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6.12. (Live in Helsinki in the United States) is Värttinä's 9th album and first live album, released on September 3, 2001.

With the exception of "Laulutyttö", all songs on 6.12. appear on earlier Värttinä studio albums. 6.12. has less-varied instrumentation than their studio albums (after Oi Dai).

After being realized in Finland by BMG Finland, 6.12. was released by Resistencia in Spain in 2001. In 2002, it was released in Germany, Austria and Switzerland by Westpark, in Benelux by Frea, and in the United States by NorthSide.

Track listing[link]

All tracks were arranged by Värttinä, except for "Käppee" by Mari Kaasinen

• Also includes "Äijö" video

Personnel[link]

• Susan Aho – vocals, percussion
• Mari Kaasinen – vocals
• Kirsi Kähkönen – vocals
• Riikka Timonen – vocals
• Janne Lappalainen – bouzouki, saxophone
• Markku Lepistö – accordion
• Pekka Lehti – double bass
• Kari Reiman – violin
• Marko Timonen – drums, percussion
• Antto Varilo – guitars

On the video, new members Johanna Virtanen and Jaska Lukkarinen replace Riikka Timonen and Marko Timonen, respectively.

References[link]

External links[link]

• Värttinä page with samples
• Aijö video

Hans Reichel 2009 in concert at KlangArt Festival in Tony Cragg's Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden at Wuppertal, Germany, Foto: E. Dieter Fränzel

Hans Reichel (May 10, 1949 – November 22, 2011)^[1] was a German improvisational guitarist, experimental luthier, inventor, and type designer.^[2]

Career[link]

Reichel was born in Hagen, Germany. He began to teach himself violin at age 7, playing in the school orchestra until age 15. Around age 15, he began to play guitar and became interested in rock music, including The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, and later, Frank Zappa, Cream, and Jimi Hendrix. Reichel played in various groups before giving up music for a time while studying graphic design and working as a typesetter.

He came back to music in the early 1970s, when he recorded a tape of guitar music. This recording was sent to the jury of the German Jazz Festival in Frankfurt, where he was asked to appear in a special concert for newcomers. Discussions with Jost Gebers, the founder of Free Music Production (FMP), led to release of Reichel's music on the label, his first release being Wichlinghauser Blues in 1973.

The majority of Reichel's body of work consists of solo recordings, along with performances in smaller group settings. He recorded duets with a wide variety of musicians, including accordionist Rüdiger Carl, cellist Tom Cora, percussionist EROC, and a number of guitarists including Kazuhisa Uchihashi and Fred Frith. Reichel was also a member of the September Band (along with vocalist Shelley Hirsch, Rüdiger Carl, and drummer Paul Lovens), and also performed with larger ensembles led by the likes of saxophonist Thomas Borgmann and Butch Morris, an avante-garde conductor.

Due to the limited distribution of FMP, Reichel's music has never much been heard, especially in the United States. Smaller, independent labels such as Rastascan, Table of the Elements, and Intakt have issued some of his recordings in North America. Despite this limited exposure, Reichel was featured in Bart Hopkin's Gravikords, Whirlies & Pyrophones, a book and CD released in 1996, devoted to experimental musical instruments. He was also named among the "30 Most Radical Guitarists" in a 1997 issue of Guitar Player magazine.

Hans Reichel died in Wuppertal, aged 62, in November 2011.^[3]

Invented instruments[link]

Reichel constructed and built several variations of guitars and basses, most of them featuring multiple fretboards and unique positioning of pickups and 3rd Bridges. The resulting sounds exceeded the range of conventional tuning and added unusual effects, from odd overtones to metallic noises, to his play.

A variety of daxophone tongues

His Daxophone is a single wooden blade fixed in a block containing a contact microphone, which is played mostly with a bow.

