ABOUT
Format: CD (ltd. Edition), 2xLP
Label: Fluid Audio, Denovali
Catalogue: Fluid Audio 007, DEN99
Release Date: January (CD), June (LP) 2011
The album is based on the idea to create a collection of auditory short stories as the short story is one of my favourite literary genres since I know the work of Kafka and Hemingway. So I started to adapt its traits into acoustic forms. The 'Acoustic Tales' are my collected works from this working period 2009 - 2010.
TRACKLIST
Acoustic Tale 1 (Introduction)
Acoustic Tale 2
Acoustic Tale 3
Acoustic Tale 4 (with Danny Norbury)
Acoustic Tale 5
Acoustic Tale 6
Acoustic Tale 7 (inspired by F. Kafka)
Acoustic Tale 8 (dedicated to S. Rachmaninoff)
Acoustic Tale 9
Acoustic Tale 10
Acoustic Tale 11 (Appendix)
total duration: 68:28
Composed, recorded and produced 2009/10
Violin, piano, electronics by Christoph Berg
Violoncello on Tale 4 by Danny Norbury
mastered by Nils Frahm at Durton Studio (Berlin)
Booklet photography by Antonymes
PRESS
"... a masterpiece of understated beauty." [Igloo Magazine]
"... Wie ein schwermütiger Max Richter [...], aber genauso schön." [Jazzthetik]
"... compositional and arranging artistry that stands head and shoulders above the electro-acoustic ambient norm." [Textura]
"... one of the most haunting albums of the year." [Fluid Radio]
"... unexpected, devastating, and timeless work. ..." [the Muse in Music]
"... a work which will doubtlessly cause the last minute re-writing of many 'best of 2010' lists ..." [futuresequence]