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[music, songs] December 19, 2005 at 7:46:00 PM CET Gonzalez is Jason Beck, a Canadian who has been living in Berlin for the last five years and moved to Paris recently. I don't know any of his previous records but they must have been quite different (to put it mildly) from 2004's Solo Piano where this comes from. This is to electro-rap what zen meditation is to the war in Iraq. On his solo piano record Gonzalez conjures up Robert Schumann's romantic Kinderszenen, Frédéric Chopin's atmospheric Nocturnes, Erik Satie's feathery Gymnopédies and Pascal Comelade's toy piano pieces from September Song (with Robert Wyatt's unworldly voice). Ravel as well I suppose but I don't know any of his piano works by name. Manifesto, the second track on the album reminds me most of Keith Jarrett's solo adventures on the piano though. You can hear someone taking off for the sky here. A lyrical, impressionist, wistful piece which is just perfect for the winter landscape around me right now. Majestic and holy. No colours, just black and white keys. Further info on the album:
sma,
December 20, 2005 at 12:41:13 AM CET
great! glad you gave this one a try. just one year after it's release i would count it as one of my few all-time-favorites. a record that fits just perfect in snowy, calm winter evenings. besides all tracks are awesome, especially the tourist makes me stop everything else i do the moment i hear the first swings. ... link
FraFuchs,
December 20, 2005 at 1:14:44 AM CET
An das Video von Gonzalez' Single "Take Me To Broadway" kann ich mich noch gut erinnern. Das lief damals auf Viva2 recht häufig. (Trotz seiner Fehler fehlt mir das schon vor einigen Jahren verblichene Viva2 sehr.) ... link
alex63,
December 21, 2005 at 11:21:42 PM CET
danke für den tip damals, sebastian. ich hatte doch tatsächlich vergessen, dass du mich auf gonzalez aufmerksam gemacht hattest. bei i love music war neulich ein thread und da habe ich mir das album endlich gekauft. ... link
sma,
January 2, 2006 at 9:02:58 PM CET
der kauf lohnt sich auch eigentlich schon wegen der schönen schattenfiguren im booklet, die für mich zum sinnbild der klanglichen gestaltung der musik geworden sind. im music store von apple gibt es im übrigen eine solo-piano-interpretation von feists one evening, die ebenfalls sehr gut auf das album gepasst hätte. (was das konzept dieses weblogs angeht: mir gefällt ja momentan das von regnyouth ziemlich gut.) ... link ... comment |
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