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Hauschka Abandoned City

City Slang | Item No: 356568
Vinyl LP | 2014 / EU – Original | New
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Item Description
Hauschka is a composer, songwriter and experimental musician who has brought an exciting new perspective to the prepared piano. The prepared piano – a technique for getting new sounds from the acoustic keyboard by resting pieces of paper or drumsticks on the strings of the instrument - has been used for centuries, but Hauschka was unaware of the tradition when he began exploring ways to get new sounds out of his Bechstein grand upright. 'I wanted the sound of a hi-hat (cymbal) to add a percussive effect to a composition I was writing. I took foil from a Christmas cake and wrapped it around the strings [inside the piano]. From there, I was inspired to use other objects on the strings to get bass drum sounds, or tacks on the piano hammers to get the sound of a harpsichord. When I was playing techno music, I had samplers where you could get a different sound on every key. I thought it would be great to have that effect on an acoustic piano. I was not aware of John Cage (one of the first 20th century composers to use prepared piano) when I started searching for ways to alter the sound of the keyboard, but as I got more into prepared piano, I was influenced by Cage’s theories.'
Item Details
Item No: 356568
Artist: Hauschka
Title: Abandoned City
Label: City Slang
Format: Vinyl LP, Vinyl, LP
Pressing: EU – Original
Release Date: 2014
Genre: Rock & Indie
Style: Indierock | Alternative
Available since: 2014-03-12
Condition: New
Price: $ 19.07
Weight: 250g (plus 250g Packaging)
Tracklist
A1 Elizabeth Bay
A2 Pripyat
A3 Thames Town
A4 Who Lived Here?
B1 Agdam
B2 Sanzhi Pod City
B3 Craco
B4 Barkerville
B5 Stormness
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