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Dark Lux

6/4/2021, 22 Tracks, 52:02

Featuring

  • Jan Brauer
  • Florian Juncker
  • Ruth Velten
  • Zoé Cartier
  • Silke Lange
  • Vitaliy Kyianytsia
  • Beate Altenburg
  • Maria-Elén Ramirez
  • Sophie Ramirez
  • Clara Peñaloza Ramirez
  • LUX:NM
  • Gordon Kampe
  • Carlo Gesualdo

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Performer Biography

LUX:NM has received significant recognition, with their 2017 album LUXUS being featured by the German Record Critics' Award.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album is a co-production with Deutschlandfunk, a German public radio broadcaster, and was recorded in Cologne and Berlin.

Source: Booklet

Composer Biography

Gordon Kampe, a composer featured on this album, was originally trained as an electrician before studying composition and has won multiple awards, including the Ernst von Siemens Music Prize in 2016.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

LUX:NM, the ensemble performing on this album, was founded in 2010 by Ruth Velten and Silke Lange to create flexible chamber music programs.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Gordon Kampe, one of the composers, finds composing 'dark' music easier than 'light' music, often incorporating 'shades of gray' and 'friendly black' into his pieces.

Source: Booklet

Compositional Technique

The album is a multi-layered mosaic of composed music, arrangements, electronic sounds, improvised music, field recordings, and songs, with texts by Sarah Trilsch.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album title, DARK LUX, reflects its nature as an audio play of contrasts, mingling dark elements with bright and cheerful moments.

Source: Booklet

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