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Foreign Landscapes

Hauschka

Foreign Landscapes

Seventh album of avante-garde electronic music from Dusseldorf-based pianist Volker Bertelmann

ADM rating[?]

6.7

Label
130701
UK Release date
25/10/2010
  1. 8.0 |   musicOMH

    This time round his composed score is performed with the Magik*Magik Orchestra, giving the most expansive sound to his music yet
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  2. 8.0 |   The 405

    Foreign Landscapes is a proper modern form of classical music, a genre long lost relegated to discount bins and wedding receptions
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  3. 8.0 |   Mojo

    Print edition only

  4. 7.5 |   Prefix

    In others’ hands, this could be maudlin or self-indulgent, but Hauschka’s attention to detail is his strongest characteristic
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  5. 7.0 |   Drowned In Sound

    Compared to Ferndorf, and its staggering highpoint ‘Freibad’, it’s far more introspective and thoughtful, and requires far more effort to become fully absorbed within
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  6. 7.0 |   The Line Of Best Fit

    For all the grandiosity and skill of which Bertelmann’s impressive and expansive compositions possess, Hauschka still packs the most punch when kept simple and refined
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  7. 6.0 |   BBC

    The lack of challenge and the absence at so many points of any thrust, melodic or otherwise, doesn’t do justice to the ability of the creator, and that’s a terrible shame considering the quality of the highlights
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  8. 4.0 |   Tiny Mix Tapes

    Hauschka has shown much promise in the past, but Foreign Landscapes buries its own experimental leanings under layers of charm and cliché
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