Volker Bertelmann is a composer/pianist (born October 11, 1966 in Ferndorf,… Read Full Bio ↴Volker Bertelmann is a composer/pianist (born October 11, 1966 in Ferndorf, Kreuztal, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany), who currently resides in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, where he has lived since 1990 after he moved from Cologne. He started releasing music as Hauschka in 2004.
Volker studied classical piano for ten years. His work as Hauschka is based upon a playful exploration of the possibilities of the 'prepared' piano - a disruptive intervention into the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned instrument: by 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 - his resulting tracks are composed both originally and charmingly.
Rather than striving for any purist academic perfection, Volker’s playing seems as much informed by modern electronica or Indonesian gamelan as it is by any classical cannon. With the aid of his interventions, the piano becomes as much a machine for generating rhythms as it does for melody. Now and again Hauschka utilises additional, non-piano sounds such as synthesizer, drum machine, electric bass, or other acoustic instruments like vibraphone, strings or brass. His pieces may be seen as small rhythmic sound-vignettes or just quiet ballads which have their roots in east-asian harmonies, the minimalism of Reich, Glass, Nyman, etc., and also in Satie or Ravel.
The foundations of Hauschka's piano music can equally be traced back to 20th Century composers like Henry Cowell, who picked the strings of his piano as if it were a zither. Cowell in turn influenced John Cage, who redefined the rules of piano sounds and playing with his own experiments. Inserting bolts, screws, and numerous other objects in between and on top of the strings, Cage created new sounds and percussive elements to the act of playing, redefining possibilities for the instrument. The rustling, drumming, harmonic soundings of these various objects has consequently inspired a whole bunch of composers, amongst them Arvo Pärt, Steffen Schleiermacher, Frangis Ali-Sade, Edison Denissow or Philip Corner and other artists from radical '60s grouping, Fluxus. But it would be too easy to locate the playful in the serious or academic realms. What Fluxus had constantly been trying to undermine, others have been succeeding in with a whole different kind of verve: in the '50s Fritz Schulz-Reichel became a celebrity under the name of "Schräger Otto", his modified Ragtime sounds making him a huge success in the USA. Since then modified piano-hammers or strings have appeared as an effect in various pop music tracks. In the early '80s US hipsters like The Waitresses and the England's The Flying Lizards were experimenting with metallic, distorted piano sounds, not denying their avant-garde references.
Before his involvement with FatCat, Hauschka released two albums on the Karaoke Kalk label - 'Substantial' (2004) and 'The Prepared Piano' (2005); and a 7", 'What A Day' (2005) on the Ear Sugar label. Besides working as Hauschka, Volker is a member of Music A.M., a collaboration with Stefan Schneider (To Rococco Rot) and Luke Sutherland (Long Fin Killie); and of the electronic / club tracks duo Tonetraeger, his project with Torsten Mauss.
Hauschka's first release for FatCat's 130701 imprint, the beautiful 'Room To Expand' was released in February 2007. That year also saw him undertake his first live shows in the UK and USA (where he supported múm on a number of shows to great acclaim).
In September 2008, his follow up record, ‘Ferndorf’ was released. Where the previous album comprised mostly solo recordings of Hauschka’s ‘prepared’ piano (with a few electronic and instrumental overdubs), ‘Ferndorf’ is a far more expansive and fully-realised album, with many of the tracks also featuring a string duo, enabling an increased solidity.
His new EP, ‘Snowflakes and Carwrecks’, was released in January 2009 and he is currently working on new material for an album set to be released in 2010.
from http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/artistInfo.php?id=112
Volker studied classical piano for ten years. His work as Hauschka is based upon a playful exploration of the possibilities of the 'prepared' piano - a disruptive intervention into the preconceived idea of the piano as a pure-toned instrument: by 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 - his resulting tracks are composed both originally and charmingly.
Rather than striving for any purist academic perfection, Volker’s playing seems as much informed by modern electronica or Indonesian gamelan as it is by any classical cannon. With the aid of his interventions, the piano becomes as much a machine for generating rhythms as it does for melody. Now and again Hauschka utilises additional, non-piano sounds such as synthesizer, drum machine, electric bass, or other acoustic instruments like vibraphone, strings or brass. His pieces may be seen as small rhythmic sound-vignettes or just quiet ballads which have their roots in east-asian harmonies, the minimalism of Reich, Glass, Nyman, etc., and also in Satie or Ravel.
The foundations of Hauschka's piano music can equally be traced back to 20th Century composers like Henry Cowell, who picked the strings of his piano as if it were a zither. Cowell in turn influenced John Cage, who redefined the rules of piano sounds and playing with his own experiments. Inserting bolts, screws, and numerous other objects in between and on top of the strings, Cage created new sounds and percussive elements to the act of playing, redefining possibilities for the instrument. The rustling, drumming, harmonic soundings of these various objects has consequently inspired a whole bunch of composers, amongst them Arvo Pärt, Steffen Schleiermacher, Frangis Ali-Sade, Edison Denissow or Philip Corner and other artists from radical '60s grouping, Fluxus. But it would be too easy to locate the playful in the serious or academic realms. What Fluxus had constantly been trying to undermine, others have been succeeding in with a whole different kind of verve: in the '50s Fritz Schulz-Reichel became a celebrity under the name of "Schräger Otto", his modified Ragtime sounds making him a huge success in the USA. Since then modified piano-hammers or strings have appeared as an effect in various pop music tracks. In the early '80s US hipsters like The Waitresses and the England's The Flying Lizards were experimenting with metallic, distorted piano sounds, not denying their avant-garde references.
