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thomas brinkmann - a 1000 keys - editions mego - vinyl

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Genre: Techno / Electro - Electronics

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Thomas Brinkmann takes his seductive reductionism to the next level. �A 1000 keys� is a harsh meditation on the expressive qualities of digital sound production.

In translating the timbre of a grande piano into binary codes, thus rebuilding its corpus with 0 and 1s, Brinkmann subverts the sensual qualities of this proto-romantic instrument in a sardonic way. Replacing the musician with a mathematically precise series of frenetic repetition and intriguingly dissonant difference, the result sounds at times like a violent ride through the brains of Sch�nberg or Webern, drained in amphetamines, at others like Feldman's ephemeral sketches or Russolo's futurist outburst.