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Stephan Micus: Bold as Light

Read "Bold as Light" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
November 6, 2010

At a time when, at least for First World residents, there seems no respite from the relentless, rapid pace of life, artists like Stephan Micus provide welcome clarity; proof that there are alternatives. Difficult though it may seem, when immersed in all the push-and-pull of day-to-day distractions, there is another way; it's just not necessarily an ...

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Jan Bang: Head, Shoulders, Hips, Knees and Toes

by John Kelman
July 5, 2010

When it comes to organically integrating modern technology into music, few countries are innovating to the degree of Norway, and at the epicenter of that country's forward-thinking approach to melding improvisation with jazz and Norwegian traditionalism--not to mention contemporary classicism, pop, ambient and more; truly any and all musical markers--is producer/remixer/sampler Jan Bang, who has just ...

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Snow

By Stephan Micus

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2009
Track listing: 1.Snow - 04:47; 2. Midnight Sea - 05:46; 3. Sara - 07:05; 4. Nordic Light - 04:52; 5. Almond Eyes - 07:00; 6. Madre - 03:56; 7. For Ceren and Halil - 10:58; 8. Brother Eagle - 07:41. Tutte le composizioni sono di Stephan Micus.

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Stephan Micus: Snow

by AAJ Italy Staff
January 8, 2009

Snow è il diciottesimo lavoro di Stephan Micus, polistrumentista tedesco di grande sensibilità e indipendenza. Nonostante le mille influenze e la ricerca che passa attraverso strumenti musicali legati alla tradizione di luoghi lontani dalla sua natale Germania, il suo lavoro in tanti anni si è sempre contraddistinto per l’originalità. Artista lontano dal mondo del jazz che ...

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On the Wing

By Stephan Micus

Label: ECM Records
Released: 2007
Track listing: Part 1: On the Wing; Part 2: Winterlight; Part 3: Gazelle; Part 4: Blossoms in the Wind; Part 5: The Bride; Part 6: Ancient Trees; Part 7: In the Dancing Snow; Part 8: The Gate; Part 9: Turquoise Fields; Part 10: Morning Sky.

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Stephan Micus: On the Wing

Read "On the Wing" reviewed by Erik R. Quick

by Erik R. Quick
July 24, 2007

Stephan Micus is a German-born multi-instrumentalist and inveterate ethnic musicologist. He currently resides in Majorca where, aside from the splendid climate, the airport is well-equipped and prepared to take the adventuresome traveler almost anywhere at any time. Micus utilizes the latter frequently in planning his musical landscapes. Micus has traveled extensively throughout Asia and Europe and, ...

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Stephan Micus: On the Wing

Read "On the Wing" reviewed by John Kelman

by John Kelman
April 22, 2007

Stephan Micus' last album, Life (ECM, 2004), represented the multi-instrumentalist's most ambitious vocal album to date, layering as many as 14 voices at once. On the Wing represents a complete departure, his first entirely instrumental album in 17 years. The painstaking piecing together of many layers of multiple instruments (with Micus performing every part, creating solo ...

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Stephan Micus: ricerche solitarie

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 10, 2007

Intervista di John Kelman Il polistrumentista Stephan Micus ha lavorato al di fuori della corrente musicale principale per oltre 30 anni. Con più di 15 album per l'etichetta tedesca ECM e, nei primi tempi, la sua consorella JAPO, Micus ha creato un corpo d'opera che è il risultato di anni di ampio viaggiare in tutto il ...

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Stephan Micus: On the Wing

Read "On the Wing" reviewed by AAJ Italy Staff

by AAJ Italy Staff
April 10, 2007

Il vagabondaggio musicale del polistrumentista tedesco Stephan Micus ha prodotto un altro dei suoi diari di viaggio. Cultore della world music totale, Micus sintetizza le tradizioni musicali di tutto il mondo utilizzandone gli strumenti tipici in un mix inedito, ottenuto creando una sorta di orchestra panetnica virtuale attraverso l'impiego di numerose sovraincisioni. Nonostante la formula si ...

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Stephan Micus: Solitary Pursuits

by John Kelman
January 13, 2005

Multi-instrumentalist Stephan Micus has been working outside the musical mainstream for over 30 years. With more than 15 albums for the German ECM label and, in the early days, its sister label JAPO, Micus has created a body of work that is the result of years of extensive traveling around the world to both acquire and ...