Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann), the German Prepared Piano guy who experiments with his instruments more than Pink Floyd or Sonic Youth did back in their respective days, is set to release a new album this fall with the arrival of Foreign Landscapes on October 12 and 25 on the 130701 imprint of FatCat Records.
In the past, Volker deconstructed the sonic quality of his music by changing the piano, i.e. modifying to his liking. He worked in the spirit of John Cage or Henry Cowell to deconstruct the music on a wholistic level in order to create something entirely new sounding.
He's offering the track "Madeira" to show what the new Hauschka experience is like.
But now, Hauschka has moved on (or progressed) to a more orchestrated approach. Not wanting to be just the Prepared Piano guy forever, he's taken on the 12-piece string and wind ensemble from San Francisco’s Magik*Magik Orchestra and worked them into the new album. It was recorded at at John Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone Studio in San Francisco.
FatCat Records describes his recording/writing process this way, "Clamping wedges of leather, felt or rubber between the strings; preparing the hammers with aluminium paper or rough films; placing crown corks on the strings, weaving guitar strings around the piano's guts, or pasting them down with gaffa tape."
Hauschka: Foreign Landscapes Track List
01 Alexanderplatz
02 Iron Shoes
03 Mount Hood
04 Madeira
05 Union Square
06 Snow
07 Early in the park
08 Kamogawa
09 Children
10 Sunny Mission
11 Kouseiji
12 Trost
HAUSCHKA TOUR DATES
09-04 - Into The Great wide Open, Vieland Island, NL
09-05 - Into The Great wide Open, Vieland Island, NL
09-16 - Langham Foundation, Dusseldorf, DE
10-04 - Secret Show (Mailing List Members Only, London, UK
10-15 - La Centrifugeuse, Pau, FR
10-16 - Venue TBC, Rodez, FR
10-22 - Teatro Maria Matos, Lisbon, PT
11-03 - Hau 1, Berlin, DE
11-04 - Paradox, Tilburg, NL
11-09 - Bush Hall, London, UK
11-10 - St. Michael at the Northgate, Oxford, UK
11-11 - Duke Of Yorks Cinema, Brighton, UK
11-12 - St John The Baptist Church, Coventry, UK
11-13 - Lowry Hotel (2 shows), Manchester, UK
11-14 - The Sage, Gateshead, UK
11-15 - University Chapel, Glasgow, UK
11-16 - South Street Arts Centre, Reading, UK
11-23 - Bla, Oslo, NOR
11-24 - Sodra Teatern, Stockholm, SWE
11-25 - Koloni @ Cinnober Teater, Gothenburg, SWE
11-28 - Voxhall, Aarhus, DK
12-01 - Uebel & Gefaehrlich, Hamburg, DE
12-03 - Cinema Schaumburg, Dresden, DE
12-09 - Teatro Astra, Torino, IT
12-11 - New Forms Festival, State X, Den Hague, NL
2011
02-19 Feb - CCHA, Hasselt, BE (w/ Dustin O'Halloran)
03-14 May - Exit 07, Luxembourg City, LU
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