Drone music for first electronic piano of 20's XX century. Recorded, mixed and mastered Rashad Becker,

Recorded At – Elektronisches Studio der Technischen Universität Berlin
Composed By, Piano [Neo-Bechstein] – Reinhold Friedl
Other [Piano Constructor] – David Balzer
Programmed By, Performer [Fader-board, Software] – Sukandar Kartadinata
Recorded By, Mixed By, Mastered By – Rashad Becker
Translated By [Translation Supervised By] – Hilary Jeffery

Comes with booklet including liner notes in English


Reviews:

And now to something not (neo)classical although the general set-up of the recently released "Golden Quinces, Earthed For Spatialised Neo-Bechstein" - 1967-born Piano-player Reinhold Friedl performs on one of the last remaining of 150 ever produced Neo-Bechstein amplified Grand Pianos - might have called for a an epic , approx. 57 minutes journey into this field. But Zeitkratzer-founder Reinhold Friedl wouldn't be Reinhold Friedl if things went on easy and predictable, so instead and according to his special uniques recording techniques he sets out to explore a lot of possibilities of what the slightly enhanced instrument can sound like other than a Grand Piano which - speaking in terms of tiny hammers hitting strings - does not happen very often throughout this composition and if so, only as hypernervous, regularly dissonant background layer appearing within the actual piece. So what's to expect from this Bocian Records release? One track, sporting a runtime mentioned. This basically equals no distractions and a demand for focus in terms of attention which is a challenge in these days so busy but a rewarding one as one can completely get lost in this piece, especially when - approx. halfway through "Golden Quinces, Earthed For Spatialised Neo-Bechstein" - we experience a slow but still essential .......
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