Hauschka - Gunpowder (Original Television Soundtrack) '2017

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Hauschka (Volker Bertelmann) is an independent experimental musician based in
Düsseldorf, Germany internationally recognized as a 21st century exponent of
prepared piano technique, a tradition dating back to late 19th and early 20th
century French composer Erik Satie. The piano is prepared when preparations
(consisting of nearly any conceivably applicable object or material) are
inserted between the strings or onto the hammers of the instrument; a wider
application of the term takes in all manner of additional modifications that
expand the sonic and operative possibilities of the piano. Hauschka has
successfully combined the chamber music aspect of prepared piano (see composers
Henry Cowell, John Cage, Christian Wolff, Max Richter, Maurice Delage, and Arvo
Pärt) with pop, rock, and electronic sensibilities.

Hauschkas music might be said to reference (inadvertently perhaps) all of these
aspects of the prepared piano equation, and he could even be regarded as a
conceptual cousin of Denman Maroney, Erik Griswold, Sylvain Chaveau, and Anthony
Pateras. His playfully repetitive constructs, which certainly reflect the
influence of Satie, are also at times reminiscent of early keyboard works by
Philip Glass or something from out of the minds of Terry Riley and Steve Reich.
His best work suggests the achievements of Frank Pahl, Pascal Comelade, Yann
Tiersen, and Henry Brant as well as the self-perpetuating modalities associated
with gamelan. Hauschka, who with Luke Sutherland and Stefan Schneider is a
member of Music A.M., has collaborated with Torsten Mauss to actuate the
club/electronic duo Tonetraeger. Bertelmann often releases more than one
Hauschka album a year, such as 2005s Substantial and Hauschka: The Prepared
Piano and 2007s Versions of the Prepared Piano and Room to Expand. With 2008s
Ferndorf, an homage to his hometown that featured a string duo, Bertelmann
reached a new level of prominence; the Snowflakes and Carwrecks EP followed in
2009. Around that time, he also began to find regular work scoring independent
films in Germany. Hauschka collaborated with San Franciscos Magik Magik
Orchestra on 2010s full-length Foreign Landscapes, while 2011s Salon des
Amateurs featured members of Calexico and Múm. Bertelmann returned the
following year with Silfra, a collaboration with violinist Hilary Hahn that was
inspired by Icelands Silfra rift. That year, he also composed the score for
Doris Dörries film Glück. For his 2014 solo album Abandoned City, Hauschka
used some of the worlds most famous ghost towns as a metaphor for the sense of
hope and sadness he feels when composing music.

2015 saw the release of A NDO C Y, a collection of Abandoned City outtakes and
remixes, as well as the live album 2.11.14. Bertelmann then focused on scoring
work, providing music for dance performances such as Swan of Tuonela, which
found him collaborating with Finnish circus performer Ville Walo. His film music
included scores for 2015s The Boy and 2016s In Dubious Battle and Lion, a
collaboration with Dustin OHalloran that earned Golden Globe and Academy Award
nominations. The eighth Hauschka album, What If, arrived in 2017. Inspired by
Bertelmanns speculation on what life could be like in the future, it featured a
Roland Jupiter synth, an Eventide H3000 Harmonizer and player piano alongside
prepared piano for a sci-fi influenced sound. 

Tracklist:
01. Hauschka - Opening Theme
02. Hauschka - Execution - Torture - Hanging
03. Hauschka - Retrieving Corpses
04. Hauschka - Back Alley - Fawkes
05. Hauschka - Why Have You Brought Us Here
06. Hauschka - Forgive Me
07. Hauschka - Escape - Chase - Tunnel
08. Hauschka - If This Be a Game
09. Hauschka - Men of Honor and Piety
10. Hauschka - Guy Fawkes Arrested
11. Hauschka - A Steadfast Heart
12. Hauschka - The Storm is Upon Us - Guy Torture
13. Hauschka - Barrage - They are Here
14. Hauschka - Gunned Down
15. Hauschka - Execution
16. Hauschka - Epilogue
17. Hauschka - Closing Theme

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