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from 'III' [CD|2xLP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den246
available on all formats at [http://denovali.com/bersarinquartett]

Melancholia. Longing. It is difficult to speak about these moods or states of the mind without invoking stereotypes. In ancient medicine, melancholia was considered to be one of the four temperaments, matching the four humours. In fact, melancholia, meaning "black bile" in Ancient Greek, was thought to be caused by an excess of this very body substance. By contrast, in more modern interpretations, literates and Freudians relate many variations of longing to the one primordial longing, the desire to return to one's mother's womb. In this context, the womb is considered to be the place of absolute comfort and cosiness, of total bliss. Thus it should not be surprising that to many of us melancholia is a mood which we like to invoke and to maintain, we like to envelop ourselves in it like in a warm blanket. Our brain and our sensory systems appear to be made for perceiving and emotionally responding to music in a very immediate fashion. Consequently music is the obvious drug for all of us melancholia-addicts. However, there is a thin line between melancholia and sadness, and music which is meant to be melancholic too often crosses this line by far. Only very few artists succeed in avoiding this crossing, and in creating music which is melancholia in its most pure form. It is safe to say that BERSARIN QUARTETT - the electronic music project of Thomas Bücker - is one of them.

After his successfull selftitled debut in 2008 and the sophomore "II" in 2012 - album of the month in many magazines and in numerous "Best of the year" lists - Bücker returns with his third BERSARIN QUARTETT album "III", due for release 6.11.2015 on Denovali Records. Much like his two predecessors, III is a pure paradox. It is the creation of a perfectionist, an adamant control freak. Every element, be it a note, an ambience layer, a string arrangement, a field recording, a baseline, a vocal (Clara Hill on Track 11) or a beat, is meticulously modified and then assigned its place in Bücker's vast but still minimalistic arrangements. Thus, superficially Bücker's pieces seem to radiate a certain mechanical bleakness. However, there is a unique reduced warmth and liveliness emerging from these stainless compositions and transcending them. This transcendence is precisely the point where Bücker ironically looses control over his creations. In contrast to the first two BERSARIN QUARTETT albums, III offers a few darker shades and succeeds even further in narrowing down the arrangements to the absolute essentials without loosing the characteristic grandeur of Bücker's sound. Whereas BERSARIN QUARTETT's debut was merely a description of melancholia in its most pure form, III maybe even goes as far a defining what melancholia really is. It is the only emotion in the vast spectrum of human states of mind which one can bear forever. 

Bersarin Quartett - Sanft verblassen die Geschichten

'All Best, Always' renders a period of time filled with abundant love, sincerity and compassion, but also frustration, misunderstandings and learnings. That period of time is now foreshortened to 2 minutes and 39 seconds. Enjoy.  

Photo: Marcus Møller Bitsch (www.marcusmb.com)

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Benjamin Gustafsson - All Best, Always

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All Best, Always

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When I first saw the movie 'Men, Women & Children" last year, I totally fell on love with the original music by https://soundcloud.com/bibio. Since that day I was working on a cover version of 'Preen Your Own Wings' - a beautiful indie chill track with soft vocals and a lovely melody.

Some weeks ago, when Thomas aka https://soundcloud.com/zuurb (Polarlichter Radioshow) told me, that he was going to compile a special mix for this year's advent calendar by https://soundcloud.com/das-kraftfuttermischwerk, he asked me, If I got something quiet in progress. A great reason for me to get back on that project and finally finish it!

I hope you enjoy this free download for Christmas! 

Zuurb - Adrastea:
www.soundcloud.com/der-das-kfmw-ak/2015-06-zuurb-adrastea

High-Quality WAV Download:
www.clemensruh.bandcamp.com/track/preen-your-own-wings

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Reunite

"The last morning I saw you..."

This piece features ambient-drone trio, Hotel Neon. Piano / strings / Synth and composition by Slow Meadow (Matt Kidd). Guitar and additional synth textures by Hotel Neon.

We decided to do this collaboration to celebrate our shows together this spring. Video promo - youtu.be/tFCfN8w7pi8 

Hotel Neon: hotelneonmusic.com/
Slow Meadow: slowmeado.ws

Blue Aubade (feat. Hotel Neon)

Download: https://philipganderson.bandcamp.com/album/wilderness

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Wilderness

Happy Piano Day everyone ! We're very excited to celebrate with some new music by @edcarlsen

'Yearn' on Spotify : https://spoti.fi/2V3gwAG

Written, arranged, recorded and mixed by Ed Carlsen 
Piano, guitar, synth: Ed Carlsen 
Cello: Dominik Frankiewicz 
Violin: Piotr Mitka

Wilderness

Philip G Anderson

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