Carlos Cipa -as we are Ourselves -PLG Classics CD Grooves.land/Playthek

Details / Tracklist:

01. "Took"

02. "Between two strangers"

03. "Walk so silently"

04. "Unpredictable patterns"

05. "Ourselves, as we are"

06. "Face the sea"

07. "City waiting"

08. "Maintenance"

09. "Forgotten me"

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Description:

The idea behind Carlos Cipaâ??s new album is easy to describe: one room, one piano, one pianist/composer. Taking oneâ??s time. Approaching with the greatest possible impartiality. Simply improvising, at first only from, for, and with oneself. But what at first might seem a simple concept becomes more complex at a closer look. In recent years, many of us have likely contemplated more than ever on ourselves, and some of us have had the opportunity to get to know ourselves better â?? or, at least, differently â?? during this time. It is precisely this process, of coming to terms with our innermost selves, that Carlos Cipa celebrates with his new album and which has inspired his musical expression. Thus, Cipa sees the nine short piano pieces, created in ultimately just a few weeks, as a "conscious introspection", a kind of "zooming in on the object of contemplation, and in this case oneself". It is undoubtedly from very personal and intimate insight which Cipa draws this album. Apart from the idea of impartiality and self-speculation, Cipa took one other decisive conceptual approach: to play as quietly as possible. The fascinating result is nothing less than the discovery of a new piano sound world, with considerably fewer percussive elements and significantly more string sound, some of which would hardly be perceptible without recording technology or amplification and which, according to Cipa, allows â??an even deeper empathy with the instrumentâ?. In the microcosm of Cipa's â??quietnessâ?, which also values the importance of making quiet things audible, background noises â?? or â??sounds that the piano simply makesâ?, as he says â?? are unavoidable. Avoiding them has never been Cipaâ??s intention. He is, of course, not the first musician to give meaning to these supposedly disturbing noises (produced by the mechanical processes in the instrument) and make them part of the music. Not only the musician, but also the instrument, may and should be what it is. - .. ARE

Recorded in Berlin between February and March 2022.

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505419727437

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