hello
i highly recommend Vert's "the k?ln konzert" CD which is mostly slightly
out-of-tune upright piano with added efx and electronic loops. also he has a
track on the Sonig compilation (released in the US by Thrill Jockey) that
makes the disc on the whole worthwhile. I didn't really care for "9 types of
ambiguity" by Vert half as much but you might look into it if you enjoy
these others.
Twine released a pretty good long piano track at the end of their split with
Horchata that came out in 1999, although it's not representative of that
release on the whole.
Figurera, the guy who runs the swedish Komplott label, released a really
excellent LP last year called "de reperare" i think. it's great! really
nice, melodic (but not new age sounding) piano compositions mixed with some
digital processing and some crunchy beats. but it's mostly got more of a
neoclassical slant, and is less deliberately aligned with the majority of
current IDM trends.
you could always go the more obvious route and look into composers such as
Harold Budd and Philip Glass, whose piano compositions are pretty nice,
although a lot more straightforward in most instances.
you might look into the Smyglyssna "Departures" 12" which is pretty
interesting and minimal, on the Vertical Form label. I don't know that his
other stuff sounds comparable necessarily but i think this one has some
great delicate moments.
on a slightly different note i might suggest the AGF album on orthlorng
musork which does little with piano but manages to do an array of
interesting things with the female voice (AGF is the vocalist of laub).
think fennesz meets female voice.
quoted 23 lines From: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu>
>From: EggyToast <youn0394@umn.edu>
>To: idm@hyperreal.org
>Subject: [idm] piano tracks?
>Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 14:46:38 CST
>
>Hello illustrious denizens of the IDM-L
>
>I've been greatly enjoying a couple short piano tracks on a few albums,
>namely the first and last track off Chris Clark's "Clarence Park," and a
>few off the Drukqs album, and some notable Plaid tracks.
>
>So, I'm wondering what else is out there? Length isn't too important,
>since most of everything I've heard barely breaks the 2 minute mark, if
>that. I'm not talking about "crazy idm with some piano," I mean tracks
>that are mostly piano, perhaps slightly affected. Doesn't have to be from
>idm artists, as I'm open to suggestions.
>
>If you're not too sure about what I'm talking about, but know of some piano
>tracks, try to get ahold of Chris Clark's "Pleen 1930's" as a brief
>example.
>
>Thanks all, in advance,
>derek
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