 debut album "Palais Schaumburg" was being released in December 2011. It is available at special concerts, celebrating the 30th anniversary of the album.

So far concerts in the line up of the original band "Palais Schaumburg" have taken place on the 16th and 17th of December 2011 in Hamburg at Pudel and on the 30th of December at HAU2 in Berlin.

A presentation of the book can be seen here.

Interview with Frieze Magazine - German Edition plus free track

Holger Hiller talks about his collaboration with Albert Oehlen, his conceptual approach to making music and the broader changes, that have shaped music in the past decades:

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Holger Hiller 2011 / Photo: Esther Freund

Joint Works with Albert Oehlen 

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This is an example of 9 joint works of painter Albert Oehlen and Holger Hiller, which were shown in April 2011 at Max Hetzler Gallery, Berlin.

Works consist of nine single-edition prints by Oehlen, each juxtaposed and framed with a vinyl record of material specially composed by Hiller.

To listen to more samples of the music...

Short Story

a short story entitled "seven lies about holger hiller" by british artist Momus is available on his website. the story is partly fictional, partly biographical: http://imomus.com/7lies.html