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Elias Stemeseder: Solo Piano
ByStemeseder put his diffidence aside in June, 2021, entering the studio with a bunch of frameworks for improvisation. The results reveal an artist with a sprawling imagination taking on an array of conceptual constructs and creating a cohesive sound over the course of fifteen concise tunes. And diffident or not, he has crafted a bold music, agitated. fierce, thoughtful, searching, teetering on an introvert/extrovert tightrope.
And his music has passion. He sounds as if he is spearing small, agile fish with his rapid fire piano notes on "Foeggslia'l" before tapering the intensity down into a sweet, inward reverie. At nearly seven minutes, this is the longest piece on the set. Here, and elsewhere, Stemeseder uses repetition nicely, weaving in the ominous and molding unsettled segments of sound with serenity and pure beauty.
With solo piano, what we getwhen the endeavor is successfulis a revelation of the artist's heart, mind and soul. It happens here. A few spins of Piano Solo says that Stemeseder is a wonderful combination of fragility, drive, and unwavering tensile strength and talent, brimming with a sense of wide-eyed and fearless adventure.
Track Listing
Anthropocene; Tau; Lem-Botanik I; Cc/Choral; Minustone I; Nonspirituals (Etch); Dswearregsd; Rekursiv 1357 Closing; Foeggslia'l; Lem-Botanik II; Lufr; Rekursiv 1357 II; Minustone II; Nonspirituals (Teer); Fer.
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Elias Stemeseder
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Title: Solo Piano | Year Released: 2022 | Record Label: Intakt Records
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