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Concrete Fields
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pianoambientgermancontemporary classicalmodern classical
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This album and photography project, CONCRETE FIELDS, is a personal reflection on both growing up in the dreary landscape of Europe’s largest prefab estate Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin, East Germany, and their first musical contact with chamber music as an original duo playing cello and piano in the edgy last decade of the GDR. The tracks present a sensitive array of nebulous melancholy moods, combining fragile cello–piano units, creeping synth pads, vivid field recordings and fragmentary beats. Some tracks start with sparingly-arranged intros before developing into a tentative melody line. Others simply concentrate on the sublime relationship between cello and piano. Deepening the exploration of the brothers’ childhood in East Berlin and the interplay of their instruments, a particularly special feature is the use of some original restored electronic instruments made by famous GDR-based company VERMONA back in the 70s and 80s. The album’s final track features the searing talents of their friend and well-known artist Martyn Heyne on his ebowed electric guitar, improvised to their original organ and cello version of RUEBER. Like in their debut THE GRUNEWALD CHURCH SESSION a subtle sense for narrative and cinematic moments with the feel of a sound-exploring live performance pervades the whole album: “It is our remembrance of a childhood growing up in Europe’s largest prefab estate Marzahn-Hellersdorf, Berlin, East Germany. Of course today we know that, at least in the beginn