Partial discography[link]

• Wichlinghauser Blues (1973, FMP 0150)
• Old Tune/Heimkehr der Holzböcke (1974, FMP S 5)
• Bonobo (1975, FMP 0280)
• Guitar Solos 2 (1976, Caroline Records C 1518. Three solos on compilation LP.)
• For Example (1976, FMP R123. Solo track on commemorative/compilation 3LP set.)
• Erdmännchen (1977, FMP 0400. Duo with Achim Knispel.)
• Buben (1978, FMP 0530. Duo with Rüdiger Carl.)
• Sven-Åke Johansson mit dem NMUI im SO 36 '79 (1979, FMP S17)
• Sven-Åke Johansson mit dem NMUI im SO 36 '79 (1979, Olof Bright OBCD10/GROB650. Full version of concert previously released on FMP S17.)
• The Death of the Rare Bird Ymir (1979, FMP 0640/FMP CD 54)
• Bonobo Beach (1981, FMP 0830/FMP CD 54)
• Bergisch-Brandenburgisches Quartett (1982, Amiga 856031. With Johansson/Carl/Petrowsky.)
• Duet Improvisation (1985, Vand'Oeuvre 8501. With Keith Tippett.)
• Kino: studio opera with EROC (1986, Teldec Import Service TIS 66.23921. Re-issued on CD in 1997.)
• The Dawn of Dachsman' (1987, FMP CD 60)
• Coco Bolo Nights (1988, FMP CD 10)
• Angel Carver (1988, FMP CD 15. Duo with Tom Cora.)
• Live at the Knitting Factory, Volume One (1988/9, Enemy EMY111. One track in duo with Tom Cora.)
• Dix improvisations (1989, Victo CD 09. Two tracks on a compilation CD.)
• X-Communication (1990, FMP CD 33)
• Show-down (1990, Intakt CD 023. Duo with Wädi Gysi.)
• Stop complaining/Sundown (1990/1991, FMP CD 36. Duos with Fred Frith and Kazuhisa Uchihashi.)
• Mini-suite: [untitled] (1991, Rastascan BRD 010. One track on compilation CD.)
• Shanghaied on Tor Road: The World's 1st Operetta Performed on Nothing but the Daxophone (1992, FMP CD 46)
• Hans Reichel (1993, Table of the Elements Beryllium, 7" Vinyl)
• Variations on Jay (1993, Table of the Elements Oxygen, 7" Vinyl)
• AngelicA 93 (1993, CAICAI 004. Solo plus other combinations, including an appearance by the 'All Daxophone Band'.)
• Kumunguitar (1993, ¿What Next? WN0012. Duo with Jin Hi Kim.)
• Conduction 28/Conduction 31 (1993, New World Records 80484. Lawrence D. 'Butch' Morris.)
• Conduction 31/Conduction 35/Conduction 36 (1993, New World Records 80485. Lawrence D. 'Butch' Morris.)
• Lower Lurum (1993/1994, Rastascan BRD 016)
• Le bal (1994, Ellipsis Arts)
• Buben...plus (1994, FMP CD 78. New duos with Rüdiger Carl, released with older material.)
• The Vandoeuvre Concert (1994, FMP CD 72. As part of the September Band: Carl/Hirsch/Lovens/Reichel.)
• Looking at Flees with Henry Geldzahler (1994, FMP MJ 01. September Band one track on compilation.)
• Thomas Borgmann's Orkestra Kith 'n Kin (1995, Cadence Jazz Records CJR 1081.)
• Book/Virtual COWWS (1978–1996, FMP OWN90007/9. Various tracks on Rüdiger Carl compilation.)
• Hans Reichel/Rüdiger Carl (1997, Hurta Cordel 97)
• The Return of Onkel Boskop (1983/1997, Repertoire REP 4688-WY. Duo with Eroc.)
• King Pawns (1997, Zen-006. Duo with Kazuhisa Uchihashi.)
• Festival Beyond Innocence: 2 1997–1998 (1997, Innocent Records FBI 103. Two solos + trio track on compilation CD.)
• Cue sheets II (2000, Tzadik 7513. Steve Beresford; one track features Reichel.)
• Total Music Meeting 2001: Audiology — 11 groups live in Berlin (2001, A/L/L 002. One track by Manuela on this compilation CD.)
• Yuxo: A New Daxophone Operetta (2002, A/L/L 003)

Typefaces[link]

Hans Reichel designed a few typefaces, among them one of today’s most popular type designs in advertising and in marketing (FF Dax).

