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01. RITORNELL - Stalker's Sentiment
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02. RITORNELL - Old People (feat. Mira Lu Kovacs)
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03. RITORNELL - Silence Of The Sirens
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04. RITORNELL - The Bossa Under Your Bed
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05. RITORNELL - A Memory Of Athens
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06. RITORNELL - Book Of Now (feat. Mimu)
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07. RITORNELL - Feathers, Neon, Aluminium
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08. RITORNELL - Take The Last Train To The Coast
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09. RITORNELL - Sleeping Alone (feat. Tobias Koett)
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10. RITORNELL - If Nine Was Eight
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ARTIST
RITORNELL
TITLE
If Nine Was Eight
FORMAT
CD
LABEL
KARAOKE KALK
CATALOG #
KK 091CD
KK 091CD
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
5/6/2016
Austrian duo
Ritornell
present their third album,
If Nine Was Eight
, following
Golden Solitude
(KK 047CD, 2009) and
Aquarium Eyes
(KK 071CD/LP, 2013). The album sees percussionist
Richard Eigner
and pianist
Roman Gerold
create states of suspension and illusion that not only blur the lines between pop and art but also between acoustic and electronic sounds. The ambiguous beauty of their music has been compared to a detailed botanical still life -- one half-expects to see movement among the leaves. Contrabass flute, cello, piano, Rhodes -- these are only some of the ingredients that make up the ten tracks on
If Nine Was Eight
. Eigner and Gerold collaborate with a number of musicians on the album, including jazz tubist
Jon Sass
, saxophonist
Werner Zangerle
, and Swiss avant-garde percussionist
Julian Sartorius
.
Flip Philipp
, member of the
Wiener Symphoniker
, plays marimba and vibraphone. Various flutes are added by
Norbert Trawöger
, a prolific mediator between old and new music.
Mira Lu Kovacs
(
Schmieds Puls
) is responsible for the lyrics and vocals on the track "Old People," Viennese artist
Mimu Merz
(
Book of Now
) is once more a part of the team, and the soulful vocals on the track "Sleeping Alone" are courtesy of
Tobias Koett
of the duo
Ant Antic
. In Ritornell's protean live performances everything is flexible. Depending on the context, Eigner and Gerold dress their compositions in different guises -- dance tunes can morph into planar, cloudy soundscapes and vice versa. Thus they demonstrate that even if nine can never be eight, at least their music is full of possibilities.
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