Spiel, by Paul Grabowsky & Niko Schäuble

Spiel

by Paul Grabowsky & Niko Schäuble

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This beautifully presented CD has been designed by the crack team at Hoof. Deluxe offset printing on recycled stock gives it a genuine old school feel (perhaps in line with the straight takes with no edits recording session? This 6 panel cardboard CD pack is quite simply a pleasure to hold.

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1.	Calling Jiu Jitsu 02:43	info	buy track
2.	Chipper 02:54	info	buy track
3.	Slog 04:02	info	buy track
4.	Turnbuckle 03:50	info	buy track
5.	Dead Man's Gulch 03:17	info	buy track
6.	Zone of Avoidance 04:25	info	buy track
7.	El Salon Pughouse 02:57	info	buy track
8.	Attention Deficit 02:21	info	buy track
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10.	Limax 04:09	info	buy track
11.	Beatnix 03:34	info	buy track
12.	Parallax 05:02	info	buy track
13.	Gigantor 05:29	info	buy track
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15.	Twinkle 02:01	info	buy track
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about

"Niko Schäuble and I have played in pretty much every musical context I've been involved with since I first met him in 1988. He was in my Tonight Show band, my sextet and trio and the Australian Art Orchestra, he's played on and helped orchestrate the odd film score and recorded my music in his Pughouse Studios. We've played everywhere from remote aboriginal communities to stages in Berlin, Bogota and Brooklyn. It's been a rich and rewarding relationship, and one which has matured into an almost telepathic understanding of each other's musical language. On this disk, you will here all of the music recorded during a couple of hours of playing at Pughouse, with me on his heirloom 1930's German grand. No discussions, just hit Record and go for it. The witnesses were Niko's son Tillman, and his dog, Shmit the aforementioned pug (or rather pugalier).

"I always have a good time playing with Niko; it was relaxed, and after a couple of hours we figured we'd had enough, and that was that. Then I listened to the music, and so did he. The weird thing was that so many synchronous things had happened during the course of the playing, that without really thinking about it, we had 'composed' all these little pieces. Magic happened: tiny things, sometimes, like sudden simultaneous tempo adjustments, or shared decisions about whether, or how, to fill a void; sometimes big things, like whole phrases played in unison, or sudden, inexplicable decisions to stop.

"We decided to include everything recorded that morning: the only editorial decisions concerned the track order and the titles.

"We played. It was a game scenario, hence the title: Spiel.

"On behalf of us both, thanks for listening."

Paul Grabowsky

credits

released August 21, 2015

Paul Grabowsky piano
Niko Schäuble drums

Recorded 15 September 2014 at Pughouse Studios, Melbourne during a 3 hour session

Recording Engineer: Niko Schäuble
Assistant Recording Engineer: Tillman Schäuble
Mixed and mastered by Niko Schäuble at Pughouse Studios

All compositions by Grabowsky and Schäuble.
Paul Grabowsky published by J. Albert & Son

All tracks recorded at the session are included un-edited on this CD

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