Field Rotation – Licht und Schatten

The new Field Rotation release is on the horizon and comes packaged in gorgeous limited edition fashion…

‘Licht und Schatten’ is the new venture from Germany’s Field Rotation, and also the prelude to his main album due for release on Fluid Audio in 2010.

The project contains seven tracks focusing on the theme of light and shadow (the digital version of the EP is a four-track release).

The Limited Edition CD offers 100 individually signed/numbered copies, packaged in gorgeous hand stitched material, along with a full colour poster, badge and a nice little surprise.

The Story:

“It’s like painting all the different colours and nuances of a sunglow, but your canvas is the sequencer and you are designing with sound.” – Field Rotation

The journey begins with ‘Abendrot’, a time-lapsed snapshot caught on a tranquail evening at the Baltic Sea, a tribute to Field Rotation’s home. He doesn’t try to create dramatic or cinematic science-fiction film music, on the contrary: sometimes the electro-acoustic compositions lead to a thrilling fragility. For example ‘Polarlicht’ (German for aurora borealis) follows the idea of its fabled meaning, being dreaded as a ghostly epiphany but in effect being nothing more than a physical phenomenon.

“Though it is my first EP I’m sure it will be the last electronic-based release of mine – in future I’ll focus more on acoustics…” - Field Rotation

‘Lichtermeer’ is a completely electronically produced sound collage showing the sea of lights of a metropolitan night that blend perfectly into ‘Lichtbrechung’ (refraction of light), which follow a beam of light until it withers to nothingness. ‘Mondfinsternis’ is the electro-acoustic tale of a moon eclipse, returning to the idea of catching a snapshot of a natural spectacle.

‘Tiefflug’, also completely synthetic in nature, is a rhythmic-based track that unravels the strain and leads to the final installment ‘Schlafwandler’. This shy soundtrack of a sleepwalker returns to the starting point of the EP, an acoustic impression of a calm moment.

Mastering: Vincent Villuis/Christoph Berg

Art Work: Dorothee Schwarz

Below is a link to download a press kit for the upcoming release containing album information, photos, mp3 samples and an exclusive remix of ‘Mondfinsternis’.

The ‘Mondfinsternis’ remix shows another side to Christoph’s production skills and is a sneak preview of things to come for his main album on Fluid Audio in 2010.

Tip:

Listen to the remix late at night, lights dimmed, headphones on..

Enjoy,

Dan

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About The Artist:

Field Rotation was founded in 2008 by the electronic music composer and producer Christoph Berg in Kiel, northern Germany.

Experimenting with electronic and classical elements this project combines floating soundscapes with electroacoustic colours to create minimalistic soundtracks renouncing of visualisation, but interacting with the listeners emotions and feelings.

As a violinist and pianist Christoph combines the synthetic sound engineering with natural sounds to communicate his short acoustic tales and impressions…

www.fluidaudio.co.uk

www.fieldrotation.de