Hauschka / Prepared Piano, The
Album: Prepared Piano, The   Collection:General
Artist:Hauschka   Added:Sep 2005
Label:Karaoke Kalk  

A-File Activity
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
Murray
Reviewed 2006-06-08
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
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