Нет войне. "No to war". That's what was written on the signs of five Russian children protesting the Russian invasion of Ukraine, as they went to lay down flowers at the Ukrainian embassy in Russia — and immediately were arrested by the Russian police. What's unthinkable in my hometown Berlin, is just plain normal in Putin's Russian dictatorship.

Like so many people around the world, I was in shock when I heard about the war in Ukraine. So much love and so much good has already been erased from this earth. So many Russian lies and propaganda. So many children, men, and women dying. For what? The greed and ego of this little f****** Putin dickhead and his cronies? I'm afraid so. — I really was (and still am) in shock. I couldn't do anything but watch the news, watch Twitter, Reddit, YouTube from afar — for days. The sadness of all of this. All of this. It's just. I was in tears writing this. 

Creating this piece was what snapped me out of it. At least a bit. And against all the marketing strategy guides I read, I just need to release this now. To get it off my chest. I mean, let's be real, I can't do much. I can donate money. (I don't really have any...) But I can make music. And that's what I did to cope with this.

Maybe there are others out there who feel the same way and whom this might help. In one way or another.

Anyway.

Нет войне
Slava Ukraini!

Нет войне

This is the first single for my upcoming album 'Fragmente'. 'Berceuse Rework' is a peaceful reimagination of my track ‘Berceuse’ for string quartet and electronics. While staying true to the original melody, this rework shines a whole new light onto the quiet timbre of this gentle lullaby, featuring the wonderful 'mondëna quartet'.
 
The new album 'Fragmente' is my most ambitious release to date: 17 tracks, 51+ minutes of music. Recorded with lots of great musicians from Berlin and beyond. Stay tuned for many more releases in the coming months.

Let's be excellent to one another.
 
xoxo
Felix

Berceuse Rework

This elegiac lament for string quartet re-imagines my 2019 synthesizer improvisation titled 'Humming Bird'. It is the latest single from my upcoming album 'Fragmente'. This piece refines the original's raw harmonic and melodic colours, filtering it through the idiom of early baroque music.

'Fragmente' takes a very personal and fragile look at all the little things that helped me come out of my corona-infused burnout/depression in 2021 — It’s about all these little moments that helped me get out of one of the darkest times in my life: Singing my little daughter to sleep or rescuing an old bee with her on the playground, taking a walk with my girlfriend, talking to a good friend or simply playing the cello or the piano for hours — every piece is dedicated to one of these moments.

This will be my most ambitious release to date: 17 tracks, and 51+ minutes of music. Recorded with lots of great musicians from Berlin and beyond.

Humming Bird Rework

Spotify: http://www.spoti.fi/2KoBEOS

‘Opal’ is a free-flowing improvisation for piano and violin, which cradles the listener in a contemplative, nostalgic landscape. It was the first thing that happened while trying out a new delay pedal for my piano while the winter sun was shimmering through my studio windows and the trees outside.

'Opal' is the third single for my new album 'Fragmente', my most ambitious release to date: 17 tracks, 51+ minutes of music. Recorded with lots of great musicians from Berlin and beyond. 

The album will take a very personal and fragile look at all the little things that helped me come out of my corona-infused burnout/depression in 2021 — It’s about all these little moments that helped me get out of one of the darkest times in my life: Singing my little daughter to sleep or rescuing an old bee with her on the playground, taking a walk with my girlfriend, talking to a good friend or simply playing the cello or the piano for hours — every piece is dedicated to one of these moments.

Stay tuned for many more releases in the coming months.


Let's be excellent to one another.

xoxo
Felix

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Opal

Residuum is an introspective, atmospheric meditation for solo piano. It is inspired by the rich harmonic language of one of my absolute favorite piano pieces: Brahms’ ‘Ballade in B major’ — which I again fell in love with shortly before writing this piece. Residuum combines that with a minimalistic, melancholic ambiance.

Residuum

Some tracks from my soundtrack to Michael Endes "Never Ending Story". Recorded with the WDR Symphony Orchestra.

Die Unendliche Geschichte – Schlacht um den Elfenbeinturm (WDR Symphony Orchestra)

Die Unendliche Geschichte – Die Schlamuffen (WDR Symphony Orchestra)

Die Unendliche Geschichte – Main Title (WDR Symphony Orchestra)

Die Unendliche Geschichte – Die Trauersümpfe Und Artax (WDR Symphony Orchestra)

Die Unendliche Geschichte – Die Uralte Morla (WDR Symphony Orchestra)

Delay – Delay II (WDR Radio Choir)

WDR Radio Choir - Delay I

Orchester Verfremdung - Chapter II - Weird Plants & Strange Animals

Orchester Verfremdung - Chapter I - Enter

Miniature I - Pangong Tso

Fairies (feat. Rachael Schroeder)

Ein Zusammenschnitt meiner Filmmusik aus dem Spielfilm PRÉLUDE von Sabrina Sarabi. Aufgenommen mit dem WDR Rundfunkchor, 2018.

PRÉLUDE Nr. 1

Iteration I

This EP merges a 30-piece string orchestra with dark, ambient electronics. It was basically a reaction to the birth of my daughter, to the incredible forces of nature and the unconditional, overwhelming love I began to feel for this little human being.

Becoming Ocean

Humming Bird

Daemon – Main Theme (WDR Radio Orchestra)

Little Red – Waking up (German Film Orchestra Babelsberg)

Berceuse

Interlude III

Interlude II

Barcarole

Poly

Berlin-based composer and producer Felix Rösch announces the release of his third studio EP ‘Piano’ — out May 28 — with the lead single ‘I'll see you in 21 days’ out January 14th! ‘Piano’ follows 2020's ‘MYA’ and ‘str:orchestra’, which were featured in Spotify’s ‘Fresh Finds’, ‘New Classical Releases’, and ‘Not Quite Classical’ playlists, and were licensed to a global Burberry ad campaign.

"In late 2020 I had to leave my 1-year-old daughter for three weeks in a row. I know, there are worse things, but it truly broke my heart. ‘I'll see you in 21 days’ was our little goodbye."

‘Piano’ meshes fluid piano improvisations with carefully constructed layers of analog synthesizers and delicate string arrangements and was entirely produced live on YouTube.

Pre-save ‘Piano’ here.
https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/felixrsch/piano-ep

This whole EP started as a series of piano improvisations Felix did on his music production livestreams. Sebsequently the entire creation of this EP – from its very first sketches, to the recording, mixing and mastering process, took place on more than 60 live streams over the course of six months. 

"Having an audience joining in and contributing to this very personal and volatile process felt incredibly liberating and truly changed the way I think about music." Felix says.

The live streams can be seen here:
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-zeagCdlaFpgA5rmSBt338fveQDWlfH1

TRACKLIST: 1. Interlude I 2. Barcarole 3. Poly 4. I'll see you in 21 days 5. Interlude II 6. Berceuse 7. Interlude III 8. Ostinato

I'll see you in 21 days

Interlude I

Ostinato

Berlin-based composer — mining the edges of electronic, classical and ambient music.

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