The fourth release from Dusseldorf-based pianist and composer Volker Bertelmann is at once nostalgic, optimistic, and weighty, with deft melody sparkling among percussion and drive. Ferndorf carries an evocative richness and depth throughout its quick-paced, often light-hearted compositions. Named after the small German village where Bertelmann grew up, the album is a Utopia-tinged paean to the simple nature-bound life he lived as a child, filtered through the knowing lens of the world-traveling city-dwell...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. The fourth release from Dusseldorf-based pianist and composer Volker Bertelmann is at once nostalgic, optimistic, and weighty, with deft melody sparkling among percussion and drive. Ferndorf carries an evocative richness and depth throughout its quick-paced, often light-hearted compositions. Named after the small German village where Bertelmann grew up, the album is a Utopia-tinged paean to the simple nature-bound life he lived as a child, filtered through the knowing lens of the world-travel...   [ read more ]

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On the heels of October's Ferndorf album, Dusseldorf-based pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann (aka Hauschka) kicks of the new year with a beautiful extended EP of previously unreleased material, all of which was recorded during the Ferndorf sessions. Featuring five new tracks, the EP is a great follow-up to an album which has continued to draw widespread critical acclaim. Where previous albums comprised mostly solo recordings of Hauschka's 'prepared' piano (with a few electronic and instrumental overdu...   [ read more ]

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