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SONIC 023CD
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Followers of the Sonic Pieces catalog will already be familiar with both F.S.Blumm and Nils Frahm, as well as their acclaimed work as a duo. But although it finds them making use of familiar instruments, their third full-length collaboration, Tag Eins Tag Zwei, manages to add a new tone to their already unique language. By trading in the post-processed sound sculptures that made up the two preceding albums for intimate pieces of improvisation, this collaboration merges into the most soothing and life-affirming recording the two have produced so far. Guitars and toys flow next to piano and harmonium in an organic combination, shaping nine pieces that abnegate any common categorization. Incorporating classical, jazz, and folk influences, it's the genuine use of tricks and delays that lift these improvisations above the ordinary and make them both incredibly relaxing and exciting at the same time. The result is a perfect example of how immediacy can be the most powerful approach to creating music. Based on a remarkable understanding of each other's phrasing, the pair of sessions that form this album shows two vivid artists at the peak of their game -- unconditional spontaneity. CD in handmade cardboard sleeve.
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SP 008-016CD
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Combined version of Music for Lovers Music Versus Time (2010) and Music for Wobbling Music Versus Gravity (2013). A duo can be the most magical of things, and it seems like the meeting of minds between Morr Music veteran F.S. Blumm and contemporary classical darling Nils Frahm was a match made in heaven. The ease with which they perform together is the first noticeable thing on Music for Wobbling Music Versus Gravity -- there is a discernible weightlessness to their sound as they circle around each other, moving and meeting, touching with their musical fingertips. This is lighthearted music, certainly, but Frahm's effortless melancholy pulls it back to the real world before there is any danger of things getting twee. The album is a selection of overdubbed and edited improvisations, and every sound was recorded with microphones, giving an indescribable air to the music that is a product of the space in the room. Breaths, fingers on keys and strings, chairs and feet -- everything can be heard plainly and this becomes a defining part of the compositions themselves. It almost becomes an experience akin to listening to an aging folk recording, but instead of a group of locals, this is merely two friends creating their own homespun instrumentals. The perfect record for the winter months, Music for Wobbling Music Versus Gravity is a generous gift from two of Germany's most hard-working talents, and it is guaranteed to warm even the coldest of hearts.
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