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They would walk into the studio and coax a moment, a sound from the instruments. No through-composed scores, no plans, just the interaction of kindred spirits and vibrating metal and wood, wire and skin.
This is the basic premise of UNIFONY. Improv-based, timbre-inspired, the collaborative project harnesses European indie songwriter and film composer Minco Eggersman and audiophile engineer and musical ingenue Theodoor Borger’s unique chemistry to conjure a soundscape for good, wildly talented music friends. The first album of the project features the sometimes breathy, sometimes crystalline trumpet of ECM artist Mathias Eick, and the stellar mixing and mastering skills of Phil Brown (Led Zeppelin, Bowie, Talk Talk) and Bob Ludwig (Hendrix, McCartney, Queen, Daft Punk).
“We wanted to challenge ourselves by not thinking it out. We didn’t want to know in advance what instrument, what pedal we would want to hear, but instead wanted to sit with these instruments and really see if we had something to tell people,” explains Eggersman. “It was frightening. I always worked out all the details beforehand and was suddenly completely unprepared. Theodoor is from a musical family but had never made an album as a musician before. He finally wanted to create something himself, express himself as an artist."
The results are lush, enigmatic, touching the imagination and emotions without ever revealing the full story. They are ambient and cinematic, yet ultimately simple at their hearts, drawing inspiration from everything from post-rock like Talk Talk and contemporary classical compositions. Though the tracks are grounded in small moments of inspiration, they achieve well-developed form and bright sheen, thanks to friendship and technical prowess of the project’s contributors. (Ben Michaels)
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Mathias Eick - trumpet
Minco Eggersman &
Theodoor Borger
"made extensive use of the
unique Bechstein 8 upright piano,
but also used a variety of
vintage instruments like a
60s Premier drumkit,
a Vibraphonette,
a few Fender amplifiers,
Gibson guitars and
Fender (bass) guitars,
sitar guitar, Moog and Yamaha synthesizers,
several tape delay boxes and
a few Asian stringed instruments"
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