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The Cove, Vol. 1

by Blumen

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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs)
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Sven B. Schreiber (sbs) If a brilliant keyboardist meets an exceptional drummer, and both of them are accomplished composers, too, something outstanding must emerge. Exactly this has happened here, once again, with dream team Richard Maxwell Blumenthal and James Christopher Knoerl. It's just a mini album with a total running time of 22:22 (yes, exactly, according to my player), but the density and perfection of the music on it makes it appear much longer. Favorite track: finale.
H.W. Prinz
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H.W. Prinz Just wonderful, really running in a loop. Thanks Richard Favorite track: tranquillity.
Will
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Will METRO BLUMEN WIDDA BANGERS INNIT Favorite track: actuation.
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    square digipack containing a round compact disc with audio music.
    front and back cover design by richard blumenthal.
    inside cover artwork by apocalizzy.

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    A print-ready digital PDF book of piano sheet music for all 12* songs from The Cove. Engraved with care in a clean house style developed over the past year, this book contains additional phrasing/articulation/fingering markings that will hopefully aid in the dissection and learning of the tunes if so desired. 31 pages.

    *okay only 11 songs actually have piano in them. No sheet music included for 'sekrit'.

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1.
iridescence 01:43
2.
tranquillity 01:52
3.
mirage 01:26
4.
skonk 02:29
james lyrics: HEHUUHURRHURUHURUUUUUURUUUURURRUHU
5.
caliginous 02:34
6.
hygge 02:18
7.
actuation 01:24
8.
rancor 02:03
9.
bröther 01:30
10.
sekrit 01:01
11.
finale 02:24
12.
exeunt 01:36

about

richard maxwell blumenthal | piano, electric harpsichord, bass, mediocre whistling, microkorg, sound design

james christopher knoerl | drums, throat singing

and with the extra help from
fran garcia | additional whistling - "skonk"
dan blumenthal | saxophone - "bröther"


mixed by james knoerl
mastered by sam harchik

inner sleeve album artwork by apocalizzy


piano recorded comfortably at home in the cattage 2.0 | tennessee
drums recorded at james's studio space in boston | massachusetts

the cove is a final celebration of all things DIY, which would nevertheless not have been possible without the additional aid & advice of sam harchik, theo young, allison blumenthal, megan eisele, and mom and dad and mom and dad.


we set out to have fun recording (for a change), and we hope you have fun listening.

🌼&😺
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released October 8, 2019

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jazzcore.

pianist richard blumenthal & drummer james knoerl unite to try and confuse each other.

taking cues equally from mathrock, modern modal jazz, and progmetal, but there's no guitars so probably no audience either.
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