forlorn by "Wolff Parkinson White"

2012-01-23

"forlorn" is the latest release by NYC based jazz drummer Jochen Rueckert's electronic project "Wolff Parkinson White."

Picking up where 2010's release "rest from what" left off, "forlorn" draws heavily from rapid-fire digitally generated or processed sound we are familiar with from artists like Autechre and Aphex Twin, as well as highly complex rhythmic structures, as introduced to the genre by Venetian Snares, pushing the limit even further with ever-changing subdivisions, superimpositions and metric modulations. Limited to programming only on his cheap laptop, often during downtime while on tour - "forlorn" pushes the envelope by taking the possibilities of audio processing to the very extreme. The fact that the artist is actually a well trained musician rewards the listener with a multifaceted harmonic and melodic richness, an element sadly non-existent in contemporary electronic music.

Touched upon on its predecessor, the new album is set entirely in the quarter tone scale explored by various 20th century composers such as Charles Ives and Krzysztof Penderecki, without lacking a somewhat followable song structure.

The name "Wolff Parkinson White" is taken from a heart condition that the artist had the pleasure to be born with.

Coming in February.