Finding a suitable drawer to place Fabio Keiner's work into turns out to be a difficult task. It shares some
characteristics with Drone, but clearly differs by its lack of inertia and repetition. An alternative approach
may be to classify it as Dark Ambient, which again is conflicting with the abstract harmonies which rather
bring up associations of crystalline space rather than misty vaults and feelings of distress. The treatment of
space and dynamics in Slow Movements also hints at electroacoustic, as is the generative character of the music.
So to all appearances, we have a case of original music which does not follow established standards and reflects
its evolution through isolation and reflection.
Crammed textures describe a transistent state where basic similarities and oscillations of conflicting intervals
have replaced thematic development. There is an ambiguity concerning Slow Movements in that it both refers to
interconnected units that define a whole (sometimes returning to previous patterns) and the infinity of variations
that neither know a beginning nor an ending. And thus tracks are not remembered and recognised by phrases but
instead by their character as a whole. Fabio Keiner's work is hard to come by with superficial listening, perhaps
owned to the dominance of related floating sounds, but its accessibility increases with time leaving to an open ear
for its richness of subtle details.
Olliver Wichmann
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| 1. | A01 | 7 min 40 sec | 12'252 KByte | mp3, 32-320 kbps VBR |
| 2. | A02 | 7 min 53 sec | 12'150 KByte | mp3, 32-320 kbps VBR |
| 3. | A03 | 11 min 19 sec | 17'906 KByte | mp3, 32-320 kbps VBR |
| 4. | A04 | 6 min 26 sec | 10'536 KByte | mp3, 32-320 kbps VBR |
| 5. | A05 | 6 min 36 sec | 10'069 KByte | mp3, 32-320 kbps VBR |
| 6. | A06 | 7 min 33 sec | 11'957 KByte | mp3, 32-320 kbps VBR |
| 7. | A07 | 7 min 21 sec | 11'424 KByte | mp3, 32-320 kbps VBR |
| 8. | A08 | 6 min 51 sec | 10'710 KByte | mp3, 32-320 kbps VBR |
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Music © 2009 Fabio Keiner and the Petcord netlabel.
Artwork © 2009 Olliver Wichmann, Marco Cervellin and the Petcord netlabel.