From "A Forward-Facing Review".
Composed, performed, recorded and produced by Philipp Rumsch between February and July 2017.
Mastered by Markus @ Abendroth Mastering.

„A Forward-Facing Review“ is one of his works resulting from a one-year study period at „Rytmisk Musikkonservatorium“ in Copenhagen. In contrast to his previous work, Rumsch is responsible for both composition and sound design / mixing. Inspired by composers like Morton Feldman, Giacinto Scelsi and Elaine Radique and by the music of William Basinski, Tim Hecker, Brian Eno and Ben Frost, Rumsch draws up concepts to approach electro-acoustic music with pianistic elements. By only using acoustic and electronic keyboard instruments like piano, fender rhodes and various synthesizers, Rumsch first created the sounds for his composition in order to manipulate and edit them on the computer.

"A Forward-Facing Review" is a twenty-minute long concept composition with two parts exploring in two different ways a various amount of sounds as well as their gradual modulation. "Part II" is the more minimalistic chapter of this composition. An almost constant number of elements creates a sonic composition, which rests in itself. Thus development emerges through a gradual modulation of a few parameters. Philipp Rumsch invites the listener to accept subtle developments and offers the possibility to immerse into a difficile and diverse soundscape. 

Danish artists Anders Bach and August Rosenbaum as well as Icelandic composer, sound designer and multiinstrumentalist Valgeir Sigurðsson supported Rumsch in producing „A Forward-Facing Review“.

A Forward-Facing Review - Part II

Philipp Rumsch, born in 1994, is a composer, pianist, and sound designer based in Leipzig, Germany. Between 2013 and 2020 Philipp Rumsch has studied jazz piano under the aegis of Michael Wollny and Richie Beirach at the Academy of Music and Theatre Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy in Leipzig. In 2016 and 2017 he has refined his sound design and composition capabilities at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen with, among others, Niels-Lyhne Løkkegard, August Rosenbaum and Valgeir Sigurðsson.

Philipp is working both as a pianist, composer and arranger with artists, bands and ensembles from different genres. He has written music for theater and performances. His work is influenced by Avant-pop, electroacoustic, contemporary classical and improvised music. Philipp releases his music on the renowned record label Denovali. In 2018 he received the Leipzig award for young jazz musicians, funded by Marion Ermer foundation (Leipziger Jazznachwuchspreis der Marion-Ermer-Stiftung).