Legowelt releases classical-inspired album, Geruis Uit Somberdorp

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  • The LP, recorded with Jimi Hellinga, is out on Nightwind Records today.
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  • Legowelt has released another album on Nightwind Records. The Hague producer born Danny Wolfers has teamed up with Jimi Hellinga for a classical-leaning score that was originally commissioned by the Dutch Concertzender radio broadcast. The instrumentation for the latest Wolfers-driven project, called Geruis Uit Somberdorp, is unique—the duo used a 19th century Kimball "Parlor Organ" Harmonium, built in Chicago out of "beautiful Victorian-era wood," according to the Nightwind Bandcamp page. Hellinga played the organ on Geruis Uit Somberdorp. He and Wolfers also arranged for the Mixtur Trautonium, an early electronic instrument the imprint says uses "neon tube relaxation oscillators that can produce sonic waveforms." The Trautonium, which was used to create the bird noises in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, was invented in 1929 and could play "sounds that were devised in theory during the middle ages but could never be practically played" up to that point. The full-length was composed in the seaside town of Scheveningen in early 2016 and was appropriately influenced by the concept of a "somber coastal village." In addition to the antiquated instruments, the two producers also used more modern gear like the Elka X705 Analogue Monster Synth / Organ and other unnamed synthesizers. They say the score is comparable to music by everyone from the murderous 16th century composer Carlo Gesualdo (who is referred to in track seven, "Prince Of Venosa") to Morton Feldman, whom the last track is dedicated to. Listen to Geruis Uit Somberdorp in full over at the Nightwind Records Bandcamp Page. Tracklist 01. De Zuidwester Loert 02. Trautonium II 03. There Is No Logic That Sequences A Feeling 04. Op Koers 05. Scheveningen Variation 06. De Ark Van Somberdorp 07. Prince Of Venosa 08. Winterlicht Harmonium 09. Kust Geluiden Voor Elektrische Piano 10. Scheepsorgel Recording Out Take 11. Pour Morton Feldman Geruis Uit Somberdorp is out now.
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