Harmonious Thelonious will present his new album Grumpy Pieces and bring his hypnotic fusion of minimal music, techno and global rhythmic influences to Düsseldorf – on 9 May at Salon des Amateurs and 16 May at Die Schleuse – and to Berlin, where he will play Arkaoda on 20 May alongside Saeko Killy.
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Minimalism with unease
Harmonious Thelonious is the best-known project of the Düsseldorf musician Stefan Schwander. On Grumpy Pieces, which will be released on 10 April via Bureau B, he condenses key elements of his work to date: panafrican rhythms, alongside East Asian influences, form the framework against which minimalist electronics and noise elements rub.
And yet more unease seems to run through it than on earlier releases: the album title is programme. The bass foundation sounds more fractured, and a sense of uncertainty meanders through the tracks – until, after all, a subtle groove develops its pull.
