Hochhäuser
Fat grooves and sound collages
- Label
- Indigo Records 1008 CD, 2011
- All compositions
- Matthias Petzold, except “Der Weg”: Andi Reisner
- Recorded
- on 8–10 January 2011 by Andi Reisner and Bernd Pick
- Mixed and mastered
- by Andi Reisner at Pulsarstudio, Brühl www.pulsarstudio.de
- Cover design
- Matthias Petzold
15,– € incl. VAT, postage and packing
Tracks
- Check High Five 6:20
- Muddy Feet 5:14
- Ginster (Eifelblues) 6:02
- Zwei Drei Fünf 5:05
- Zwischenraum 8:58
- Donauwellen 9:02
- Capoeira 5:38
- Die Stunde des Diebes 6:48
- Vogelpredigt 6:19
- Der Weg 6:57
To listen to: Check High Five, Muddy Feet and Capoeira
Line-up
- Matthias Petzold saxophones, cassette recorder
- Andi Reisner guitar
- Nils Imhorst electric bass, double bass
- Tobi Lessnow drums
We have found that a whole CD is too long to listen to as a single unit, so we divided “Wellen” into two parts, each meant to be heard separately. The piece “Zwischenraum” acts as an acoustic divider between the two halves.
The sounds for the pieces were mixed in live with a TASCAM 4-track cassette recorder. The sounds used in each piece are documented below. A Roland Space Echo RE-201 was also used, an analogue echo unit that works with a loop of tape.
Check High Five
- little bells
- altar bells
- shaker
- rain stick
Ginster
- breathing
- breathing with echo
- echo feedback with pitch changes
- voice with echo
Zwischenraum
- cello, high
- cello, low
- bowed and struck piano strings
- metallophone
- breathing
- breathing with echo
- echo feedback
Donauwellen
- splashing
- rushing water (shower, strong)
- rushing water (shower, gentle)
- timpani
Capoeira
- berimbau, fast
- berimbau, slow
- ratchet (these tracks were recorded by Carola Windhagen)
Die Stunde des Diebes
- Philips valve electric organ
Vogelpredigt
- cuckoo/woodpecker
- golden oriole
- blackcap/garden warbler
- common redstart/robin