• 1983 Barmeno BQ
• 1995-2000 FF Dax
• 1996 FF Schmalhans
• 1999 FF Sari
• 2001 FF Routes
• 2004 FF Dax Compact
• 2005 FF Daxline

References[link]

External links[link]

• http://www.daxo.de/ Hans Reichel’s website
• http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/mreichel.html European Free Improvisation Profile
• http://www.daxo.de/download/DaxInfo.pdf.zip (19MB) - Some information on the Daxophone by Hans Reichel
• http://www.fmp-label.de/ - Hans Reichel’s FMP releases
• http://www.efi.group.shef.ac.uk/photos/idax.html - EFI daxophone information page
• http://www.fontfont.com/fonts/dax Hans Reichel’s most popular typeface (FF Dax)
• http://www.fontfont.com/designers/hans-reichel Hans Reichel’s FontFont typefaces

Lars Ricken

Ricken training with Borussia Dortmund
Personal information
Full name	Lars Ricken
Date of birth	(1976-07-10) 10 July 1976 (age 35)
Place of birth	Dortmund, West Germany
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1993–2008	Borussia Dortmund	301	(49)
2002–2008	Borussia Dortmund II	39	(8)
National team
1995–1998	Germany U21	17	(8)
1997–2002	Germany	16	(1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Lars Ricken (born 10 July 1976) is a German retired footballer. The midfielder represented Borussia Dortmund during his entire professional career, which spanned 15 years.

He was the youngest player to ever appear for Borussia in an official match, a record later broken by Nuri Şahin. A German international for five years, Ricken represented the country at the 2002 World Cup and the 1999 Confederations Cup.

Football career[link]

Born in Dortmund, Ricken joined local BV Borussia at an early age, and made his Bundesliga debut on 8 March 1994 in a 1–2 home defeat against VfB Stuttgart, aged not yet 18. From the following season onwards, he became a regular, scoring a memorable long distance goal in the 1996–97 UEFA Champions League final against Juventus FC. That goal made him the youngest goalscorer (&1000000000000002000000020 years, &10000000000000322000000322 days) and scorer of the fastest goal in a final of the competition, finding the net after just 16 seconds on the field as a substitute.^[1] He also combined for 47 matches and eight goals in the side's back-to-back national titles (1994–96).

In the following years, Ricken's success was hampered by a series of injuries. An international since 10 September 1997, in a 1998 FIFA World Cup qualifier against Armenia, he missed that major international tournament as well as UEFA Euro 2000. Later, he restored his form, helping Dortmund to claim the league title in 2002 by scoring a career-best six goals, and being selected by national coach Rudi Völler for the German squad at that year's World Cup; he did not play in the tournament however, as Germany emerged runners-up.

Ricken's injury woes returned after the World Cup and, as a consequence, he failed to earn recognition at both European or international level. In early April 2007, he was demoted to the reserve team by manager Thomas Doll, due to substandard performance.^[2]

In November 2007, Ricken announced to retire from football. In an attempt to return to football, he briefly attended a training camp in February 2008 with the Columbus Crew of the Major League Soccer, but returned to Germany and Dortmund in a few days.

On 11 June 2008, Borussia Dortmund sport director Michael Zorc, also a former club footballer, announced that Ricken was to be hired as youth coordinator, with immediate effect, while still appearing for the club's amateur side, in Regionalliga West. However, on 16 February 2009, he announced his retirement from professional football.^[3]

Honours[link]

Club[link]

• UEFA Champions League: 1996–97
• Intercontinental Cup: 1997
• German League: 1994–95, 1995–96, 2001–02
• UEFA Cup: Runner-up 2001–02
• German Cup: Runner-up 2007–08
• German League Cup: Runner-up 2003

Country[link]

• FIFA World Cup: Runner-up 2002

See also[link]

• List of one-club men

References[link]

External links[link]

• Career stats at Fussballdaten (German)
• Lars Ricken at National-Football-Teams.com

v t e Germany squad – 1999 FIFA Confederations Cup 1 Lehmann 2 Wörns 3 Heinrich 4 Linke 5 Doğan 6 Maul 7 Scholl 8 Wosz 9 Marschall 10 Matthäus 11 Preetz 12 Enke 13 Neuville 14 Baumann 15 Ballack 16 Schneider 17 Gerber 18 Ricken 19 Heldt 20 Rink Coach: Ribbeck

v t e Germany squad – 2002 FIFA World Cup Runners-up 1 Kahn (c) 2 Linke 3 Rehmer 4 Baumann 5 Ramelow 6 Ziege 7 Neuville 8 Hamann 9 Jancker 10 Ricken 11 Klose 12 Lehmann 13 Ballack 14 Asamoah 15 Kehl 16 Jeremies 17 Bode 18 Böhme 19 Schneider 20 Bierhoff 21 Metzelder 22 Frings 23 Butt Coach: Völler