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01. HAUSCHKA - Orange I
02. HAUSCHKA - Vielleicht
03. HAUSCHKA - Golden
04. HAUSCHKA - Dark I
05. HAUSCHKA - Sequence I
06. HAUSCHKA - Fragile
07. HAUSCHKA - Wait
08. HAUSCHKA - Sequence II
09. HAUSCHKA - Cardiff
10. HAUSCHKA - Dark II
11. HAUSCHKA - Orange II
ARTIST
TITLE
Substantial
FORMAT
CD

LABEL
CATALOG #
KK 025CD KK 025CD
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
2/23/2004

"The Scene: The Welsh mountains, remote and harsh, a special place. A good place to produce a special album. The characters: Volker Bertelmann in his friend Adam Fuests' studio, equipped with only a piano and a laptop. The Project: To record a album of piano music. Title: Hauschka. Substantial is a snapshot of a life spent with the black and white keys, and is simultaneously both moment and history, thought and feeling, yet without turning into a unduly meaningful concept album. Rather, Substantial is based upon the least conceptual of all concepts: Improvisation. Each track is based upon an opening sequence, the theme of which is extended, modulated and varied with, as far as form or length is concerned, no specific objective in mind. What has come out is music of a differing, well, substance: Eleven atmospheric pieces in which a variety of different techniques overlap and rhythmical images with narrative depth unfold; in which further instruments, such as double bass or vibraphone make a fleeting appearance, at once lending a hint of pop, but at no time detracting from the piano as central instrument; in which experimental and electronic music is accessed without compromising the directness and ease of the improvisational approach."