Salon des Amateurs Remix EPs 1 & 2

On 2011's Salon de Amateurs, Düsseldorf-based pianist/composer Hauschka exemplified the wildly diverse and rapidly evolving art form of 21st-century classical music with a collection of nominally house and techno pieces performed primarily on the prepared piano. On the album, Hauschka altered the traditional timbre of the instrument by manipulating its strings with foreign objects, employing such techniques as clamping them with binder clips, padding them with leather, or adorning them wit...

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