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- Summary: The eighth full-length release for German pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann under the name Hauschka features player pianos (also known as pianolas).
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- Record Label: Temporary Residence
- Genre(s): Experimental, Avant-Garde, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock, Indie Rock, Indie Electronic, Post-Rock
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UncutMar 31, 2017Although What If's nine instrumental tracks are heavily rhythmic, this is a refreshingly gridless and affecting music, with serrated clicks and muted arpeggios wandering organically in and out of time. [Apr 2017, p.30]
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Mar 31, 2017Gently fizzing electronica meets grand structures and intimate explorations of instruments, and the results are both strange and deeply, instantly enjoyable. With the bar already set very high, he may just have produced his best record yet.
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Mar 31, 2017On What If, Hauschka delivers an unbuttoned works that's just as revitalizing for the listener as it sounds for the artist.
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Mar 31, 2017Here ["My Kids Live on Mars" or "I Can't Express My Deep Love" ] and throughout What If, the ways Hauschka explores the possibilities of his music--and the future--make it one of his most intellectually and emotionally engaging albums.
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Apr 5, 2017What If manages the ambitious task of making anxiety and nervousness sound not only palatable but gratifying and engaging.
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Apr 3, 2017The result is an intense kind of dialogue between man and machine, and draws from the typically organic piano sound a new, otherworldly texture.
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Q MagazineApr 12, 2017The disruptions continue on these post-classical keyboard pieces given extra depth by textured electronics, which create an underlying tension befitting the album's brief to examine possible ecological futures. [Jun 2017, p.109]
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