GRANDBROTHERS share 2nd track from forthcoming album 'Open', out Oct 20th on City Slang.
The Dusseldorf pianist/inventor duo share another enchanting track.
Following the highly-praised enchanting first track from their new album, “Bloodflow”, Dusseldorf pianist/engineer duo Grandbrothers have unveiled another new song. “Long Forgotten Future” is the second track to be taken from their forthcoming second full length, ‘Open’, which is set for release on October 20th via City Slang. It further demonstrates the delicate, moving and entirely unique hybrid of piano and electronics that is fast becoming Grandbrothers’ trademark. Listen to “Long Forgotten Future” here: https://youtu.be/dyZb7negR9o Embed code: <iframe width="560" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/dyZb7negR9o" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> Grandbrothers are the sum of unique parts: progressive Swiss engineer/mechanic/sofware designer Vogel and German-Turkish pianist Sarp. Their second album ‘Open' twins Sarp’s piano skills with Vogel’s talent for both building the formidably intricate mechanics with which he exploits his partner’s instrument and also designing its software. Sarp works at his ivory keyboard while, from behind his own computer keys, Vogel live-samples his partner’s notes, triggering further effects with the aid of homemade apparatus that physically manipulate the piano’s strings and body. “There are hammers I control,” he explains, “which hit different parts to make beats and percussive patterns. In the beginning, I just used an open circuit board I’d constructed without a proper case. It was very fragile and often didn't work. We always had a soldering-iron when we played live.” Their ambitious second album ‘Open' explores dimensions at which their debut ‘Dilation' only hinted. The greatest revelation for anyone hearing them the first time remains the element constant to everything they’ve recorded: every individual sound that Grandbrothers make stems from one single instrument, a piano. No wonder their music was once memorably described as “open heart surgery on a grand.”
Suggestions that Grandbrothers are part of the burgeoning, so-called ‘neo-classical’ movement might seem reasonable, but, the duo argue, they’re also off the mark. As Sarp points out, “Just because we use the same instrument doesn’t mean that it’s the same music. We always think about what physical impact the songs can have on the audience, for instance whether they can dance to them. We don’t only make music for listening to, after all. As much as we enjoy playing concert halls with the audience seated we also love to play at sweaty clubs where people are standing and dancing around us” “What makes things work,” Vogel concludes, “is that we are such different personalities, with different skills, which fit together so well.” Sarp concurs: “Our music comes from a mixture of really intense analysis and simply doing things. I can calm him down, and he can incite me. He’s not just a colleague, but one of my closest friends.” Such synergy – born of an innate understanding and intuition, personally and musically – can be heard throughout Grandbrothers’ technically innovative, thrillingly distinctive work: two ingenious minds, perfectly in tune, relentlessly exploring new ideas. There’s nothing to be afraid of. Keep your mind Open.
'Open' will be released on October 20th on City Slang and is available to pre-order at: https://grandbrothers.lnk.to/open Grandbrothers on tour: October 12 Hasselt (BE), CCHA 21 Amsterdam (NL), ADE @ Concertgebouw 29 Munich (DE), Manic Street Parade November 02 Luebeck (DE), Kulturwerft Gollan 03 Hannover (DE), Schauspiel 05 Warsaw (PL), Hala Kolo* 07 Leipzig (DE), Haus Auensee* 08 Munich (DE), Zenith* 09 Cologne (DE), Palladium* 10 Luxemburg (LU), Rotondes 14 Parma (IT), Zibello Festival 15 Bordeaux (FR), Festival Esprit du piano 19 Utrecht (NL), TivoliVredenburg 20 Paris (FR), Café de la Danse 21 London (UK), Rich Mix 22 Zürich (CH), Bogen F 23 Yverdon (CH), Theatre Benno Besson 24 Bruges (BE), Ryelandtzaal 25 Dublin (IE), St. Stephen’s Church 27 Köln (DE), Club Bahnhof Ehrenfeld 29 Berlin (DE), Funkhaus 30 Wien (AT), Fluc December 01 Salzburg (AT), Dialoge Festival 02 Brüssel (BE), Flagey 03 Frankfurt (DE), Mousonturn 15 Hamburg (DE), Mojo * supporting Bonobo 'Open' tracklist: 1. 1202 2. Bloodflow (Official Video | Lone Remix) 3. From A Distance 4. Long Forgotten Future (Stream) 5. Honey 6. Alice 7. White Nights 8. Circonflexe 9. Sonic Riots 10. London Bridges Links: Pre-Order link here Website here Facebook here
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September 27, 2017 6:28am ET by Stereo Sanctity
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