new album by Henrik Schwarz together with Amsterdam high end string quartet Alma Quartet. The story of CCMYK is the story of chance, communication and control. In 2013, after performing with the Dutch Chamber Orchestra in Amsterdam, Henrik was approached by Marc Daniel of the Alma String Quartet. In 2015, Henrik invited the four players to his studio in Berlin, where they began a series of improvisations. Henrik would suggest a musical phrase, and one of the Alma Quartet would play in response, with another then taking up the idea: highly trained classical musicians recording like a jazz band. Schwarz would record, replay and respond to their classical phrases with his own electronic production. These half hour jams would then be taken home by Henrik. There, he would edit them down, sculpting their form into coherent tracks. During this process he added electronic melodies and beats, even inviting the players back to respond again, thus building and refining these variations on a theme until the songs were fully formed. 
Though based on free improvisations, CCMYK is not a record of bumbling jams. Rather, it's a record of startling density, control and emotional complexity. It opens with the  ourish of strings: a looped violin, a plucked double bass, interwoven with subtle electronic effects. Throughout the album, piercing melancholy and graceful tension merges with  ashes of radiant joy. Dynamic, driving soundscapes like CCMYK3 sound almost ready for the club, while Happy Hipster's Spring-like verve turns into full, dazzling and almost sorrowful Summer, a tonal shift of which any composer would be proud.
This is the sound of open conversation between piercing intellects, taking their individual instruments and musical backgrounds to create a universe of sound. Perhaps this is the meaning of the album title: three primary colours and a key that combine to bring any image imaginable to life. For the live show, Schwarz has even reimagined the building blocks of both a club and an orchestra. Instead of a conventional loudspeaker, he has remade a cello to amplify his electronic effects. In place of a metronome, the group will look to an automated needle on a display, directed by Schwarz, keeping time with the sensitivity and feeling of a conductor.

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Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK - 192k

Joy Wellboy - Before The Sunrise (Dixon Remix)

Black Label #36

Somebody's Story

Solomun - Somebody's Story (Out now on Compost Records!)

Kollektiv Turmstrasse - Ordinary (Live)

Spirit Lights Remixes

Spirit Lights (Adriatique Remix) [feat. Linnea Dale]

Arthur Oskan - Lovebug (Original Version)

Pachanga Boys - Time

Grandbrothers - Bloodflow (youANDme remix)

Miracle / Tempest EP.  
Out March 9th @ your favourite shops via Permanent Vacation. 
Catalogue: PERMVAC 168-1 (Vinyl + digital)

Tracklist:
A1. Miracle (Original Mix)
A2. Miracle (Open Up Mix)
B. Tempest

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Miracle / Tempest

Tempest

Out now:

Beatport - bit.ly/50_BP
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Love Letters From Sicily

Matthias Meyer & Ryan Davis - Love Letters From Sicily

Watergate Remixes 01

Take Words In Return (Jimi Jules Remix)

01 Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK4

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02 Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK8

03 Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK9

04 Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK1

05 Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK3

06 Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK10

Internationally renowned music producer and composer Henrik Schwarz is known for his eclectic musical approach to composition and sound design. As a producer and performer, he has successfully maintained a balance between electronic music, classical and jazz, and between energetic, highly charged dance sets at huge Techno events and concert performances in seated auditoriums.

06 Henrik Schwarz & Alma Quartet - CCMYK10

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