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Album Review

Theo Bleckmann: Hello Earth! - The Music of Kate Bush

Read "Hello Earth! - The Music of Kate Bush" reviewed by Glenn Astarita

by Glenn Astarita
March 28, 2012

Vocalist Theo Bleckmann is a man of numerous modalities and ambitions. He's covered classical composer Charles Ives, teamed with heavyweight guitarist Ben Monder for experimental and improvised sojourns and, more recently, has performed and recorded with the always hip jazz unit, The Claudia Quintet. Here, Bleckmann treks into the pop-rock realm as he imparts a personalized touch to the music of iconic British singer/songwriter, Kate Bush. Bush's use of electronics, layered vocal parts, and futuristic production processes are also noted ...

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Interview

Jen Shyu and Theo Bleckmann: Breaking the Song Barrier

by Daniel Lehner
June 6, 2011

Before Robert Moog came out with the first synthesizer, before Adolphe Sax invented his famous reed instrument, before the trumpets sounded at Jericho, even before the world's ancient tribes tightened their animal skins to make drums, humanity's first instrument was the voice. Not that this is of particular consequence to Theo Bleckmann. “To me, that argument is completely moot because it doesn't matter what the first instrument was, it's what you make of it. Just because it may be the ...

Album Review

Refuge Trio: Refuge Trio

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 21, 2011

Un progetto che sulla carta (pregiata e suggestiva della Winter & Winter) ammiccava per accostamenti di strumenti, se non anche solo di talenti (Theo Bleckmann, Gary Versace e John Hollenbeck), lascia all'ascolto un vago senso di disorientamento, per l'aver trascorso un'ora di piacevole vagare senza una meta precisa. Il progetto, nato una decina d'anni fa per una performance in omaggio a Joni Mitchell, si è nel tempo trasformato in ambiente di pratica compositiva ed espressiva per i tre musicisti coinvolti, ...

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Theo Bleckmann: I Dwell in Possibility

Read "I Dwell in Possibility" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
November 15, 2010

Theo ha una missione: raccogliere il Paradiso con le strette mani. Proprio come nella poesia di Emily Dickinson, I Dwell in Possibility (evidentemente questa poetessa statunitense esercita un grande fascino sulla sperimentazione musicale - vedi l'ultimo David Sylvian, ad esempio). Più che con le mani, però, il cantante vorrebbe stringere e afferrare il Paradiso con la sua voce. Ci riesce anche grazie alle atmosfere celestiali favorite e amplificate dalle perfette condizioni acustiche del monastero di Beinwill (in Svizzera) in cui ...

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Live Review

Theo Bleckmann at Le Poisson Rouge: The Music Of Kate Bush

by AAJ Staff
October 17, 2010

Theo BleckmannHello Earth! The Music of Kate BushLe Poisson RougeNew York , NYSeptember 22, 2010 Kate Bush is an iconic singer in the UK and in many other countries. As a nineteen year-old, she released her first album The Kick Inside (EMI, 1978), which contained two major hits: “Wuthering Heights," based on a television adaptation of Emily Bronte's famous novel; and “The Man With the Child In His Eyes," which contained many ...

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Theo Bleckmann: I Dwell In Possibility

Read "I Dwell In Possibility" reviewed by C. Michael Bailey

by C. Michael Bailey
August 20, 2010

Were Theo Bleckmann Irish he would be a leprechaun, a magical bringer of joy and beauty with creativity and a sense of humor. Probably a more apt cultural consideration is viewing this vocalist/performance artist as the embodiment of all that was good, demiurgic, evocative, and provocative of Berlin during the explosively creative Weimar Republic period. Bleckmann is a daring and broadly talented artist fearing no type of artistic expression. A lover of sounds and gadgets, the singer has forged a ...

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Extended Analysis

Theo Bleckmann: I Dwell In Possibility

by Warren Allen
August 16, 2010

Theo BleckmannI Dwell In PossibilityWinter & Winter2010 To record I Dwell in Possibility, vocalist Theo Bleckmann made a musical pilgrimage to the Beinwil Abbey in an isolated area of Switzerland. With the aid of producer Stefan Winter, he proceeded to lay down 15 tracks, only using his voice, a collection of bizarre little instruments and the resonant acoustics of the abbey's monastery. Left unprocessed with its sounds of old stone and ...