a r t i s t : Ekkehard Ehlers-Paul Wirkus
t i t l e : Ballads
d a t e : 2009
l a b e l : Staubgold
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2009
t r a c k s : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 58,6 MB
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One of electronic music's most enigmatic artists, Ekkehard
Ehlers teams up with percussionist Paul Wirkus for a selection
of freeform avant-garde compositions that cross-pollinate the
building blocks of jazz (you'll hear double bass from Werner
Dafeldecker and clarinet from Kai Fagaaschinski) with extreme
and often highly adventurous electronic treatments. 'Okno'
fizzes with shambolic guitar modulations and creaking
amplified textures, 'Wiem' supplies warm floating tremolo
tones in a far more sedate, even blissful mode, while a piece
like 'Ziemia' is all about intricately spun discord and
dramatic, digitally enhanced percussion. None of this presents
an easy listen, but its boundlessly explorotory nature makes
it enthralling throughout. The vicious double bass dissections
of 'Guma' with its bowed, then hacked at string drones offer
up a particular highlight, and the album closer 'Ruchy'
delivers a noisy crescendo, offering a parallel to the caustic
splurge of early Pita records. Strong stuff.
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01-Kwiaty [03:49]
02-Okno [03:13]
03-Wiem [05:08]
04-Szminka [03:07]
05-Plany [03:04]
06-Ziemia [02:42]
07-Guma [05:47]
08-Atlas [02:39]
09-Skronie [03:40]
10-Bryza [04:25]
11-Ruchy [04:42]
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42:16 min