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█ ARTIST: Christian Naujoks █
█ TITLE: True Life/In Flames █
█ LABEL: Dial █
█ GENRE: Classical █
█ BITRATE: 213kbps avg █
█ PLAYTIME: 0h 43min total █
█ RELEASE DATE: 2012-00-00 █
█ RIP DATE: 2012-02-23 █
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█ 01. Chamber Two 2:06 █
█ 02. On To The Next 4:48 █
█ 03. Moments I 4:05 █
█ 04. Diver 6:29 █
█ 05. True Life , In Flames 5:08 █
█ 06. Untitled Piano Take 4:20 █
█ 07. You Are Everything 4:04 █
█ 08. Dancer 7:11 █
█ 09. Moments II 4:52 █
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█ After his self-titled debut of 2009, True Life/In Flames is the second █
█ album by Berlin-based Christian Naujoks. Recorded by Tobias Levin at the █
█ Laiszhalle Philharmony Hamburg. A dense concert atmosphere sets the █
█ tone. Stringent seriality is combined with a romanticism of the minor █
█ key which one also finds in a certain corner of modern 20th-century █
█ piano music, in the vein of Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, Arvo PΣrt, John █
█ Cage and Gy÷rgy Kurtßg. Deep contemplation and solemn expression paired █
█ with intellectual clarity. Each note has weight, and every sound a █
█ purpose. Unlike Naujoks' debut, True Life/In Flames completely █
█ relinquishes the use of any sort of electronically-generated sound. █
█ Instead, there is a consistent stylization of what one might call █
█ "organic sound." The figure of the bedroom producer is relieved here by █
█ that of the composer and pianist. There's a piano, played by Naujoks; █
█ there's the marimba of Martin Krause and then Naujoks' voice. This album █
█ could be designated as a suite with various movements, bracketed by the █
█ conspicuous reprise of its most song-like piece, "Moments I" and █
█ "Moments II," as well as by the economy of the unchanging █
█ instrumentation and the black and white cover photograph by Dirk Stewen █
█ that references the recording location: the Laeiszhalle of the Hamburg █
█ Philharmonic. Piano and marimba stand there on an almost cave-like █
█ stage, surrounded by music stands, microphones and stacked Egon Eiermann █
█ SE 68 SU chairs -- a company of genuine instruments. Again, Christian █
█ Naujoks embraces the world of contemporary music-loving connaisseurs. █
█ True Life/In Flames is a gift for all those hunting the unique, the █
█ deep, the outstanding. All's quiet at the beginning, as it is at the █
█ end. █
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