Baldini/Dafeldecker/Strüver

Prismatic

DRM4209

December 20, 2024

Digital

From Werner

“Prismatic” is a four-part suite that combines chamber music, field recordings and electronics to create a soundscape. The form of the suite is reminiscent of the structure of a film, with each chapter creating a specific atmosphere.

This structure generate a narrative continuity, while each segment is an independent musical and sonic entity in motion. The transparent and contrasting soundscape of the acoustic instruments – trumpet, double bass, piano – is reminiscent of the visual and narrative techniques of film noir, which are often characterised by strong contrasts of light and dark and complex, multi-layered events. Field recordings play a central role and evoke a sense of immediacy, seeming like apparitions of times past that roam through the soundscape, contributing to the creation of an auditory atmosphere that seems at once real and otherworldly.

The recordings create an acoustic connection to the environment and its historical contexts reflected in the music, contributing to the ambiguity of the music as it moves through shadow and light, much like the prismatic lenses of the musicians reflecting the sounds.

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releases December 20, 2024

This project is supported by SKE

Written and produced by Baldini/Dafeldecker/Strüver

Marco Baldini – trumpet
Werner Dafeldecker – doublebass, piano, electronic
Jens Strüver – tapes, turntables

Recorded in Berlin 2023/24 by Werner Dafeldecker.
Trumpet recording by Francesco Toninelli, Florence
Mixed by Dafeldecker / Strüver
Mastering – Werner Dafeldecker

Dedicated to Anni Strüver, Amelia Cuni and Ernstalbrecht Stiebler.