Martin Kohlstedt - Strom (2017)
FLAC (tracks) 24-bit/96 kHz | Time - 49:24 minutes | 934 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover
Intuitively Martin Kohlstedt feels his way through this body of wood, felt hammers and steel strings. The young composer, who grew up in the forests of Thuringia, doesn’t just put on an anonymous fingerplay - he perpetually opens himself up with each and every moment, with every stroke of the keys. An attempt to create something close and personal - beyond sophisticated classics or artificial pathos. "Strom" is Martin Kohlstedt's third studio album.
Martin Kohlstedt's third studio album is a synopsis of development as well as a glimpse into the future. Martin Kohlstedt's opus Strom is a stream of ruthless moments exposing the piano to the elements. Amid the flow of the nine pieces, the composer slowly dissipates and enables the experience of music in it's most primal dynamic. One witnesses the transformation of closeness and intimacy into vastness and force and that there is beauty to be found in everything, especially in the ephemeral. Consequently, Strom brings forth manifold forms of itself, appearing hazy and perilous, in the next instant direct, almost playful to ultimately appear awestruck in the face of it's own gravity. No distinct answers have been thought of, no measures taken, no interpretation preconceived for Strom. Instead you get the feeling that with Strom, Martin Kohlstedt erected a monument in honor of intuition itself - even though immutable monuments are not his specialty, quite the contrary. The native Thuringian is known above all for the energy and the unpredictability of his concerts. After two albums featuring just him and the piano, he dropped the deeply ingrained patterns and connections to the instrument alone and developed a new naturalness of playing electronic instruments and effects, as if they were another couple of keys on the keyboard. Strom is Martin Kohlstedt's third studio album and in this a synopsis of this development as well as a glimpse into the future: Before he comes in contact with the audience he comes in close contact with himself - without any acting or pretending. Sound and structure thereof stand back behind the wish to reach faraway places through the music. By listening closely you follow him - and his hands that do all the work, meticulously and maniacally at once but still solely with himself after all, just like at his concerts.
Tracklist:
01 - NAO
02 - KSY
03 - DOM
04 - HEA
05 - TAR
06 - EJA
07 - AMS
08 - CHA
09 - JIN
Martin Kohlstedt - piano, keyboards, synthesizers, electronics
Analyzed: Martin Kohlstedt / Strom
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 0.00 dB -14.88 dB 6:22 01-NAO
DR8 0.00 dB -11.77 dB 6:12 02-KSY
DR10 0.00 dB -15.40 dB 5:52 03-DOM
DR12 0.00 dB -16.38 dB 4:29 04-HEA
DR7 0.00 dB -10.79 dB 5:28 05-TAR
DR13 0.00 dB -17.46 dB 4:59 06-EJA
DR9 0.00 dB -15.67 dB 6:09 07-AMS
DR9 0.00 dB -13.92 dB 6:00 08-CHA
DR13 0.00 dB -16.30 dB 3:52 09-JIN
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2538 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR10 0.00 dB -14.88 dB 6:22 01-NAO
DR8 0.00 dB -11.77 dB 6:12 02-KSY
DR10 0.00 dB -15.40 dB 5:52 03-DOM
DR12 0.00 dB -16.38 dB 4:29 04-HEA
DR7 0.00 dB -10.79 dB 5:28 05-TAR
DR13 0.00 dB -17.46 dB 4:59 06-EJA
DR9 0.00 dB -15.67 dB 6:09 07-AMS
DR9 0.00 dB -13.92 dB 6:00 08-CHA
DR13 0.00 dB -16.30 dB 3:52 09-JIN
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Number of tracks: 9
Official DR value: DR10
Samplerate: 96000 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 24
Bitrate: 2538 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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