Variationer, by Erich Grunewald

Variationer

by Erich Grunewald

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1.	Preludium 08:07	buy track
2.	Fantasi 07:22	buy track
3.	Kanon, ton och interludium 13:54	buy track
4.	En flämtning 07:42	buy track
5.	Det nya året, hundarnas år 21:39	buy track

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“Variationer” is a set of variations on the opening phrase in the slow movement of Anton Bruckner's 7th Symphony. It is a blend of the slower and more meditative parts of Bruckner and Richard Wagner, the solemn atmosphere of sacred music and the obsessiveness of modern experimental music like that by Phil Niblock, Alvin Curran, Pauline Oliveros or more recently Kali Malone. The end result is a mysterious journey across a landscape on the border between the classical tradition and contemporary experimental music.

"Some of this sounds indeed very classical and dramatic, and great, such as the opening 'Preludium', with a fine dark drone from samples strings and timpani and other percussion towards the end. [...] The final piece, 'Det nya året, hundarnas år', is also the longest here and again one that I enjoyed; strange acoustic sounds set against music that I think is akin to Curran/Oliveros[.]" (Vital Weekly)

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credits

released June 1, 2021

Recorded 2018–2020 in Germany, Sweden and the Czech Republic.

All tracks written, recorded and mixed by Erich Grunewald. Riccardo Canta plays saxophone on A1, A3, B1 and B2. Hampus Grunewald plays guitar on A2 and B2 and accordion on A3. Viktoriia Shcherbak plays synthesiser on A3 and B2.

Additional mixing and mastering by Marco Verdi.
Cover art and design Viktoriia Shcherbak.
Dubbed by Prepaid Records in Leipzig.

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Die Brücke Berlin, Germany

A non-profit digital and tape label founded by Viktoriia Shcherbak and Erich Grunewald.

We circulate drone, ambient, abstract and concrete music.

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