Kristof Hahn // Six Pieces CD

This CD was released by Krist of Hahn, who also works as SWANS, in November 2021 on the label room 11, which is presided over by the acoustic writer Lawrence English in Brisbane, Australia.

Contains 6 ambient drone songs by electric guitar.Includes insert.

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Text by Lawrence English:

"In 2012, I had the good fortune to be in Sydney when SWANS toured on the back of their most recent master work The Seer. The show was, as one would expect, an all out consumption of body and ears.

Before SWANS took the stage however, Kristof Hahn performed a solo set. It was in many respects a stark contrast to what would come from SWANS, but it also laid bare the role Kristof plays in the group. performance, he staked out a territory of tonal and timbral activity that was deeply revealing, not just of the very personal language he had developed for his instrument of choice, but moreover for how he created unexpected pairings between harmony, texture and even melody.

Six Pieces, a record that is essentially born from the ashes of the final SWANS reformation line-up tour, uses various found elements, stored loops, thematic notes and other acoustic debris as a means for launching off a series of interrogation into solo guitar composition ..

The pieces bare the marks of touring life, sometimes intensely claustrophobic, other moments languid and at times euphoric, each piece creates a vista of sound that describes a kind of fluid landscape without relying on the perceptual land-marks we might fall back on.

Hahn's music is one of repetition and unfolding variation, it is unsettled, but never rushed or careless. He knows that music is an art form of time and is not afraid to allow his compositions to build, evolve and finally arrive with a casual sense of hushed determination. "

Artist: Kristof Hahn

Label: Room40