Friedemann - Passion And Pride (1999) {Biber 76671 Digital Download}

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Friedemann - Passion And Pride (1999) {Biber 76671 Digital Download}

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Friedemann - Passion And Pride (1999) {Biber 76671 Digital Download}
FLAC (tracks) - 16bit/44kHz - Official Digital Download (qobuz.com) -> 279 Mb | MP3 @320 -> 111 Mb | Cover | 5% repair rar
© 1999 Biber Records / in-akustik | Biber 76671
Jazz / Contemporary Instrumental Music / Nu-Jazz / Guitar

Back in the 1970‘s Friedemann Witecka, who was born in Freiburg in south-western Germany, slung his guitar over his shoulder and set off for London, England in search of creative inspiration. The 1980‘s took him to Stuttgart where he made a name for himself as head of the Biber label and as a talent scout and producer, and above all with his own music: harmony-intensive and multicoloured instrumental works between the poles of folk, chamber music and jazz. With his impeccably beautiful sound sketches Friedemann swam persistently against the (pop) main stream and in doing so created original and high-quality accents on the German scene. His albums »Indian Summer« (1987) and »Aquamarin« (1990) reached six-figure sales and were also a success in the USA. When Friedemann moved south again in 1997 and settled in the little village of Bollschweil in the scenic paradise near the gates of Freiburg, he had to prove himself all over again as a »self-made man«: he had to re-establish himself back at home, both in human and musical terms. Friedemann made stunning live appearances with his vital four-piece band and got in touch with old fellow musicians in Alsace from Indian Summer days. Finally, a new studio with state-of-the-art technology provided him with the right platform to pursue his passion for melody and music.

With his CD »Passion and Pride« Friedemann has come full circle, not only geographically. In 1995 he recorded the multi-layered, richly arranged album »Legends of Light«, a pilot work about the Celtic legends surrounding the Belchen mountains of the upper Rhine, which anticipated the dream of his move to the Black Forest area in south-west Germany . So it was quite natural that he should carry on from there. The compositions on »Passion and Pride« stretch back even further. They reflect the sensitive flair and ease of »Indian Summer« and the melodic density and art of arrangement of »Aquamarin«. And yet this music is in a class of its own and up to the minute with its clarity and relaxed style, its enthralling musical power and its fine balance between measured solemnity and subtle wit. This music summons up lasting mental images.

With »Passion and Pride« Friedemann once more proves to us what an uncompromising studio perfectionist he is. At the same time it is his first album to arise and benefit from a live ensemble.

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