Elias Stemeseder - UmbraUmbra is the new album by pianist, composer, and electronic musician Elias Stemeseder and drummer, composer, and producer Christian Lillinger. As a core duo, they are planning a long term series of releases, each with guest musicians playing a key role. "Their works explore the principles of time and space, growing from quiet melodies into broad statements. On Umbra, Stemeseder and Lillinger continue to expand their palette, bringing together an

the Middle East

the metal instrument patented by Auguste Mustel in 1886 that constitutes a meeting point between the Apollonian and the Dionysian

Far from being a prefiguration of Beethoven's famous Pastoral

Built on haunting loops and frantic

intoxicated by endless days in the gauzy hills

while also including plenty of opportunities for the players - especially the first violinist and clarinetist - to show off their virtuosity

Sebasti n Caldas - Guitarra Negra

Vaire - Catarsi

Both cerebrally and emotionally engaging

Bianca Jagger serving side-eye

Fleur de Lys or Jason Crest)

featured here with a score by John Mirsalis