Artist : Christoph Berg
Album : Paraphrases
Year : 2012
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 234kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : Webshop / FLAC
Playtime : 0h 54m
Size : 95.74mb
Label : Facture
Catalognr :
Tracklist:
01. Falling Asleep 4:48
02. Elegy 6:24
03. Poems Written By An Old (Prepared) Piano 7:40
04. Buildings At Night 4:39
05. Interlude 6:37
06. Paraphrases (On Vinyl) 1:46
07. A Small Path Crossing 6:56
08. Quiet Times At The Library 4:54
09. Interlude (Remixed By Aus) 5:14
10. Falling Asleep (Remixed By P. J°rgensen) 5:33
Releasenotes:
Written and recorded over a period of more than two years, "Paraphrases" is a
collection of chamber music compositions performed, recorded and layered through
numerous recording sessions in a small room in northern Germany near the Baltic
Sea.
Christoph Berg scores the history of eight narrow worlds, carved only from wood
- violin, piano and double bass. The initial composition "Quiet times at the
library" defines the tone, but the album also sees many shades; the solo piece
"Poems written by an old (prepared) piano", the crow haunted field recordings of
"Interlude" and reverent remixes provided by Yasuhiko Fukuzono (aus) and P
J°rgensen specially for the CD edition.
The direct intimacy of the material is a stark counterpoint to the sweeping
cinematic grandeur and electronic sound manipulation of previous releases as
Field Rotation, and is also the logical progression from 2011 releases æAcoustic
TalesÆ and æAnd Tomorrow I Will Sleep"; the former a tribute to literature, and
the latter a paean to hibernation after exhaustion. Completed in the brief
escapes allowed by gaps in graduate study, "Paraphrases" is a
recontextualisation of the experience of exhaustion, written in other words.
Mastered with precise weight by Ian Hawgood, the 180gm vinyl is packaged inside
heavy gatefold four panel sleeves, wrapped within an A1 double-sided poster. The
package also includes a 12 x 12 hand numbered print and an embossed
letter-pressed CD with a fold-out booklet featuring striking photography by
Ae¿la Labbe. The album is a treasure of both talent and soul, and the
extraordinary packaging from the label and considered art design by Ian
Hazeldine reflects the classic nature of the material.
Written and produced by Christoph Berg
Mastered by Ian Hawgood
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