Leo Hofmann - Kapriole

Präsens Editionen

£19.78

Format: LP
Catalogue No.: PE-027
Barcode: 5051142009609
Release Date: 25 Mar 2022
Genre: Experimental/Ambient

Kapriole is the debut album by Zurich- and Hamburg-based artist Leo Hofmann after working in music theatre, sound art, and performance contexts. Central to the album, which refers in its title to a joyous jump, is the ambition to translate an ephemeral practice into recorded matter. Fixed but never static, Kapriole is informed by intimate and detailed listening situations and sound practices like ASMR or the acoustically sheltered world of noise cancelling headphones. And while it is apparent that Hofmann has a deeply rooted understanding of technology and its abundant possibilities, Kapriole is a tender and almost analogue feeling affair. The human voice occupies a central role in the musical configuration of the album: quirky repetitions, hushed fragments and poetic statements, circling topics like communication, mobility, and immersion occupy the album’s eight tracks. The result is a sonorous sensation, which, in its scarcity, paves the way for meticulously crafted and delicate soundscapes. Kapriole as a joyous jump which is technological as much as it is emotional.

* edition of 300 copies
* graphic desing by Karan Kobel
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Tracklist:
A1 – Sprungfeder B1 – Teleprompter
A2 – Hazy Flock B2 – Ensalada
A3 – Constant B3 – ANR Melodrama
A4 – Feaci
A5 – ANR Interlude