Max Loderbauer’s career in music spans the last 3 decades, yet he’s still managed to keep his listeners hungry by releasing only 3 solo albums to date. Two of those releases (Transparenz, 2013 and Donnerwetter, 2020) were on Tobias Freund’s label Non Standard Productions - his long time collaborator and Templehof studio mate. In between those releases, Loderbauer graced Marionette with Greyland in 2016, revealing a previously unheard youthful and sentimental side. Now in 2022, the seasoned mind voyager is back with Petrichor, making yet another rare and treasurable solo appearance.

Petrichor distills the elements of Loderbauer’s work that are fundamental to the initiation of the label. With his buchla, modular synth, and haken fingerboard, Loderbauer’s improvised studio maneuvers dilate into imagined journeys from glacial peaks into the exosphere. This is Maxi at his most exhilarating state, morphing through bittersweet and optimistic soundscapes to bleak moments of throbbing unease - all while maintaining a sense of grace and elegance. Petrichor is a reflection of Loderbauer’s impactful trips to the mountains, and returning from these summits with an electrifying urge to paint this mighty perspective. The harmonies and melodies on the tracks simulate emotional peaks and valleys, with vibration and rhythm rooted in the foundation of the sound, as though it's woven into the fabric of the fauna and flora.

Legendary collaborations like Vilod (with Ricardo Villalobos), the Moritz Von Oswald Trio, Non Standard Institute, Sun Electric in the early nineties, and the newly formed Ambiq ensemble have gained this unique artist the respect of the underground and avant garde scenes alike.

Petrichor

Max Loderbauer - Petrichor (Preview)

a mix i made for earthday 2020 which aired on reformradio

tracklist: 

01	Broadcast and the Focus Group - A Medium's High
02	Mike Ratledge - Riddles of the Sphinx, Sequence 2
03	Feedback with Answering Machines
04	Ariel Kalma - Almora Sunrise
05	Kilchhofer - Lefu
06	Terje Isungset, Stian Westerhus - Laden With Rain#2 
07	Found Tape
08	Ami Shavit - Alpha Rhythms 1
09	John McCowen - Quartet no. 1
10	Julian Sartorius - Vich – Genève
11	Kilchhofer Anklin - Irrig
12	Kilchhofer Anklin - Tal
13	Clive Bell - Golden Bat Cigarettes
14	Ken Nordine - Fibonacci Numbers
15	Black Zone Magick Chant - 
        Where will we meet when our ashes are spread in the wind
16	Steve Roden - Red White Blue
17	Ernest Hood - Gloaming
18	Will Guthrie - Catlike

Kilchhofer - Reformradio Mix

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Max Loderbauer - Petrichor (Preview)

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