Ricardo Villalobos, Max Loderbauer - Re: ECM (2011 - Albumstream)

This June, German avant-garde label ECM will release a double album of remixes byRicardo Villalobos and Max Loderbauer (of nsi., Sun Electric and the Moritz von Oswald Trio), entitled Re: ECM.
Described by one magazine as “the most beautiful sound next to silence,” ECM has been at the vanguard of contemporary jazz and classical music for nearly half a century. Villalobos and Loderbauer are among the many electronic artists who consider the label an essential influence. “Immersing oneself in the productions of ECM, one learns a lot about the optimum sound experience,” they say. “We too have the paramount rule of making no compromises where sound is concerned.”
The upcoming release shows Villalobos and Loderbauer channeling their love of ECM into a batch of new productions. All of the 17 tracks use ECM’s catalog as source material, drawing from pieces by Arvo Pärt, Christian Wallumrød, Miroslav Vitous and Louis Sclavis among others. The result carries the organic feel of the originals, while also bearing the distinct mark of two electronic artists at work.
Re: ECM is by no means the first time Villalobos worked with this kind of material–ECM productions have long been fodder for his DJ sets. “It started with Arvo Pärt’sTabula Rasa and went on with music of Alexander Knaifel and others,” he says. “If one combines the functionality of reduced electronic structures with the living textures of ECM productions, it ignites new passions on a subliminal level… The most important thing is to harmonize these two worlds, without them aspiring to mutually deactivate each other, to keep both–the organic and the electronic–in balance.” (from Resident Advisor)

Tracklist
CD1
01. Reblop (from Christian Wollumrød’s Fabula Suite Lugano)
02. Recat (from Christian Wallumrød Ensemble’s The Zoo is Far)
03. Resvete (from Alexander Knaifel’s Svete Tikhiy)
04. Retimeless (from John Abercrombie’s Timeless)
05. Reemergence (from Miroslav Vitous’ Emergence)
06. Reblazhenstva (from Alexander Knaifel’s Blazhenstva)
07. Reannounce (from Louis Sclavis’ L’imperfait des Langues)
08. Recurrence (from Wolfert Brederode’s Currents)
09. Requote (from Christian Wallumrød’s Fabula Suite Lugano)

ALBUMSTREAM DISC 1

CD2
01. Replob (from Christian Wollumrød’s Fabula Suite Lugano)
02. Reshadub (from Paul Giger’s Ignis)
03. Rebird (from Paul Motian’s Tati)
04. Retikhiy (from Alexander Knaifel’s Svete Tikhiy)
05. Rekondakion (from Arvo Pärt’s Kanon Pokajanen)
06. Rensenada (from Bennie Maupin’s The Jewel in the Lotus)
07. Resole (from Alexander Knaifel’s Svete Tikhiy)
08. Redetach (from Christian Wallumrød Ensemble’s The Zoo is Far)

ALBUMSTREAM DISC 2

ECM has released Re: ECM on June 17th, 2011.