Point Of View, by Abisko Lights

Point Of View

by Abisko Lights

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1.	Good Night Berlin 04:26	buy track
2.	Assam Special Blend 05:45	buy track
3.	Four Days In November 06:41	buy track
4.	Point Of View 05:32	buy track
5.	Abisko Lights 05:35	buy track
6.	Fjäril 04:27	buy track
7.	Crescent 04:22	buy track
8.	Nocturne 03:13	buy track

about

The band name refers to a small town in the Swedish Lapland north of the Arctic Circle, where you can follow the fascinating spectacle of the Northern Lights particularly well. The name thus represents the musical program by Flatau and his companions, to be inspired by magical places and the memories evoked by them. Musicians, and especially jazz musicians, are always travelers and seekers, musically as well as geographically. Dirk Flatau’s own personal impressions turn Point of View into a musical road movie, in literally transboundary soundscapes. Be it magical moments like camping on the lake in the endless forests of Scandinavia and spending the night in the Egyptian desert or even just a memorable, never-ending bar-talk and a heartfelt evening alone on his balcony on Berlin’s Sonnenallee. Together they follow Flatau’s paths on Point of View. The process of creating the album differs pleasantly from so many others who are quickly recorded before and for a tour: Before we went to the studio, we played the pieces so often until we really internalized the music and found the right mood and energy for everything, Flatau reports. You can directly hear that. Together, the five dramatic melodic lines mix Arabic elements in the triolic Assam Special Blend, listen to minimalistic individual notes on the title track or follow the cheerful prancing dance of the eponymous play Abisko Lights, where Daerr shines on the carillon. Sometimes it sounds like great film music, sometimes like an Erik Satie miniature. Everyone is allowed to open new sound spaces, effortlessly moving between composition and improvisation. Piece by piece, enchanting music is created, which is allowed to boast of its beauty.

credits

released March 1, 2019

Dirk Flatau - piano
Hannes Daerr - bassclarinet, glockenspiel
Tabea Schrenk - cello
Thomas Kolarczyk - double bass
Benjamin Wellenbeck - drums

Recorded by Reinhard Lehmann at derart Studio Berlin, March 2017
Mixing and Mastering by Wolfgang Schiefermair
Photography: Dovile Sermokas
Album Design: bluedoc GmbH
Produced by Abisko Lights

All compositions by Dirk Flatau
www.abiskolights.com

GLM/Fine Music 2019

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Abisko Lights Berlin, Germany

„Abisko is a small village in Swedish Lapland, 195 km north of the polar circle, known for its clear skies. If you take a trip to Abisko in wintertime, you get a good chance of seeing the Northern Lights blazing across the Arctic sky.” (Abisko Tourist-Office) ... more