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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 พ.ย. 2010
- Listening to a piece by Hauschka can be deceiving: What sounds like an ensemble of musicians and instruments is just one man, performing at one piano. His real name is Volker Bertelmann, and he hails from Dusseldorf, Germany, where he works with his "prepared piano." He wrests disruptive sounds from the instrument's 88 keys by outfitting the strings or mallets with objects such as ping-pong balls, aluminum foil and leather. His new album is titled Foreign Landscapes, and he recently visited NPR's studios to demonstrate his craft.
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The use of the ebows is fucking fantastic
Jordan Romanacce was exactly right (see comments below) the : " piano already has a range and vastness of color and volume that is unsurpassed by any other solo instrument. Prepared piano only further unfolds its diversity. Awesome."
I love prepared piano! I hope more people keep innovating with objects, nails, and all of the unique things one can use to manipulate, or as some would say instead coax he sound out of a piano. Thanks for sharing!
I'm completely mesmerized. thank you
@nprmusic ... Thank you so much for all of the wonderful videos. This definitly deserves many more views than it has recieved. You are really promoting some good things. Thank you.
Thank you Wimp for helping me find such beautiful music.
This is great...and it's nice to hear something melodic from a prepared piano for once. I think the concept has real mainstream classical potential once people realize it doesn't have to play some atonal catharsis piece (not that there's anything wrong with that...I love John Cage :-) )
I hear that in movie soundtracks all the time. Once you know how prepared piano sounds
Cody Fox me too. i like john cage
Atonal catharsis... brilliant :D
Sort of proves my theory that no one really likes that BS except people who want everyone to know how artsy they are. If you want percussion with your piano then get someone to play percussion, don't just stick nails and rubber bands into a perfectly good piano.
This song is so beautiful it almost brought me to tears. Thank you.
beautiful, beautiful!
realmente brilhante, o cara de forma "simples" consegue reproduzir os mais diversos sons.
I just fell huge nostalgia hearing it
Thank you so much!
beautiful!
wtf...! amazing and beautifull...!!!!! this is when music and passion meet each other!
Brilliant!
gorgeous
amazing , musical genuis fosho, its beautiful
That is so beautiful! What a wonderful musician and he would be whatever instrument he chose to play! Thank you for posting!
This is amazing
Wonderful with Everything.
I LOVE IT.
Thank you! I found one in my local music shop!
Oldies But Goldies!
I've listened to him for while and never knew it was one dude... Or that it could all be done at once..... I'm absolutely blown away. This is incredible.
Wow! Now that is experimental. This is wicked.
Brilliant! Through simple but great little ideas he transforms his instrument into a musically multi-textural performance tool that sounds totally complete on its own :D Great stuff
it's beautiful music...
What are those devices he’s using at the beginning that play the 2 drone notes? Wonderful ideas here
OF course,,, amazing... I saw him Live at Scubas in Chicago!
Incredible
very special!
SO SICK
That's really nice
Yes performed by a performer/composer that prepares his piano in a manner worthy of a great orchestrator; I think somewhere Ravel is smiling. ;)
This is actually.......really good........
just saw Hauschka perform last night at the Piano City Milano, Italia, outdoor main stage in via Palestro 16... absolutely stunning... the weather taunted with thunder and lightening dancing across heavy gray skies... when the sounds of the ping-pongs on the strings gave the listeners a sensation of rain.... a beautiful experience... thank you!
amazing
those are the lights from the Ebows and an ebow it's a device specially for guitar, you put it on the guitar string, play a note and it will emit a continuous sound even if you change the note.
heavenly
This is absolutely amazing.
True beauty
BRAVOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
Love it! Great use of prepared piano.
Beautiful, I really enjoyed this performance!
Damn straight!
it takes a completely unique musical mind to think of something this complex and beautiful. thanks for the video
i'm glad the clock is there behind him, i lose track of time when i watch this...
what did he use for the high "D" plucking sound starting at 1:33
Great Experiment
what are those things with the blue lights on them that hes using? i want one
It's the texture that feels different
can you tell me how is called these 2 magnets he uses in the beginning?
e-bow. normally used by guitarists.
subtle, reaaaaal subtle
Genius.
Awesome on so many levels...
Genius
He's so great. Also I think he has a hint of Tilda Swinton from his face.
dude we got same hairstyle! xD from now on am your fan ; )
``Ebow`` - they generate a electromagnetic field that causes strings to resonate.
So beautiful and creative! ❤️❤️❤️
my life is now complete
@yakooza haha Thanks man. Will do.
amazing....what's the first black stuff?
Bravi !!!!!
Wow. Acoustic synth? Love it.
우와 피아노인데 꼭 드럼을 연주하는 것 같아요
can someone tell me what the 2 light things are called?
Violette Betancourt Ebow
Some people are just gifted..... He is one of them!!!!!
this is absolutely beautiful
what are the black things he positions in the beginning of the video? They have a blue light facing down. They're making the strings vibrate right?
Its really amazing what people do with pianos, including me.
this is so beautiful :D
Just beautiful.
this floored me....I couldn't stop listening.
He and Zoe Keating are such an inspiration to me. They are both innovative and technical, whilst maintaining heavy emotion.
wow... this is amazing!
Wow, that was beautiful.
extraordinary musical so relaxing beautifull music...contemporary music reaching average listener
love this!
What are those blue led things?
Thanks for this info... :-)
He's the son of John Cage with his prepared pianos.
What are those purple flashlight things at the beginning and end?
It's an Ebow, a battery powered device used to vibrate a string, normally used on electric guitars.
@OneManAndHisToaster
I wonder what would you say about Esbjörn Svensson Trio If this German level is epic?
Wooooooooooow
Goddamn freaking geniuses, always blowing my mind away.
What are those vibrating light things on the strings?
They're called an EBow!
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@LOogt ebows? Direct string synthesis- damn cool little toys!
Wow this was amazing I've never seen anything like it
I also find orange Tic Tacs sound the best.
God damn, that is impossible!!!
Beautiful.
That is some August Rush-style creativity right there, awesome!
So this is how musicians should behave.
原來還可以這樣玩 好帥啊
Outstanding!
They are devices called eBows, and they are not cheap.
I love it!
🤯
@bucksausage those are e-bows
yeah ebows are mad underused.