«Raum» the first part of a trilogy created with the German musician Stefan Schmidt, mastered by Weldroid is out now and available on cassette and digital via Karlrecords. Dark and beautiful.

https://karlrecords.bandcamp.com/album/raum

the album ::

as for many musicians, if there was anything positive about the lockdown in the spring of 2020, it was having more time to create music, to experiment and to maybe even start a completely new project with someone you may never have worked with before. when dominik grenzler aka an moku, a sound artist and bass player based in zurich, approached stefan schmidt (guitarist, composer and improviser from baden-baden) with the idea of collaborating, it turned out the initial spark for a fruitful process and artistic exchange: within just a couple of weeks they managed to craft an album which turned out edgy and harmonic at the same time. despite its abstractionism, „raum“ has a very organic feeling to it, provides a richness of details and finely processed sounds of different origins like bass, cello, field recordings and a vast array of electronic equipment. according to the 2 musicians, the process of creating the ten tracks was a smooth and intuitive one with hardly any need to discuss the concept or details, the communication took place within the music and the exchanged files. 

stefan schmidt (born 1974) is a guitarist, composer, improviser and teacher. he gathered his first musical experiences as a member of various punk bands and later studied classical guitar at the 
hochschule für musik trossingen with professor andreas higi and at the conservatorio juan josé castro in buenos aires with victor villadangos. while early projects (e.g. farang) and several collaborations put focus on distorted sounds and rhythms, recent works center on slowly evolving structures, sound design and free improvisation, giving more emphasis on his main instrument, the classical guitar, and the exploration of other stringed instruments such as tenor ukulele, fretless bass ukulele, fretless classical guitar, electric guitar, [d]ronin & ronin, stringed psalter, cello and baroque lute. 

www.musicforoverexposedcelluloid.com

credits ::

all tracks composed and produced by an moku and stefan schmidt
mastered by weldroid
www.weldroid.net

cover artwork by stefan schmidt

electronics, field recordings, bass guitar by an moku
electronics, field recordings, cello, vocals by stefan schmidt

press / promo contact ::
dense promotion / ed benndorf ed@dense.de