Album out now
Chopin's preludes and etudes, stripped of their instrument and rebuilt by 25 artists from experimental electronics, ambient, post-jazz and the avant-garde. A double album by Mariusz Szypura on The Black Element Label.
With Lee Ranaldo (Sonic Youth), Adrian Utley (Portishead), Jim O'Rourke, Gail Ann Dorsey (David Bowie), John Stanier (Battles), Fennesz, Abul Mogard, Christine Ott, Masayoshi Fujita, Zoh Amba and 15 more.
What remains when the piano is removed: tonal fragments, harmonic shadow, latent tension.
Chopin Residue takes Chopin's preludes and etudes and removes their instrument. The residue becomes raw material for new music, composed and produced by Mariusz Szypura with 25 guests.
Disc 1, Deconstructions: nine new compositions. Disc 2, Reworks: nine reinterpretations by Fennesz, Jim O'Rourke, Abul Mogard, Christine Ott and others. Play the discs one after another, or both at once: the album is designed for simultaneous listening.
Hear what remains.
Chopin Residue · out now on Bandcamp
