Was da ist

by Peter Kowald

Was da ist cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 8 July 1995
  • Label: FMP
  • Country: Germany
  • Length: 1:12:11
  • Community rating: 4.07/5 from 4 ratings

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Performed entirely solo on the upright bass, 'Was da ist' is a profoundly intimate, highly technical showcase of Peter Kowald's improvisational genius. The German avant-garde pioneer violently attacks the instrument, extracting incredibly complex overtones, percussive snaps, and deeply sorrowful bowed passages. It operates as a masterclass in extracting maximal sonic diversity strictly from a single, unamplified acoustic source.

Genres

Descriptors: improvisation, acoustic, technical, minimalistic, avant-garde, atmospheric, experimental, instrumental, minimal, long-form

Tracklist

  1. Part 1 (0:50)
  2. Part 2 (2:34)
  3. Part 3 (5:01)
  4. Part 4 (2:04)
  5. Part 5 (1:25)
  6. Part 6 (3:25)
  7. Part 7 (2:32)
  8. Part 8 (5:43)
  9. Part 9 (2:13)
  10. Part 10 (6:38)
  11. Part 11 (3:40)
  12. Part 12 (1:06)
  13. Part 13 (1:32)
  14. Part 14 (2:32)
  15. Part 15 (4:49)
  16. Part 16 (2:30)
  17. Part 17 (1:36)
  18. Part 18 (4:09)
  19. Part 19 (3:06)
  20. Part 20 (3:35)
  21. Part 21 (2:47)
  22. Part 22 (3:49)
  23. Part 23 (4:35)

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