| Hauschka / Prepared Piano, The |
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| Album: | Prepared Piano, The | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Hauschka | Added: | Sep 2005 | |
| Label: | Karaoke Kalk | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2006-06-11 | Pull Date: | 2006-08-13 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Aug 13 | Aug 6 | Jul 30 | Jul 23 | Jul 16 | Jun 18 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | May 20, 2015: | minimum entropy Twins | 4. | Jul 30, 2006: | Multiple Personality Disorder Ginkgo Tree | |
| 2. | Jul 21, 2007: | On the warpath Two Stones | 5. | Jul 23, 2006: | Multiple Personality Disorder Traffic | |
| 3. | Aug 06, 2006: | Multiple Personality Disorder Traffic | 6. | Jul 20, 2006: | Sexytime! - with Eran Mukamel Two Stones |
| Album Review |
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| Murray Reviewed 2006-06-08 | ||
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Experimental prepared-piano instrumentals, (almost) all acoustic. Pretty and highly varied. Multi-layered. Second LP from Düsseldorf based composer/performer Volker Bertelmann. Play with Klimperei, Na, Toychestra, Philip Glass. FCC clean. Start with 2, 3, 8. 1. Whimsical, wide interval theme. Multi-layered. Interesting acoustic percussion. ==> 2. Up-tempo, driving rhythm. Nice interplay of voices. ==> 3. Slow, sparse. Delicious mix of textures. 4. Slow, hypnotic, and dreamy. Some synth. 5. Mid-tempo, cinematic finale feel. 6. Mid-tempo. Playful arpeggio. Gets busier and busier. 7. Mid-tempo. Gentle but percussive chords. Nice buzzy sounds. ==> 8. Bouncy and light. Lots of staccato plucking of piano strings. Some jazzy bass and drum. 9. Slow, quiet, and sparse. 10. Mid-tempo. Quirky, pentatonic rhythm. Moving chords. Nice buzzy sounds again. 11. Mid-slow, with melancholy (minor) chords paired with silly tap-dance-like percussion. 12. Mid-slow. Late-night denouement/lullaby | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | La Seine | 7. | Twins | |||
| 2. | Traffic | 8. | Two Stones | |||
| 3. | Fernpunkt | 9. | Kein Wort | |||
| 4. | Where Were You | 10. | Long Walk | |||
| 5. | Ginkgo Tree | 11. | Kreuzung | |||
| 6. | Firn | 12. | Morning |