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PLOP 001CD
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Water-Wasser is the sixth full-length release from Christian Przygodda (aka Hausmeister), his newest album in three years The music of Water-Wasser is influenced by European classic, electronic music, folk and progressive rock, just as much as jazz, using various raw acoustic instruments, all played by Przygodda himself. The basic idea of composition is similar to classic symphonics, with the return of themes and their variations -- but Hausmeister evokes those themes with diverse sound-sources. The whole album is drawn from the creative melting-pot of musical possibilities. As with the element water, the transcendent is the constant. Hausmeister is interested in various possibilities and ways to enter different floors of this musical building, enjoying all the different angles and sights. This strongly refers to the works of the French comic artist Moebius (The Hermetic Garage) or of writer Lars Gustaffson (The Third Rochade of Bernhard Foy). The album cover painting is also by Christian which shows an additional aspect of his interdisciplinary approach within the album. Water-Wasser contains very pleasant and composed music which will be appealing to a wide audience. For fans of rock, electronic music, jazz, classical music, and more.
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KK 016CD
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"Here is the third Hausmeister album to be released on Karaoke Kalk. And like its predecessor unser (our) it bears a plain and modest name: weiter. This inconspicuous word -- which means 'further', 'forward', 'onwards', 'additionally', 'moreover' and also, in a different sense of the word, 'wider', 'broader' -- leaves room for every imaginable individual interpretation. At the same time, it can simply be left standing on its own, even if, or indeed because, Christian Przygodda would surely have had his very own reasons for bracketing his new tracks with this title. All sorts of things may be 'weiter': the music, life, love, sorrows, thought -- or oneself, as an individual, as a person. Most of all, whatever 'weiter' may mean for any one of us in any particular moment, it is a word full of hope, it speaks of looking forward, no matter what might be standing beside or behind. And this is a wonderful thing because it is really so simple -- though still rarely accomplished in life by most of us. To forget or just to let go and look forward can sometimes be very hard, since you do not know what awaits you and are afraid to take the step. Hausmeister had the courage to take that step. With the newly added vocals his music presents itself in a new light and moves much more than before in traditional song structures. melody and composition are still prominent, as is the passion for conventional instruments, but everything appears clearer, more self-contained and as naturally proceeding from his previous works. The title track is the last one on this release by Hausmeister. The album thus appears as a review or re-working of things past, closing with a hopeful look forward, on whatever is to come. in this sense, weiter is a beautiful declaration of love to life with all its tricks and traps..."
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KK 017LP
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LP version in full color sleeve.
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KK 008CD
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"The Hausmeister's new album is Ours (Unser). Ours means something to share or to share something. Ours is just the opposite of me myself and my -- as in selfishness, but as in loneliness, too: ours life, ours thoughts. Hours of pleasure. Our friends, our family, our house. Or simply our music. Ours describes a relationship. Coincidental also the ending of it. To come apart. To part company. Ours is something we share. Even if we beg to differ. The creation of ours is tied to a certain moment of communication. The Hausmeister's Ours doesn't dare to speak. But his music does. And so his ours is an ours for all of us: together with the Hausmeister, but also an our of you and me both."
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KK 014LP
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LP version with the same 13 tracks as the CD. "Very sympathetic debut. Follows the path that Wunder left open."
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