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Some reviews of the music from the CD "Inlandish", the third collaborative work of Roedelius after "Persistence of Memory" and "Lunz" with grammy nominated mastermind Timothy Story
The quiet man of krautrock, Hans-Joachim Roedelius, has been wise in his choice of collaborators. The 73-year-old is a benign minimalist who benefits from being steered away from simple prettiness into stranger, more unsettled waters. In the 1970s, he formed Cluster with Dieter Moebius, and the pair proceeded to work with both Neu!’s Michael Rother (as Harmonia) and Brian Eno. Following 2003’s Lunz, American composer Tim Story is again doing the steering, and with a much bolder hand, shading Roedelius’s neo-classical piano meditations with cello, oboe, and pensive electronics. Intermittent Haiku has the same nostalgic, rain-blurred synth tones as Boards of Canada; Downrivers is underscored by a tachycardiac tick like a malfunctioning clock; Beforst is a luminously textured marvel. This is a record to set along side 1977’s Cluster & Eno, but also Air and Aphex Twin: beautifully eerie, a world unto itself.
- Dorian Luskey, The Guardian 11 January 2008 (4 stars out of 5)
One half of the Krautrock duo Cluster, Hans-Joachim Roedelius first worked with the American composer Tim Story in 1996. Inlandish is their third collaboratin, and the best, being fill of heart-melting melodies and subtle backdrops they describe and "emotionally ambiguous soundscapes". Surprisingly, it’s Story who provides the synth parts and additional arrangements, with Roedelius restricting himself to the limpid piano progressions that are at the heart of these pieces - a division of labour that brings quietly spectacular results in "As It Were", whose calm manner recalls the new-age music of Ludovico Einaudi, and "Trouve", where an oboe adds a quizzical edge to the hushed warmth of the organ undulating gently behind the piano. The "emotionally ambiguous" aspects are represented in "House of Glances", in which the piano arpeggios are lent a little wistful mystery by overdubbed organ and oboe, and "Inlandish", a gorgeous melody dusted with swells of synthesizer. Faultless.
- The Independent, 11 January 2008 (5 stars out of 5)
Pop-CD of the week *****
Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story
Inlandish
Groenland CDGRÖN64
The third collaboration between the krautrock legend-once of Cluster and Harmonia-and the American composer Tim Story features the kind of instrumental music that tends to be called"ambient", for want of a better name,
yet this isn’t music that sits there in the background as you get on with your life.
This is music that makes you stop and listen. Although Roedelius established his
reputation as an electronic-music pioneer, his role here is to play piano while Story weaves a bed of electronic sounds around him. Roedelius spent 10 days
on the project, apparently, while Story then devoted five months to making everything fit together. It was worth the effort, as the results can be stunning-
as when the piano weaves in and out of the whirring rhythms of Downrivers the
wobbly synth on Serpentining or the heroically subtle backing of the title track. ME
Sunday-Times -Review ( 13.1.2008 ) of "Inlandish".
MEDIA RESULTS:ARTIST: Harmonia
TITEL: live 1974
Date: 08.11.2007Presse-Stimmen:"Ein Verdienst dieser Veröffentlichung liegt natürlich in ihrem dokumentarischen Wert, aber sie lebt auch von ihrer erstaunlichen
Musikalität, die sogar heute noch unglaublich modern klingt." (Spex 11-12/07)„Und bestimmt hört die Welt wieder hin, wenn jetzt ein historisches Live-Album von Harmonia erscheint: Thom Yorke von Radiohead wird hinhören und Damon Albarn von Blur auch und der Gitarrist von den Red Hot Chili Peppers genauso wie Brian Molko von Placebo. Weil sie alle Fans dieser sehr speziellen Musik sind, die damals den Pop in eine Umlaufbahn Richtung Zukunft schoss.“ (FAZ-Sonntagszeitung, 04.11.2007)„Eben ist auf Herbert Grönemeyers Grönland-Label sogar eine neue Harmonia-Platte erschienen, zwar eine alte Live-Aufnahme von 1974, aber so sensationell gut, dass sie ein neues Licht auf die Gruppe wirft ...“ (Rolling Stone 11/07)„Tatsache ist, dass eine der radikalsten und – von Bowie über Chili Peppers bis Boards Of Canada – einflussreichsten Bands der deutschen Popmusik zurückkommt, deren Geschichte paradigmatisch ist für die Zeit, die oft nachlässig Krautrock-Ära genannt wird.“ (Rolling Stone 11/07)
Hypnagoge
Latest Reviews last update: 3/31/08Tim Story and Hans-Joachim Roedelius, InlandishFrom the first graceful notes, it is clear that Inlandish is going to be a work of pure, calming beauty. As it moves along, however, what becomes even more clear is that it is an amazing, almost alchemical blend of growing intrigue, perfectly matching Story’s signature electronic twiddle and atmospheric manipulations with Roedelius’ straightforward, melodic piano. The opener, “As It Were,†comes across as a simple duet for piano and cello. At the edges are hints of electronic augmentation but it resides unobtrusively in the background. With the title track, those augmentative elements begin to increase—but slowly and purposefully, wrapping themselves carefully around each new piece. It’s as if Story is saying “Here, let me try...this,†and then having it all work effortlessly. The playfulness, the back-and-forth between artists, continues through each new track. I’m particularly fond of the duo of “Serpentining†and “House of Glances,†where Story makes his sound-sculptures slither, bop, and curl through Roedelius’ work like anxious animals. “Downrivers†features an unusual array of sounds—one bringing to mind a frantically worked pair of scissors—acting as percussion without actually being percussive while a distant voice sings a quiet aria. “Riddled†is the most upbeat track on the disk, intermittently throwing a crisp beat over a tireless piano riff and Story’s urgent cello. It drips with delicious drama. The final track, “Intermittent Haiku,†is contemplative, easing along on a lightly distorted, almost music-box style piano and hushed voices. It ends the disk like a cleansing sigh. Inlandish is quite simply one of the best, most perfectly constructed pieces of work I’ve heard in a while. It demands repeat listens not to discover layers or things missed on earlier passes, but simply for the sheer pleasure of hearing it again. Inlandish is a Hypnagogue Highly Recommended CD.Available from Tim Story’s web site.
Influences: The Universe.
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Be a supporting member of the association „More Ohr Less“. Purchase a set of three CDs with ambient Roedelius-music containing piano/instrumental-music and songs along with a 40 page-booklet with information and text/poems in a special cassette, as collectors item.It was designed by famous Austrian painter Christian Ludwig Attersee.
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Record Label: Groenland,Psychonavigation,CaptTrip,Water,Fabrique
Type of Label: Indie