Henning Schmiedt Schöneweide

CAT No. FLAU67
Release Date: 2017-09-20
Format: CD/DIGITAL

Henning Schmiedtが長年にわたって使用するスタジオのあるベルリン南東の地区Schöneweide。歴史的には都市への扉として機能した、草原の生い茂るのどかな地域だったというこの土地の名を冠したニューアルバムで、Henningのピアノはさらなる進化を見せます。コンクリートの道路を超えて、スタジオに続く自然の小道を歩くように、繊細なピアノの響きと電子サプリメント双方の魅力を存分に発揮。これまでになくゆったりと始まるピアノは、次第に情熱を帯び、メロウで流麗な旋律を奏でます。アルバム中盤からは名作「Klavierraum」や「Schnee」で見せた先鋭的な音響彫刻をさらに前へと進め、ピアノの内部奏法から得られた躍動するリズム、ギリシャやトルコの伝承音楽や、ベルリンのインダストリアル・ミュージックからの影響も随所に感じさせてくれます。ピアノの音そのものを変容するような興味深いサウンドからノスタルジックに奏でられる美しいメロディーまで、Henning Schmiedtの魅力を余すことなく詰め込んだ新作です。

Schöneweide is the name of a district in the South-East of Berlin, in which Henning’s studio has been based for many years. Stationed along the river Spree, it historically was characterised by pasture and was regarded as the door to the city. For Henning it serves as a refuge to create some of the most beautiful music modern composition has to offer.
There, in the midst of a now industrial landscape, still reminiscent of the time after war, making way towards the workspace, feels more like a stroll to collect impressions than following an aim. And as so often, it is paths that don’t lead straight ahead that will release the manifold achievements we hadn’t considered when leaving the house.

The compositions on Henning’s new solo album are introverted studies that evolve by themselves. Given space, they develop into something larger than an idea the artist behind it might have had in mind. This music, comprising of a gorgeously spacious recorded piano and delicate electronic supplements, like the trail towards the studio prefers the flow of natural sideways over concrete roads: It moves quietly, less directly and is thereby susceptible for new views and insights, leading to an extraordinary unpretentious recording.

You are invited to come along, through an area rich with both history and emotions, through a surrounding full of surprises, edges and turning possibilities. <em>Schöneweide</em>, as a finished recording, represents that scope and enthrals by its honesty and candour. It might be cliché to say that the route is the goal, but it is far from kitsch to understand what is meant by that statement. In times of constant representation, of enduring competition for attention, it is a relief to listen to something this authentic.

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Track List

01. mondlied

02. kühle lippen

03. seegrün

04. den hügel hinauf

05. für sota

06. plötzlich froh

07. behütet

08. blauer wind

09. barfuß laufe ich

10. aus voller Kraft

11. kann dich schon sehen

12. verstreute kirschen

13. immer noch

14. frühlingsregen fällt

15. weißer dunst (cd bonus track)

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Henning Schmiedt Schöneweide

CAT No. FLAU67
Release Date: 2017-09-20
Format: CD/DIGITAL

Track List

01. mondlied

02. kühle lippen

03. seegrün

04. den hügel hinauf

05. für sota

06. plötzlich froh

07. behütet

08. blauer wind

09. barfuß laufe ich

10. aus voller Kraft

11. kann dich schon sehen

12. verstreute kirschen

13. immer noch

14. frühlingsregen fällt

15. weißer dunst (cd bonus track)

Henning Schmiedtが長年にわたって使用するスタジオのあるベルリン南東の地区Schöneweide。歴史的には都市への扉として機能した、草原の生い茂るのどかな地域だったというこの土地の名を冠したニューアルバムで、Henningのピアノはさらなる進化を見せます。コンクリートの道路を超えて、スタジオに続く自然の小道を歩くように、繊細なピアノの響きと電子サプリメント双方の魅力を存分に発揮。これまでになくゆったりと始まるピアノは、次第に情熱を帯び、メロウで流麗な旋律を奏でます。アルバム中盤からは名作「Klavierraum」や「Schnee」で見せた先鋭的な音響彫刻をさらに前へと進め、ピアノの内部奏法から得られた躍動するリズム、ギリシャやトルコの伝承音楽や、ベルリンのインダストリアル・ミュージックからの影響も随所に感じさせてくれます。ピアノの音そのものを変容するような興味深いサウンドからノスタルジックに奏でられる美しいメロディーまで、Henning Schmiedtの魅力を余すことなく詰め込んだ新作です。

Schöneweide is the name of a district in the South-East of Berlin, in which Henning’s studio has been based for many years. Stationed along the river Spree, it historically was characterised by pasture and was regarded as the door to the city. For Henning it serves as a refuge to create some of the most beautiful music modern composition has to offer.
There, in the midst of a now industrial landscape, still reminiscent of the time after war, making way towards the workspace, feels more like a stroll to collect impressions than following an aim. And as so often, it is paths that don’t lead straight ahead that will release the manifold achievements we hadn’t considered when leaving the house.

The compositions on Henning’s new solo album are introverted studies that evolve by themselves. Given space, they develop into something larger than an idea the artist behind it might have had in mind. This music, comprising of a gorgeously spacious recorded piano and delicate electronic supplements, like the trail towards the studio prefers the flow of natural sideways over concrete roads: It moves quietly, less directly and is thereby susceptible for new views and insights, leading to an extraordinary unpretentious recording.

You are invited to come along, through an area rich with both history and emotions, through a surrounding full of surprises, edges and turning possibilities. <em>Schöneweide</em>, as a finished recording, represents that scope and enthrals by its honesty and candour. It might be cliché to say that the route is the goal, but it is far from kitsch to understand what is meant by that statement. In times of constant representation, of enduring competition for attention, it is a relief to listen to something this authentic.

KEEP READING