Nachtlund

Description

Nachthund marks Hannes Lingens’ second solo release on Umlaut Records, after Pieces for Percussion (2018). Like its predecessor, Nachthund favors continuous sounds over percussive accents: “Nacht” is an assembly of pre-recorded layers of sounds of rolls and brushes mainly, while “Hund” and “Manatee” were recorded in a single take, using a cymbal, played in one with mallets and in the other with a double bass bow. Very close miking techniques and very soft playing are used throughout the album to explore the sounds from inside the body of the instruments. With the microphone sensitivity set to maximum, the recording had to take place at night to avoid any outside noise. On “Hund,” one can hear a dog barking deep within the wave of the bowed cymbal, which adds a sense of real space in a music that - because of its disorienting dynamics and lack of rhythmic emphasis - otherwise offers little orientation. Hannes Lingens is a drummer and accordionist based in Halle (Saale) and Berlin. He mainly focuses on the intersection between improvised and composed forms of experimental music. Alongside long-standing collaborations with Félicie Bazelaire, Pierre Borel, Hannes Buder, Johnny Chang... he has also worked with improvisers such as Toshimaru Nakamura, Christof Kurzmann, Olaf Rupp and John Tilbury. As a performer, he has collaborated with Peter Ablinger, Philip Corner, Phil Niblock and Chiyoko Szlavnics among others. He is also a composer himself.