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cybot wrote:

Very interesting, well crafted works Dermot.

fergus wrote:

cybot wrote:

Very interesting, well crafted works Dermot.

Praise indeed from one who doesn't care too much for the poor old pianoforte :)

Incidentally re: Peter's recording: He spent a week practising on his trusty upright piano then recorded the whole performance in one hour straight onto a 2" tape reel.....

Interesting to note that Verleben was recorded in front of a live audience in the Summer and The Bells recorded in the empty church in the Winter. You can definitely hear the differentce despite the same piano (1950's 9" Bosendorfer) being used.....

The first one recorded by Nils himself and the second by Peter Broderick..






Recorded live in Grunewald Church Berlin on 12th June 2009....





Recorded in the same church above 13th/14th November 2008....









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cybot wrote:
Praise indeed from one who doesn't care too much for the poor old pianoforte :)

Well remembered Dermot! Yes it was the musical structure that impressed me as opposed to the fact that it was piano music; still very pleasant nonetheless..

cybot wrote:




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Another good one Dermot!

fergus wrote:

cybot wrote:




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Another good one Dermot!

Thank you Fergus :)

An old one from 1980 and still a little beauty.....












First Light....

cybot wrote:



First Light....

Another fine piece of music Dermot. Interestingly I would have preferred if it was just analogue piano without the background accompaniment. I know that I am showing my ignorance of the genre but I felt that the accompaniment was like a "haze" up to abot 6:00 minutes and then that final minute of accompaniment was just superfluous, not actually adding anything to the piece. Please be gentle with me!!!

fergus wrote:

cybot wrote:



First Light....

Another fine piece of music Dermot. Interestingly I would have preferred if it was just analogue piano without the background accompaniment. I know that I am showing my ignorance of the genre but I felt that the accompaniment was like a "haze" up to abot 6:00 minutes and then that final minute of accompaniment was just superfluous, not actually adding anything to the piece. Please be gentle with me!!!

Right......What you're referring to Fergus is Brian Eno's 'ambient' textures ie the 'haze' effect. That's just his 'trademark' if you like and, being, in his own words, a 'non-musician', it might not just sit right with trained musicians etc etc and, basically, end up sounding 'wrong'.

Is that gentle enough for you Fergus ;)

cybot wrote:
Right......What you're referring to Fergus is Brian Eno's 'ambient' textures ie the 'haze' effect. That's just his 'trademark' if you like and, being, in his own words, a 'non-musician', it might not just sit right with trained musicians etc etc and, basically, end up sounding 'wrong'.

Is that gentle enough for you Fergus ;)

Very good response my friend! As you know I would never consciously criticise any musician and I hope that I did not come across as doing that. I was just trying to explain [clumsily] my response to his music. Interestingly, I would not consider Eno a 'non-musician'.