Aeon

“2017年12月，我和Uwe开始着手一个项目，开发一种特定的音乐语言，以交流主题思想。在我的伦敦工作室，我会录制最少的钢琴作品，通常是深夜，有时是开着窗户，以捕捉乐器发出的每一个共振声音。Uwe会进一步解构这些作品，提取我手指的摩擦，琴槌的声音，以及琴弦的呼吸。我们都渴望钻研这件乐器，毫无保留地演奏出内心的所有声音，就像直接从内心听到那样。Uwe会以草图、听觉词汇或音效手册的形式提出许多想法，我则会通过一对紧密放置的麦克风来解释这些想法。与我之前独奏的还原主义作品相比，这里的旋律更少，空间钢琴更为充实，而他用经验丰富的耳朵巧妙地提取出了这些作品。在这次难以置信的合作中，我们在钢琴中发现了一个新的维度，我们很荣幸与大家分享。” ——迈克•拉扎雷夫 “In December of 2017, Uwe and I started working on a project developing a particular musical language in exchange of thematic ideas. In my London studio, I would record minimal piano pieces, often late at night, sometimes with the windows open, to capture every sound resonating from the instrument. Uwe would deconstruct these compositions even further, extracting the brush of my fingers, the fall of the hammers, the breath of the strings. We both aspired to delve into this instrument and play with all of the sounds living within, as heard from the inside. Many ideas would come from Uwe in the form of a sketch, an aural vocabulary, or a sonic brochure, which I would interpret through a pair of closely placed microphones. There are even fewer melodies and even more spacial pianism on here than in my previous solo reductionist works, which Uwe so masterfully extracted with his experienced ear. In this incredible partnership, we have discovered a new dimension within the piano, which we are honoured to share with you.” — Mike Lazarev