arovane // Miniature Tape

German IDM writer arovane will release an ambient label in New York, USA in April 2023.Cassette released from Puremagnetik.

Includes 19 tracks from ambient to IDM using synths. Comes with DL code.

Below is a commentary by the label.

"Miniaturen is not just a short piece of music as the title suggests, it's a little piece that literally sprung up from the cracks of other music and other albums. As arovane aka Uwe Zahn says, this piece is more than just a collection of short songs. Instead, it's a "snapshot, a gem" that lived on his computer for a while.

Each track was originally "always intended to be used as a transition between long songs".Zahn explains. Seeing how many ideas Zahn had accumulated, he collaborated with Puremagnetik to release this collection as an album.

That format is the idea of ​​a transition, a flashing moment between larger events, between one activity and another, from one still moment to the next.Unifying them is a radiant modesty, a luminous breath of music that radiates and dissolves.It was released digitally and in two different physical formats, each with a different tracklist.

MiniaturenIt captures a moment in which Zahn likes to 'improvise with the sounds of instruments' in the studio, thus creating miniatures. Most of these are made with one instrument, such as the round una corda piano heard on the first track "Insich", the sounds of synthesizers, and some of the field recordings.Zahn points out that it's "hands-on", just play and capture the results, then bring them directly into your DAW."Thin Lines," which he describes as "one of my favorite songs," was created by running an asynchronous loop and improvising on the keyboard over it.

All beautifully recorded with very little post-processing or editing.The tone and shape are the purity of the moment,It has the weight and substance that comes from the lack of what Zahn calls "noise."

"It's about one idea, one tone beauty, a short, self-contained music box-like piece that can be created without any particular idea or concept behind it," he explains.Inside the box is a kaleidoscope of jewels. "

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Includes DL code. 

Puremagnetik:

"Artist and label may be familiar to listeners and each other, but Miniaturen is something new, not just short pieces of music, as the title indicates, but small things that come, literally, from between the cracks of other music and other albums. Uwe Zahn, aka Arovane, tells it, it's not just a collection of short tracks, but “snapshots, gems,” that “lived for a while” on his computer.

Zahn explains that each track originally “did not fit into any album format. as an album.

The format, then, is the idea of ​​transitions, sparkling moments that are pauses between larger events, between one activity or another, one still moment to the next. What unifies them is a luminous modesty, shining breaths of music that sparkle and then dissolve Released on two different physical formats as well as digital, the formats have differing track lists, detailed below—physical limits define these, but the feel is of the same transitions leading to differing states and experiences.

Miniature captures Zahn's moments in the studio, when he likes “to improvise with instrumental sounds, this is how these miniatures are created; influenced by my mood, the choice of sounds, the instrument.” Most of these were made with a single instrument, including the una corda piano—its rounded resonance heard on the first track, “Insich”—or a single synthesizer sound, or a piece of field recordings. Zahn simply played and captured the result, and points out that the results are “hands on,” straight into a DAW. Lines,” which he describes as “one of my favorite tracks,” was made by running asynchronous loops and improvising over them on the keyboard.

All this is beautifully recorded, with almost no post-processing or editing. The tones and shapes have a weight and substance that comes from the purity of the moment, the lack of “fuss,” as Zahn calls it; best-thought freshness. This basic simplicity of means, and modesty of aims, is true minimalism; as Zahn points out, “the focus on one idea, the beauty of a single tone, created without a specific idea or concept behind them, short , self-contained, music box-like pieces.” Inside those boxes, a kaleidoscope of gems. "

Artist: arovane

Label: Puremagnetik