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01. FREDERIK CROENE - Réanimation Forcée
02. FREDERIK CROENE - Amour Éternel
03. FREDERIK CROENE - Toccata Cardiaque
04. FREDERIK CROENE - Poil Palliatif
05. FREDERIK CROENE - Gonflammation
06. FREDERIK CROENE - Animation Gériatrique
07. FREDERIK CROENE - Postludium 'Pour Le Piano'
ARTIST
TITLE
Le Piano Demecanise
FORMAT
LP

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CATALOG #
AUDIOMER 007LP AUDIOMER 007LP
GENRE
RELEASE DATE
12/4/2012

2010 release. "Le Piano Demécanisé is the result of Frederik Croene's urge to sabotage the piano, to destroy the nostalgic relation between player and instrument, making obsolete acquired techniques, finding himself unable to play repertoire, thus freeing himself and the object." -- Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly 757. Frederik Croene performs his music on a "dismantled" piano, which, if I believe the cover of this record, looks like a drum set. It seems to me that much of the music is played in an improvised manner, but perhaps with classical training in mind. Also, again, I am not sure but it could very well be that Croene takes his inspiration from Zen. Sometimes, like in "Gonflammation," the piano actually sounds like a piano, which is odd if it has been dismantled, but in "Postludium 'pour le piano,'" Croene allows external piano sounds into his music. Overall the music has a very contemplative and percussive nature. Either with hands, sticks, or bows, he gently approaches the piano and works on it, very much like a composer, an explorer, and an improviser. Croene explores the possibilities in a careful way, almost like a scientist, and let's the results speak for themselves. Hard to place on the scale composition versus improvisation, but throughout very nice.