Reinhold Friedl

Started by FreakAnimalFinland, August 22, 2013, 06:39:41 PM

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FreakAnimalFinland

Reinhold Friedl "Inside Piano" LP
damn, talking of prepared piano recordings ( I think topic probably existed), Reinhold Friedl appears to be best I have ever heard! I appreciate Sophie Agnel solo works very highly, but when comparing THIS album to basically any prepared piano works I have heard, it's way beyond. Perfect recording, large photos of preparations, extensive liner notes on sleeve... I guess I have to check out the 2xCD version that has different songs than the vinyl.
Vinyl sounds very well cut. Slight distortion starts to appear when approaching the center of the vinyl, but very dynamic and strong sound nevertheless!

He is member of group Zeitkratzer. Group info says: "a perverse subversion of musical genres. Keiji Haino meets Karlheinz Stockhausen meets Whitehouse meets Terre Thaemlitz meets Iannis Xenakis meets Lou Reed." Quite amusing to see men in suits referring to Whitehouse, yet I believe it probably is true. I need to check did I have Zeitkratzer stuff somewhere waiting to be listened....
http://www.zeitkratzer.de/

https://soundcloud.com/experimedia/reinhold-friedl-inside-piano
Available from Experimedia.net. This is the first solo release by Zeitkratzer's mastermind Reinhold Friedl. He teaches the grand piano how to sing and to sound like an orchestra, calling this new way of playing an old instrument "Inside-Piano." Many listeners of Zeitkratzer releases do not recognize particular sounds that come from the piano and thus cannot identify it. After listening to this release, the source will become clear and they will get a new idea of the instrument. The good old grand piano plays aggressive noise attacks, choir-like symphonic movements, and strange, complex sound fibrillations, sometimes lighting up single prepared piano notes, juxtaposed with the tremendous bass of the nearly three-meter long strings. Recorded on a Steinway D concert piano at the Philharmonie Luxembourg, 2010. Published courtesy of Philharmonie Luxembourg. Piano: Steinway D-274, microphones: Neumann U87, Neumann KM184. Recorded by Ralf Meinz, mixed and mastered by Rashad Becker.

check also
http://www.reinhold-friedl.de/
"compositions" includes short samples of various releases
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Scat-O-Logy

I have never really paid too much attention to this type of music but the samples of "Inside Piano" sounds amazing and your description of the vinyl version is very tempting. I guess I'm going to have to purchase it myself. Goes fairly cheap on Discogs. About Zeitkratzer, I noticed that they actually have a release called "WHITEHOUSE Electronics". One track available HERE. I really like that chaotic feel but it doesn't really remind me of Whitehouse (nor Cut Hands).

FreakAnimalFinland

Quote from: Scat-O-Logy on August 22, 2013, 09:29:17 PM
I have never really paid too much attention to this type of music but the samples of "Inside Piano" sounds amazing and your description of the vinyl version is very tempting.

I do recommend it. I guess there has been talk about what exactly is "academic" music, and despite this guy has suit and tie and some funding comes from art organizations, I can't imagine the material itself would lack passion or "hand on" sound manipulation. Difference is mainly that their recording process is basically flawless. Two microphones alone cost more than most people invest to their recordings alltogether. Neumann U87 c. 2500 euro, Neumann KM184 Stereo Set you get for 1200 euro. So place about 4000 euro value microphones on top of grandpiano in space that has good acoustics. Remaining is basically just scratching and screeching metal strings with objects.

One thing I was quite curious, was grandpiano played with ebow. This method has been already used by Alvin Lucier, but I personally consider that recording boring and anything else than exciting. Friedl manages to combine ebow strings with scratching and interfering clean droning vibrating string with some resonating noise objects.

I'm sure if this recording would have black&white image of factory ruins, it would sink to metal junk noise listeners soft spot instantly.
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FreakAnimalFinland

Got to bump up this topic. During years Reinhold Friedl as well as Zeitkratzer has published A LOT of material. Some great, some not so great. Recently listened box set of 3 CD's including: Zeitkratzer & Carsten Nicolai, Zeitkratzer & Terre Thaemlitz, Zeitkratzer & Keiji Haino. At best, simply brilliant. Eerie droning acoustic instruments. At worst, pretty shitty. Including quite ordinary music. Another Zeitkratzer & Keiji Haino CD, not that good either. But I remain to be interested in what project does.

Recent purchase was Reinhold Friedl / Dirk Dresselhaus "Real Time" 3xCD box. Friedl is using mostly piano and some other object. Metal plate, horse hair, fishing line, metal tube...  While Dresselhaus uses oscillators, delay, reverb, noisegenerators etc. I guess name tells it all. This is drone sessions in real time. I guess no edits and much post production, but duo playing together very nice droning material. Sound is clear, sharp and probably happens in room what is recorded. Long tracks with slowly shifting sounds. Friedl's physical treatment of piano strings combined with oscillating electronics constantly modulated with delays and spring reverbs. Despite rather minimalistic, still always on the move, and hands-on -approach to making the sounds. Good box, despite not fan of mere solid red color box with no artwork/graphics, beyond having info text inside otherwise blank box.
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Quote from: Scat-O-Logy on August 22, 2013, 09:29:17 PM
I noticed that they actually have a release called "WHITEHOUSE Electronics". One track available HERE. I really like that chaotic feel but it doesn't really remind me of Whitehouse (nor Cut Hands).

the two zeitkratzer whitehouse records are actual transcriptions of wh pieces scored for instruments / ensemble.
check the original wh version of the track
https://susanlawly.bandcamp.com/track/munkisi-munkondi