(Contemporary Jazz) Christian Naujoks - True Life / In Flames - 2012, FLAC (tracks+.cue), lossless

After his self-titled debut of 2009, True Life / In Flames is the second album by Berlin-based Christian Naujoks. Recorded by Tobias Levin at the Laiszhalle Philharmony Hamburg. A dense concert atmosphere sets the tone. Stringent seriality is combined with a romanticism of the minor key which one also finds in a certain corner of modern 20th-century piano music, in the vein of Michael Nyman, Wim Mertens, Arvo Pärt, John Cage and György Kurtág. Deep contemplation and solemn expression paired with intellectual clarity. Each note has weight, and every sound a purpose. Unlike Naujoks' debut, True Life / In Flames completely relinquishes the use of any sort of electronically-generated sound. Instead, there is a consistent stylization of what one might call "organic sound." The figure of the bedroom producer is relieved here by that of the composer and pianist. There's a piano, played by Naujoks; there's the marimba of Martin Krause and then Naujoks' voice. This album could be designated as a suite with various movements, bracketed by the conspicuous reprise of its most song-like piece, "Moments I" and "Moments II," as well as by the economy of the unchanging instrumentation and the black and white cover photograph by Dirk Stewen that references the recording location: the Laeiszhalle of the Hamburg Philharmonic. Piano and marimba stand there on an almost cave-like stage, surrounded by music stands, microphones and stacked Egon Eiermann SE 68 SU chairs — a company of genuine instruments. Again, Christian Naujoks embraces the world of contemporary music-loving connaisseurs. True Life / In Flames is a gift for all those hunting the unique, the deep, the outstanding. All's quiet at the beginning, as it is at the end.
Credits:
Piano, Voice – Christian Naujoks
Marimba – Martin Krause
Producer – Tobias Levin
Engineer – Boris Vogeler
Mastered By – Helmut Erler
Photography By – Dirk Stewen
Design – Till Sperrle
Notes:
4 page booklet with this note:
"willing (or desire) is not a thinking
it is a disturbance
an echo
a reverberating shock"
Recorded at kleiner Saal, Laeiszhalle Hamburg, August 2011.
Mixed at Electric Avenue, Hamburg
Mastered at Dubplates & Mastering, Berlin
Design by ITF Grafik Design, Till Sperrle
Special thanks to Nils Hansen

Exact Audio Copy V1.0 beta 3 from 29. August 2011
EAC extraction logfile from 22. February 2012, 21:23
Christian Naujoks / true life / in flames
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