| Hauschka | |
|---|---|
| Birth name | Volker Bertelmann |
| Origin |  Germany |
| Genre(s) | Electronic music, avant-garde |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, Composer |
| Instrument(s) | Piano |
| Label(s) | FatCat Records |
| Associated acts | Music AM, Tonetraeger |
| Website | www.hauschka-net.de |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| Prepared Piano | |
Hauschka is a critically acclaimed Düsseldorf, Germany based electronic music artist. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production Avant-garde (avɑ̃gaʁd in French) means "advance guard" or "vanguard A musician is a person who plays or writes Music. Musicians can be classified by their roles in creating or performing music An instrumentalist plays a A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance A musical instrument is a device constructed or modified for the purpose of making Music. The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music An independent label based in Brighton on England’s South Coast Fat Cat and its various imprints ( Splinter Series / 130701 / Split Series / 7” Series / E-RMX) has A prepared piano is a Piano which has had its sound altered by placing objects (preparations between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Electronic music is music that employs Electronic musical instruments and Electronic Music technology in its production
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Background
Hauschka is the alias of Düsseldorf–based pianist and composer Volker Bertelmann. A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Düsseldorf (ˈdʏsəldɔɐf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. A pianist (/'piənɪst/ is a Musician who plays the Piano. A professional pianist can perform solo pieces play with an ensemble or Orchestra A composer (literally meaning 'one who puts together' is a person who creates Music, usually in the medium of notation, for Interpretation and Performance His work is based upon an exploration of the possibilities of the prepared piano - a playfully disruptive intervention into the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned, perfected instrument waiting for a gifted virtuoso to play on it. A prepared piano is a Piano which has had its sound altered by placing objects (preparations between or on the strings or on the hammers or dampers The piano is a Musical instrument played by means of a keyboard that produces sound by striking steel strings with Felt covered hammers Instead, Volker explores and influences the outcome of his playing by getting right down inside the instrument - 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. A string is the vibrating element that is the source of vibration in String instruments such as the Guitar, Harp, Piano, and members Gaffer tape, sometimes shortened to gaff tape (especially by theater and photographic professionals or made possessive as " gaffer's tape" is a strong These little modifications throw up an array of rustling, drumming, shivering, scraping, resonating sounds which either provide the focus / drive for a piece or hook the ear into an intriguing, slightly unusual frame.
Hauschka's sound borrows as much from John Cage's same-titled prepared piano works and the historic predecessors of Les Six – namely Erik Satie. WikipediaWikiProject Composers#Lead section --> John Milton Cage Jr Les Six is a name inspired by The Five, given in 1923 by critic Henri Collet in an article titled ‘Les cinq Russes les Alfred Éric Leslie Satie ( Honfleur, 17 May 1866 – Paris, 1 July 1925) was a French Composer and Some view this as reviving an avant-tradition and breathing a little 'lighter' contemporary air into the form without reducing it to insubstantial appropriation or a hollow-ish 'pop' gesture of quotation.
In 2007 his first full album for FatCat Room to Expand was released to critical praise. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. An independent label based in Brighton on England’s South Coast Fat Cat and its various imprints ( Splinter Series / 130701 / Split Series / 7” Series / E-RMX) has
Discography
Albums
- Substantial (2004)
- The prepared piano (2005)
- Room to Expand (2007)
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