{"product_id":"ralph-heidel-relief","title":"Ralph Heidel - Relief","description":"Genre: Electronic\/Jazz\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eFormat: 12’’ \u003cbr\u003eCatalogue No.: KRY018EP\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eUPC: 880655701817 \u003cbr\u003eRelease Date: 29th January 2021\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* For fans of: Portico Quartett, Floating Points, Jon Hassell, Ryuichi Sakamoto\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* Ralph Heidel is one of the young musicians that represent the spirit of Berlin’s new musical ecleticism better than others. He is part of the avantgarde circles that mix modern jazz and contemporary classical music with elements of new electronica and experimental ambient music. This is the vibe of Germany's next generation.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eHeidel creates a sonic universe that is unique. He takes the listener into a deep, atmospheric travel that stimulates emotions and feelings on a different level. Heidel brings together two worlds: what he learned at Musikhochschule München, Germany’s leading academy for classical music where he studied saxophon and composition and the moods happening in Germany's new electronic circles.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eOn „Relief“ Heidel created six songs. Except one, all of them are instrumental music. Partly composed and often improvised these sounds take the listener into Heidel's specific sonic universe. Raw beat structures, emotive horn lines, strong harmonical tensions and dramatic build ups. Heidel’s signature sound.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eIn fact Heidel is a multiple influenced artist with a strong personality that absorbs whats around him, connects it with his own wide artistic knowledge and fullfills it into magical musical moments. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelief is the next step in what could become a longtime artistic career.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAfter a (very composed) debut album for string quartet and rhythm section for Kryptox (Moments of Resonance 2019), it was important for Heidel, to process current feelings of daily life. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eNot just his cultural learnings, but also emotions connected to the hard COVID times and a lot of personal experiences.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eRelief are six abstract, distorted patterns. Long deep transitions that lead into euphoric parts of sonic greatness. Heidel's sense for sound design and the soft tone of his saxophone phrases, add a personal note that is somehow alone in the current music scenario. Sampling his saxophone (reeds, keys etc.) to create very organic beats is one of the many techniques to create that special „Heidel“ sound. Also his calm and wide harmonies over disquiet, rough drums are part of his unique ambivalent, disrupted moods. \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eMost of this EP has been played by Heidel alone. For a few parts he was joined by musicians from the local scene. In fact besides his albums on Kryptox Ralph Heidel is very connected in Berlin’s current cultural playground: He creates music for underground performance art happenings in Neukölln as well as for new German theater (Volksbühne, Berliner Ensemble). Also German rapper Tarek from K.I.Z heard about Heidels string debut album, so they collaborated for an album, where Heidel reworked his record for stringquartet, piano, drums and bass.\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e* Tracklist: \u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA1. Haut (4:13)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA2. Ahonk (5:03)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eA3. They still play (4:22)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB1. Andalu (5:20)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB2. Dark Phase I (3:28)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eB3. Dark Phase II (3:56)\u003cbr data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e","brand":"Kryptox","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":37262492369052,"sku":"KRY018EP","price":17.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0130\/8714\/6043\/products\/KRY018EP.jpg?v=1608571815","url":"https:\/\/www.horizonsmusic.co.uk\/products\/ralph-heidel-relief","provider":"Horizons Music","version":"1.0","type":"link"}