I like small things, the nearness, the quietness … like crumbs, droplets, seconds. And i like blurriness.
Tom Blankenberg
„atermus” is the debut album of Duesseldorf composer, producer and sounddesigner Tom Blankenberg. 13 minimal solo piano tracks in an undefined mixture of classical, jazz, avant-garde, score and song are creating a unique Neo-Film-Noir soundtrack with subtle, melancholic melodies rising over dense and tensioned harmonies, “Like an impressionistic painting” a listener once said. Or „Reminds me of japanese minimalism”. No effects, no loops and no electronics. Piano monologs – intimate, delicate, quiet and deep.
Links/Contact:
General: Tom Blankenberg
PR: Melanie Schrader
PUBLIC TUNE Agentur für Kommunikation & PR
Coverart: Hiroshi Kawano © ZKM | Center for Art and Media
„atermus“ is out now on vinyl/ CD and on all streaming services such as Apple Music, Spotify, Deezer, Tidal and others.
Reviews
„Genre bending!” 10/10
PrettyInNoise
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„Atermus is a gorgeous and inquisitive soundscape… deserves praise for its uniqueness… , like listening to a story told by a wise, elderly family member…”
Blake Palmer, piano and coffee co
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„Soundtrack für den geglückten Tag. Muss man hören.”
Rheinische Post
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„…as if Bill Evans were communing with Arvo Pärt.”
Misfit City
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“This is one of the best contemplative and reflective piano albums I’ve heard. I love it!”
Pianodao
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„Exceptional, minimal solo piano… a new breeze in the neoclassical genre”
Mellow Structures
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„There is an intimacy in the pieces, that comes across in the style of an honest conversation.”
DRIFTING, ALMOST FALLING.
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Album Of The Month
Coolibri, print magazine
„… plays with all the figures of silence to suspend time and beautify the notes played.”
Flabbergast
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„…it´s jazzy, without being Jazz”
Pianoo
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„If the scene in Edward Hopper’s “Nighthawks” came to life, this album could easily become the soundtrack.”
Stationary Travels
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