Otto_A_Totland-Pino-2014-NJS

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2014-01-25

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Artist      : Otto A. Totland
Album       : Pinô
Year        : 2014
Genre       : Classical
Quality     : 209kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source      : CD
Playtime    : 0h 42m
Size        : 67.34mb
Label       : Sonic Pieces
Catalognr   : sonicpieces 019

Tracklist:
01. Open                                                         2:30
02. Steps                                                        1:52
03. Oana                                                         1:38
04. Solêr                                                        2:35
05. Aquet                                                        3:39
06. Weltz                                                        2:14
07. Pinô                                                         2:46
08. Seveen                                                       2:41
09. Ro To                                                        2:21
10. North Way                                                    2:14
11. Julie                                                        2:29
12. Frost                                                        1:58
13. Bluss                                                        2:06
14. Flomé                                                        3:00
15. âust                                                         2:29
16. Run                                                          2:20
17. Jonas                                                        1:20
18. Closer                                                       2:13

Releasenotes:
Otto A Totland is the more elusive half of much loved Norwegian duo Deaf Center
- with only one split 7" to his name released a couple of years ago on the Sonic
Pieces label. "Pinô" is his long-in-the-making solo debut, a sprawling 18-track
suite of solo Piano compositions that take us back to that time about a decade
ago when there was a real Satie-inspired renaissance that revolved around the
likes of Dustin O'Halloran, Nils Frahm, Gonzales' first 'Solo Piano' album and
the prepared piano pieces on Aphex Twins' 'Drukqs'. Ten years on and it's easier
to separate the wheat from the chaff (and let's face it - there was plenty
chaff) - but one track we've always returned to is Deaf Center's 'Eloy', the
closing track on their gorgeous 'Pale Ravine' album from 2005. Happily, "Pinô"
is like a full album of the stuff, a perfectly balanced arrangement of
minor-keys, reflective, bittersweet pieces that rarely break the 2-minute mark -
never outstaying their welcome. It's a beautifully recorded album too, you can
hear the keystrokes and the creaking of the pedals, lending the material a warm,
human dimension that's genuinely moving - no surprise to discover it was
recorded by Nils Frahm at his own Durton Studios. If you're a fan of Deaf
Center, this is a no-brainer.

Recommended played on 'soft' volume!

http://www.sonicpieces.com/

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