{"id":5301,"date":"2018-09-01T19:01:36","date_gmt":"2018-09-02T00:01:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/?p=5301"},"modified":"2022-06-11T20:46:10","modified_gmt":"2022-06-12T01:46:10","slug":"wegotmusic-germany-september-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevetibbetts.com\/wegotmusic-germany-september-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Life of–WeGotMusic, Germany \u00b7 9\/18"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n

Design is a funny word<\/h1>\r\n

Review of Life Of<\/em>\u00a0 by Steve Tibbetts<\/p>\r\n

Deutsch <\/a> English <\/a> Deutsch<\/p>\r\n

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Musik, in der man sich verlieren kann<\/h3>\r\n

September 13, 2018 \u00b7 by Herbert \u00b7 wegotmusic.de <\/a><\/h6>\r\n

Der Gitarrist Steve Tibbetts, 1954 in Minneapolis geboren, gilt als einer der gro\u00dfen Globetrotter der Moderne – und sein Markenzeichen ist die stilistische Offenheit. Acht Jahre nach seinem exzellenten letzten ECM-Album \u201eNatural Causes” meldet sich der Gitarrist Steve Tibbetts mit \u201eLife Of” endlich wieder bei dem M\u00fcnchener Label zur\u00fcck.\u201eMusik, in der man sich verlieren kann”, beschrieb ein Kritiker einmal sein Schaffen.<\/p>\r\n

Im Mittelpunkt steht erneut der Klangreichtum von Tibbetts’ zw\u00f6lfsaitiger Martin-Akustikgitarre, sein gamelanartiges Klavierspiel und die kunstvoll eingesetzten Samples von Field Recordings balinesischer Gongs. Abgerundet wird das Klangbild vom feinsinnigen Perkussionsspiel seines langj\u00e4hrigen musikalischen Partners Marc Anderson und den fast unterschwelligen Bordunt\u00f6nen von Michelle Kinneys Cello. Was \u201eNatural Causes” laut Tibbetts von dem neuen Album \u201eLife Of” unterscheidet, ist, dass er \u201eheute ein besserer Pianist” ist. \u201eIch t\u00fcftel an diesen Platten vielleicht in einem \u00fcbertriebenen Ma\u00dfe herum, aber nicht etwa, um irgendeine Art von instrumentaler Perfektion zu erreichen. In unserer Kultur werden heute so viele Dinge \u00fcberproduziert und geschliffen, bis sie einen makellosen metallischen Glanz haben. Ich bin im Laufe der Jahre organischer geworden. Ich m\u00f6chte, dass meine Platten eine menschliche, handgefertigte Qualit\u00e4t haben.” Wieder nahm Tibbetts die Abmischung der Aufnahme im Konzertsaal des Macalester College vor, das in der N\u00e4he seines Wohnortes in Minnesota liegt. \u201eIch bringe meine ganze Ausr\u00fcstung in die Halle und spiele die Tracks in der Akustik des Raumes ab, fange den Raumklang ein und mische so ab. Ich habe zwei Paar Mikrofone aufgestellt: ein Paar in der Mitte der Halle, ein Paar weiter hinten.”<\/p>\r\n

\u201eDas Ambiente des Saals kreist so um das Klavier und die Perkussion, und die nat\u00fcrliche Akustik des Raumes hilft der Gitarre mit dem Klavier in Einklang zu kommen. Es ist ein arbeitsintensiverer Prozess, und der Effekt ist f\u00fcr die meisten Ohren vielleicht zu subtil. Aber auf mich wirkt es organischer und klingt etwas realistischer.”<\/p>\r\n

So entstehen 13 Klangbilder, alle verstr\u00f6men sie archaische Ruhe und Zeitlosigkeit, sind so verschieden und dennoch gleich: alles in einem und eines in allem. Akustisch tiefgr\u00fcndig aufgearbeitet, aber in ausgekl\u00fcgelten Aufnahmeverfahren und durch subtiles Spiel mit Raumkl\u00e4ngen einzigartig gemacht. Es ist schon ein erhabenes Gef\u00fchl in die Unendlichkeit des Tibbett’schen Klangkosmos einzudringen. In dieser Musik findet sich so viel, man sollte sie mehrfach h\u00f6ren, um die Stimmungen auf sich wirken zu lassen.<\/p>\r\n

English<\/p>\r\n

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Music in Which One Can Lose Oneself<\/h3>\r\n

September 13, 2018 \u00b7 Written by Herbert \u00b7 wegotmusic.de <\/a><\/h6>\r\n

Guitarist Steve Tibbetts, born 1954 in Minneapolis, is considered one of the great globetrotters of modernism – and his trademark is the stylistic openness. Eight years after his excellent last ECM album “Natural causes”, guitarist Steve Tibbetts finally returns to the Munich label with “Life Of”. “Music in which one can lose oneself”, a critic once described his work.<\/p>\r\n

The focus is once again on the richness of Tibbetts’ 12-string Martin acoustic guitar, his gamelan-like piano playing and the traditionally used samples of field recordings Balinese gongs. Marc Anderson and the almost subliminal drones of Michelle Kinney’s cello. What sets “Natural Causes” apart from the new album “Life Of” according to Tibbetts is that he is “a better pianist today”. ” Tibbetts mixed both that album and “Life Of” in the concert hall of Macalester College , which is near where he lives in Minnesota. “I bring all my equipment into the hall and play the tracks in concert hall and mix in the ambience of the room rather than using artificial reverb.”<\/p>\r\n

“It’s a work-intensive process, and the effect may be subtle for most ears, but it sounds more organic and sounds a bit more realistic.”<\/p>\r\n

The result is 13 sound images.\u00a0 All exude archaic calm and timelessness, so different and yet the same: all in one and one in everything. Acoustically profound, but in sophisticated recording procedures and made unique by subtle play with ambient sounds. It is already a sublime feeling to penetrate into the infinity of the Tibbetts sound cosmos. There is so much in this music, you should hear it several times to let the mood sink into you.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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