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Rumpistol - After the Flood '2020

After the Flood
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Album name After the Flood
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Date 2020
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Play time 45:38
Format / Bitrate Stereo 1420 Kbps / 44.1 kHz
MP3 320 Kbps
Media CD
Size 221 MB
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“After the Flood”, the sixth album by Danish musician and composer
Jens B. Christiansen under his Rumpistol moniker, is something of a departure
from his previous efforts in a lot of ways. After having suffered from a severe
stress-related burn-out the artist had to completely alter the way he works.

Looking at computer screens gave Jens B. Christensen, whose 16-year career
primarily has been within the field of electronic music, headaches and made him
nauseated, and so he was forced to work in a completely new, quite minimalistic
manner. These 12 new compositions all stem from composing on the piano.
Therapeutically, as well as artistically, this turned out to be rewarding, which
is evident when listening to “After the Flood”, which has an
uplifting, ethereal quality to it, yet remains tangible, almost tactile, in its
use of organic, non-electronic instruments and textures. As refreshingly new
this musical direction is for a Rumpistol album it’s also somewhat
familiar sounding to fans of the artist. The melodies seem to ebb and flow,
undulating around each other, in that particular Rumpistol way that point
forward (and perhaps even upwards, celestially), yet evokes memories of past
works, like the strings on “Beito” from the album
“Dynamo”.

The musical core, much like the works of likeminded composers like Nils Frahm
and Max Richter, of “After the Flood” is the piano, but Jens B.
Christiansen also composed parts for other musicians to join in on these
post-catastrophe neoclassical works. This ensemble consists of Line Felding
(cello), Maria Jagd (violin/viola), Kristian Hoffmann (lap steel guitar), Mike
Sheridan (cristal baschet), Povl Kristian (saw), and Anna Juuliska Nykvist
(flute). Jens B. Christiansen also incorporated field recordings of his
every-day life using analogue recording media such as reel-to-reel tape, VHS and
cassette tape as well as ASMR triggers such as gentle whispering. This
doesn’t mean that “After the Flood” merely is music to
casually relax to. Although the album sounds very pleasing to the ear,
it’s an engaging and thought-provoking listening experience.
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About the artist:

The works of Jens B. Christiansen are driven by his quest for beauty and
curiously creating new sounds. Since his eponymous debut album from 2003
Rumpistol has released five albums and eight EP’s and played live shows
throughout most of the world. He has collaborated with Bill Laswell, Ane Trolle
and MØ, and he also composes music for film, video games, and theatre and
dance performances. In 2004 BBC radio legend John Peel played Rumpistol’s
music on his show for the first time, and in 2016 Rumpistol’s music was
used during the enormous opening ceremony for the Paralympics in Rio de Janeiro.
Rumpistol has played live at the Roskilde Festival and at Mutek in Canada, and
during recent years he has toured the US extensively. Jens B. Christiansen,
along with his band Kalaha, won a DMA Jazz award in 2017 and the Carl Prize in
2019. 

Tracklisting:
01. Rumpistol - There There (5:32)
02. Rumpistol - Last Venture At The Edge Of The World (6:10)
03. Rumpistol - The Fog is Lifting (3:00)
04. Rumpistol - Inside The Sarcophagus (3:14)
05. Rumpistol - Solar Eclipse (3:18)
06. Rumpistol - Letting Go (2:12)
07. Rumpistol - Fight Or Flight (4:18)
08. Rumpistol - Aurolac (4:25)
09. Rumpistol - Song For Dead Brother (1:45)
10. Rumpistol - After The Flood (4:18)
11. Rumpistol - The Wondrous Wasteland (3:18)
12. Rumpistol - Walk On Home (4:09)

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