Label: makiphon – makiphon 002 Format: Vinyl, LP, 180g Country: Germany Released: 7 May 2015 Genre: Pop Style: Experimental
After numerous concerts and performances throughout the last years, Summe 1 is Hirsch’s first release on makiphon. The album concentrates on peculiar soundscapes and drony pieces, carefully interwoven by means of pitched harmonicas, electric guitars, mini fans, delays and the electric palm leaf, an electroacoustic invention of the artist. The eight titles evoke a space somewhere between interstellar geography (Maxwell Mountains – a plateau on planet Venus), abstract physics (Teilchenbeschleuniger), botanical scenery and animality: Kemeri 5 am features nocturnal crane calls that Hirsch recorded on a bike trip in a swamp near Riga while he was busy with decoding bird messages via morse code. Opossum Pravda is dedicated to the tenacious marsupial that likes to wander around at night and which is able to hang from trees by its tail. Kautschukwaage seems to suggest an exotic setting and provides a link to the rubber bands which one hears resonating in the miniature. (Mint / New)
Tracklist A1 In A Seldom Land 3:09 A2 Konnektor 2:40 A3 Kemeri 5 am 4:21 A4 Opossum Pravda 3:39 A5 Kautschukwaage 1:57 B1 Summe 1 5:50 B2 Maxwell Mountains 3:45 B3 Teilchenbeschleuniger 9:04
