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01. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Umstunden
02. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Indie Woogie
03. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Frankly
04. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Whose Contact?
05. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Nuance
06. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Graden
07. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Toast
08. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Hohner Omen
09. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Mild
10. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Unsettled
11. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Bald
12. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Anderer
13. ROEDELIUS SCHNEIDER - Pedal Piece
ARTIST
TITLE
Tiden
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
BB 132CD BB 132CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
7/9/2013

"Not long after Hans-Joachim Roedelius (Cluster, Harmonia) and Stefan Schneider (To Rococo Rot, Kreidler, Mapstation) had released their first album Stunden, accompanied by a few live shows in 2011, Eric Satie and Brian Eno were quoted as the great inspiration for their musical collaboration. Fine references no doubt, one having invented musique d'ameublement, and the other having refined it into ambient music 80 years later. Yet Tiden does not sit easily in either camp. This is neither tasteful decor (à la Satie), nor is it electronic-auditory space-filler (à la Eno), gazing towards infinity. The short duration of the 13 pieces is enough to discount either genre. Better to consider these as concentrated, inspired études, carefully thought through and in no way random or sketchy. With cheerful gravitas, the two artists create absolute music -- music which desires only to be itself, without ulterior effects and with the declared intent of involving the listener in his emotional, inventive game. Perhaps Franz Schubert's moments musicaux would be a more suitable citation. The lightness and atmospheric intimacy of this music reveal Roedelius (grand piano, synthesizer) and the decades younger Schneider (Elektronik) as musicians who understand how to listen to one another and improvise on each other's ideas immediately. The result is a lively, relentless interplay of great composure, more surprising than any tide could be, as precise calendars exist for tidal flows. Roedelius can already look back on an adventuresome career in music. Schneider has also prospered through exciting decades in contemporary pop. This is the second time their paths have crossed. Tiden keeps the promise which their first album made -- genial contemporary music from two artists who are as one in heart and soul. And when Roedelius steps on the pedal of his grand piano, well, it squeaks a little." --Asmus Tietchens