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Monday, 11 December 2006
Stephan Micus - 1976 - Archaic Concerts
Virgin records (Caroline UK) C 1517
Tracks :
A Concert for Gender, Shakuhachi, and Zither (18:40)
B Concert for Angklung, Acoustic Guitar, Rabab, and Zither (17:45)
The first Micus album and the only one which is not available on CD (as far I know)
Born in 1953 in Germany, Stephan Micus made his first journey to the
Orient at the age of sixteen. Fascinated by the variety of musical
cultures around the world Micus has travelled in virtually every Asian
and European country as well as in Africa and the Americas. Studying
with local master musicians he learned to play numerous traditional
instruments, many of them unknown in the Western world. However,
Micus‘s intention is not to play these instruments in a traditional
manner, but rather to develop the fresh musical possibilities which he
feels are inherent in them. In many of his compositions, which he
performs himself, he combi... |
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