Before his involvement with FatCat, Hauschka released two albums on the Karaoke Kalk label - 'Substantial' (2004) and 'The Prepared Piano' (2005); and a 7", 'What A Day' (2005) on the Ear Sugar label. Besides working as Hauschka, Volker is a member of Music A.M., a collaboration with Stefan Schneider (To Rococco Rot) and Luke Sutherland (Long Fin Killie); and of the electronic / club tracks duo Tonetraeger, his project with Torsten Mauss.
Hauschka's first release for FatCat's 130701 imprint, the beautiful 'Room To Expand' was released in February 2007. That year also saw him undertake his first live shows in the UK and USA (where he supported múm on a number of shows to great acclaim).
In September 2008, his follow up record, ‘Ferndorf’ was released. Where the previous album comprised mostly solo recordings of Hauschka’s ‘prepared’ piano (with a few electronic and instrumental overdubs), ‘Ferndorf’ is a far more expansive and fully-realised album, with many of the tracks also featuring a string duo, enabling an increased solidity.
His new EP, ‘Snowflakes and Carwrecks’, was released in January 2009 and he is currently working on new material for an album set to be released in 2010.
from http://fat-cat.co.uk/fatcat/artistInfo.php?id=112
Twins
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35.7 на бите два близнеца twins slavalav и florin, сука двигается…
B-Christ Gotta big Glock that's my twin set! Getting money like this…
Ben-E Aye, yeah Blessedswiggo, yeah, blessedswiggo My name is bles…
Bodywash Just a line in the distance, Who am I to…
CHiCO & Honeyworks 「ありがとう」 言葉にしてみるの恥ずかしいね 急に言いたくなったの Ah 大好きだよ もっとずっと話していたいよ 恋の…
daoko 一生一緒二人で一緒 きっと きっと前世も一緒 二人で一つの完成体 手繋いで祈るのサイレントナイト ぐっないオヤスミ …
David Ramirez Where were you when We lost the Twins? Where were you when …
Dealership our scented lips are faintly kissed i'm dreaming of sun a…
Estereomance Hanging on Hanging on Hangin on Hanging on Hanging on Hangi…
Gem Club The wind shook the kiss from your mouth, Before I could…
Guttermouth When I think of you I ponder all the things ah…
Hacken Lee (李克勤) 共同目标 在毕业那天开始 无人投资 用劳力两份创业 在年月中 一起遇过些起跌 有些价值 始终不会毁减 能在所不计 也扞卫…
Hiawatha Telephone Company We're not all the same but we're all related Not all…
Horses Another year without a purpose or direction It's true, in a…
I/O I know all your secrets I know all your secrets I know…
Laamb I know something you don't know Secrets buried long ago Dig …
Lilnosebleedd Ha! Yeah yeah Block! Block Yeah huh Yeah Yeah Yeah I'm on y…
Maritime I find I'm humming the songs of Paul Simon In my…
Mr. Obvious Grtttt grt, bow bow bow bow Oss shit man, (That's family) Ga…
N.S.I. Me and Sneakyy stick together like twin brothers Big B Balen…
NA-NA Bruce got caught wasn't jacking his set Fuck a Buddha got…
Oslo Parks I want your soul Give me your everything I want to know Wher…
P.O.N.D. My twin she's my keep, wing tips of angels brush…
Philip Bailey & Little Richard Twins From the Movie "Twins" Performed by Philip Bailey Li…
Pond My twin she's my keep, wing tips of angels brush…
Poor Rich Ones "Stronger" The word which gave me the offspring of range Q…
Pure Bathing Culture You're crashing into me like waves on the coast Every time…
S.U.P. 6 TWINS I only have the opportunity to glimpse a stretcher b…
Sgt. Monkey You've never met before But still she greets you like a…
Super Junior Gunyorul chajima doisang noege Amuron gamjongdo nama ijil a…
Super Junior / 슈퍼주니어 그녀를 찾지마 더이상 너에게 아무런 감정도 남아 있질 않대 이제 더는 비굴해지려고…
Terry A. Davis I can hardly see this road, don't know if it's…
The Arrogant Worms I don't like you and you don't like me We…
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart You were a friend or maybe a twin I never really…
TMTTMF & White Punk All over the world You have brothers and sisters People who …
yoshimura トゥインクル もっとほしいの トゥインクル きっとつかむの トゥインクル ぜんぶアタシの よくばりなツインテール おこ…
李克勤 共同目标 在毕业那天开始 无人投资 用劳力两份创业 在年月中 一起遇过些起跌 有些价值 始终不会毁减 能在所不计 也扞卫…
松任谷由実 こんなに広い地球上の中から どうしてふたりが出会ったんだろう 気づいてみれば あなたはとなりにいて 私はなんにも見えな…
슈퍼주니어 그녀를 찾지마 더이상 너에게 아무런 감정도 남아 있질 않대 이제 더는 비굴해지려고…
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