THOMAS LEHN & MARCUS SCHMICKLER ‎- NEUE BILDER

MIKROTON, 2017
[abstract, experimental, noise]

It was not easy to decide where to start, but I had a slight preference for the Lehn/Schmickler release. I am not sure why, but I guess it’s a combination of liking their older work and not having heard much new music by them in recent years. ‘New Images’ is the translation of the title and I gather both are edited from live recordings by the two; one from 2013 and one from 2016. Marcus Schmickler is behind the computer, playing whatever sort of thing he uses (I am guessing max/msp or supercollider; might be something else) and Thomas Lehn on analogue synthesizer, as the cover says, which I gather is the EMS one, the Synthi A, which has been using for more than twenty years now, and on which is a powerful player. Just as powerful as Schmickler is on the computer, as both of these pieces, with a total playing time thirty-seven minutes, show a brutal force of energy. Not because it’s super loud, well, not always, but because it keeps leaping all over the place, and never loses its dynamic approach. When it becomes quiet, it’s not for a very long time before things burst out again, expand and explode. Nothing stays in the same place for very long and Lehn and Schmickler have a great interaction going between the two of them, responding to each other in a very intuitive manner. On ‘9112013’ there is a giant explosion and then a very careful ending; this a great, massive burst of musical energy to start listening to new releases by Mikroton.

1. 12022016 16:48
2. 9112013 20:12

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