Christof Dienz

Jan 30 2020

Best of 2019 #21: RaaDie – “Vast Potential”

 

No album in 2019 displayed the immense power of a simple melody more than the RaaDie duo of trumpeter Lorenz Raab and e-zitherist Christof Dienz.  Vast Potential is a gem of minimalism, of sympatico intimacy, and an illustration how a transportive experience is just a matter of the succession of a few well-placed notes.  It’s like casting a spell, and it’s not unlike a mesmerizing effect this lovely recording elicits.  Every year, there are a handful of albums that are staggeringly beautiful, and that is what defines the recording and encapsulates its description.  For albums such as these, of which Vast Potential is one, there is not much more to say than this is one of the most beautiful things you could wish to hear.  And that’s it.

Your album personnel:  Lorenz Raab (trumpet, effects) and Christof Dienz (e-zither, effects).

Released on Traumton Records.

Music from Vienna, Austria.

I wrote about this album for The Bandcamp Daily.

Listen | Read more | Available at:  Bandcamp – Amazon

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Jul 2 2019

Album of the Day: RaaDie – “Vast Potential”

 

Artist:  RaaDie

Album:  Vast Potential

Label:  Traumton Records

Style:  Sunday morning solemn

Favorite Track: “Unterwasserfische”

Music from:  Vienna, Austria

What I like about it:  I like the intimacy between the two musicians, and how they sound always in sync even when they’re twirling away on opposite sides of the dance floor.  I like how immaculately tuneful each of these pieces are, and how they have a catchy quality without really any dedication to patterns of repetition.  I like how this music is a Summer day, sometimes undiluted sunshine and other times like a starry night where the only sound are crickets and a soft, comforting breeze rattling the leaves in the trees.  This is music for daydreaming, and I like spending a lazy Saturday afternoon just kicking back and floating away in imagery, cats snoring nearby, and a feeling that peace has settled into my life.  This is the music for that kind of day.  It’s also one of my favorite albums of 2019.

Your album personnel:  Lorenz Raab (trumpet, effects) and Christof Dienz (e-zither, effects).

Available at:  Amazon | Bandcamp

Listen to more of the album on the artist’s Bandcamp page.

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