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Stephan Micus: Bold as Light
by John Kelman
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 ...
Jan Bang: Head, Shoulders, Hips, Knees and Toes
by John Kelman
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 ...
Snow
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.
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Stephan Micus: Snow
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
On the Wing
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.
Stephan Micus: On the Wing
by Erik R. Quick
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, ...
Stephan Micus: On the Wing
by John Kelman
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 ...
Stephan Micus: ricerche solitarie
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Stephan Micus: On the Wing
by AAJ Italy Staff
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 ...
Stephan Micus: Solitary Pursuits
by John Kelman
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 ...
