Taken from the album 'Fragments', released 14 January 2022 on Ninja Tune: https://bonobo.lnk.to/fragmentsSo

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Otomo

Bonobo featuring O’Flynn - Otomo

Finally, I managed to get the technical stuff up and running to return to my old habit of playing along with video game soundtracks, which was not possible for some years because of hard- and software limitations. Now that this feature is working again, I thought that more than 500 YouTube subscribers would be a nice occasion to put it to a good use.

What you can experience in this compilation is an extra "organ track", which I played and recorded in parallel while the "Legend of Zelda — Breath of the Wild" OST was playing and which was dubbed onto the OST later in a post-processing stage. This felt exactly like being part of the OST orchestra, where I would have the duty of directly contributing to the game music. Nonetheless, this had a bit of "adding even more gravity" to a score that was already perfect — and to make things even more difficult, I played along solely by ear, i.e. without any sheets. The tricky part for me, albeit I had listened to the OST many times before, was to instantaneously react to chord changes and a melody which I roughly had memorized, but not exactly note by note.

Adapting the organ registration (i.e. selecting appropriate stops) to find a volume/dynamics level that was compatible with the orchestral part was another challenge that came on top of "just playing matching notes and/or an additional voice". While the intention was to make the organ present of course, it was always thought as an enrichment and strong foundation backbone, which should never speak over the orchestra too aggressively to achieve the impression that the organ would feel "natural", as if it would always have had its place and role in the original score right from the beginning.

In remembrance of my passed-away grandmother, who would have celebrated her 100th birthday on the date of this release.

Epilogue

Attack on Vah Ruta

All of those who are familiar with the series can be looking forward to a colorful potpourri:

The album starts off with a number of short pieces for portative organ, a small and portable organ which is equipped with only a few pipes. Thus, the pieces are kept short and simple, but are still finished with a "regal" piece played on the "big brother".

The second block consists of four pieces, which had been improvised and submitted for a charity concert that was organised by a few U.S. organists back in 2020 to benefit the NAACP, the U.S. "National Association for the Advancement of Colored People". "Go Down Moses", which belongs to the genre of "Afro-American Spirituals", was eventually chosen by the organisational committee for the virtual concert with multiple international contributors.

Three nature-related improvisations mark the final block, of which the first one ("Tornado & Aftermath") was created upon a personal request from an organist friend of mine in search for an "organ storm for Pentecost". Encouraged by his positive response, two similar pieces then followed later, which should be considered to be modern sound paintings.

The individual blocks are separated by single pieces, which are both affected by Western culture and try to abduct the listener into the realms of Arabian Nights — this way, every style from medieval to modern and from Orient to Occident is again being part of the show.

7 Stücke Für Portativ (4)

An ad-hoc live improvisation on "Murph" from the "Interstellar" OST. Picked that up by ear a couple of years ago, but suddenly this one jumped into my fingers during my recent impro session...

Murph (Interstellar By-Ear Live Impro)

Guten Morgen - Sprecherdemo

This is Fantasy as well as Celtic due to some of the chord progressions and scales. The instrumentation is mainly Celtic though!

This piece is about a man running through the Highlands to reach his destination. He needs to get there and won't let anything stop him on his quest. What is his quest?

The Highland Ride

Music Session Vol. 27

Melancholic Memories

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The best of Interstellar soundtrack by Hans Zimmer:

00:00 - The Wormhole
00:31 - Cornfield Chase
01:59 - Day One
03:20 - Dust
04:57 - Mountains
07:22 - No Time For Caution
10:41 - Coward
13:48 - Quantifiable Connection
17:17 - Tick-Tock
22:22 - Where We're Going

Interstellar: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack

Interstellar Ultimate Cut

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The best of Interstellar soundtrack by Hans Zimmer:

00:00 - Tick-Tock
05:53 - Where We're Going
06:38 - Cornfield Chase
08:08 - Day One (Original Demo)
11:43 - Dust
14:55 - Stay
20:02 - Imperfect Lock
22:05 - Day One Dark
24:41 - No Time for Caution
26:07 - Detach
30:23 - Murph
32:23 - Day One
35:35 - Coward
39:04 - What Happens Now
40:41 - The Wormhole
41:04 - Mountains
44:42 - Organ Variation
48:10 - Quantifiable Connection

Artwork by Noble--6

Interstellar Definitive Cut

Full time lead software dev and a passionate spare-time pipe organ player. Adept at picking up, replaying and improvising pieces by ear, but I totally suck when it comes to sight-reading sheet music.

All of my skills are self-taught; starting about 30 years ago back when I was a child, but with the majority added over the past ~10 years, when I first had permanent access to physical pipe organs in Germany and Italy. Heavily influenced by the stuff I watch and play, I'm absolutely NOT the kind of "church organist" that anyone might expect, but focusing on orchestral / VGM / movie / soundtrack themes instead.

If you'd like to know what to expect, you're invited to check out my YouTube channel!

7 Stücke Für Portativ (4)

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