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The International Nothing is a psycho-acoustic clarinet duo formed by Michael Thieke and Kai Fagaschinski in 2000. They collectively compose multilayered sound sculptures using multiphonics, beat frequencies and difference tones as an integral part of their language. The duo released five albums on the Japanese Ftarri Label and played concerts in Europe, East Asia and North and South America.

The International Nothing: Just None of Those Things

Read "Just None of Those Things" reviewed by John Eyles

by John Eyles
February 20, 2022

Hey, another four years have passed so it must be time for a new album from The International Nothing! Sure enough, here it is, bang on time. Just None of Those Things is the fifth album by the Berlin-based clarinet duo of Kai Fagaschinski and Michael Thieke; the first, Mainstream (Ftarri, 2006), was the only one of the five on which the clarinettists were joined by guest players—including vocalists Margaret Kammerer and Christof Kurzmann with whom they had formed the ...