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ARTIST
HAUSCHKA WITH ROB PETIT & ROBERT MACFARLANE
TITLE
Upstream
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
SONIC PIECES
CATALOG #
PATT 010LP
PATT 010LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
3/26/2021
German pianist and composer
Hauschka
returns to Sonic Pieces with music for the experimental film
Upstream
. Together with filmmaker
Rob Petit
and acclaimed writer
Robert Macfarlane
he has created a slow-moving dream-flight into wildness and winter through an eerie, hypnotic soundtrack of the Scottish highlands. The film, which is shot entirely from the air, follows the course of the River Dee in Scotland all the way to its source in the Cairngorm mountains, the highest of any river in Britain. The soundtrack to the film, here, is without doubt Hauschka's most brooding, deep work and he is in a much darker mood in contrast to his Oscar-nominated works for Hollywood films. The variation of cello, prepared piano, poems, sound effects, and occasional synth create a ghostly sound as if a shadow was slowly moving through the Scottish winter. One can hear a faint echo of
David Darling
's
Dark Wood
(1995) era in the empty, dark beauty of the bow -- performed by
Insa Schirmer
. Hauschka sheds his more rhythmic, entertaining side to reveal something new. Together with Petit and Macfarlane, he embraces the comfort and force of nature to truly mesmerizing effect. The last and shortest piece of the album "Uisge dhè" as well as the bonus track included on the download code "Here the Heart Fills" include prose poems written by Robert Macfarlane voiced in Gaelic and English by
Niall Gordàn
and
Julie Fowlis
. The naked words spoken over haunting sound recordings of the River Dee and its source, create a mystical atmosphere heightened only by sparse cello passages. A strange, beautiful and captivating album that stands alone as a truly transportive piece of work: close your eyes and travel...
Upstream
. Cover with laser-cut and printed inner sleeve; includes download code; edition of 700.
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