- Hauschka
Infobox musical artist
Name = Hauschka
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Background = non_vocal_instrumentalist
Birth_name = Volker Bertelmann
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Origin = flagicon|GermanyGermany
Instrument = Piano
Genre = Electronic music, avant-garde
Occupation =Musician ,Composer
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Label =FatCat Records
Associated_acts =Music AM ,Tonetraeger
URL = [http://www.hauschka-net.de/ www.hauschka-net.de]
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Notable_instruments =Prepared Piano Hauschka is a critically acclaimed
Düsseldorf -basedelectronic music artist.Background
Hauschka is the alias of Düsseldorf–basedpianist andcomposer Volker Bertelmann . His work is based upon an exploration of the possibilities of theprepared piano - a playfully disruptive intervention into the preconceived idea of thepiano as a pure-toned, perfected instrument waiting for a gifted virtuoso to play on it. Instead, Volker explores and influences the outcome of his playing by getting right down inside the instrument - clamping wedges of leather, felt or rubber between the strings; preparing the hammers withaluminium paper or rough films; placing crown corks on the strings, weavingguitar strings around the piano's guts, or pasting them down withgaffa tape . These little modifications throw up an array of rustling, drumming, shivering, scraping, resonating sounds which either provide the focus / drive for a piece or hook the ear into an intriguing, slightly unusual frame.Hauschka's sound borrows as much from
John Cage 's same-titled "prepared piano" works and the historic predecessors ofLes Six – namelyErik Satie . Some view this as reviving an avant-tradition and breathing a little 'lighter' contemporary air into the form without reducing it to insubstantial appropriation or a hollow-ish 'pop' gesture of quotation.In
2007 his first full album forFatCat "Room to Expand" was released to critical praise.Discography
Albums
* "
Substantial " (2004)
* "The prepared piano " (2005)
* "Room to Expand " (2007)
* "Ferndorf " (2008)Links
* [http://www.hauschka-net.de/ www.hauschka-net.de]
* [http://www.myspace.com/hauschka/ www.myspace.com/hauschka]
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