Six Pieces, by Kristof Hahn

Six Pieces

by Kristof Hahn

supported by

more...

	/

Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album
Matte laminate, monochrome printed sleeve, insert card

Includes unlimited streaming of Six Pieces via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

ships out within 7 days

Purchasable with gift card

$12 USD or more
Streaming + Download

Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

Purchasable with gift card

$9 USD or more

1.	Erwachen 04:17	buy track
2.	Gewimmel 05:02	buy track
3.	Vogelfluhlinie 10:24	buy track
4.	Cape Horn 06:26	buy track
5.	Schwere See 06:25	buy track
6.	My Bed is Spinning 06:58	buy track

about

From Lawrence English

In 2012, I had the good fortune to be in Sydney when SWANS toured on the back of their most recent master work The Seer. The show was, as one would expect, an all out consumption of body and ears.

Before SWANS took the stage however, Kristof Hahn performed a solo set. It was in many respects a stark contrast to what would come from SWANS, but it also laid bare the role Kristof plays in the group. As Kristof moved through the phases of his performance, he staked out a territory of tonal and timbral activity that was deeply revealing, not just of the very personal language he had developed for his instrument of choice, but moreover for how he created unexpected pairings between harmony, texture and even melody.

Six Pieces, a record that is essentially born from the ashes of the final SWANS reformation line-up tour, uses various found elements, stored loops, thematic notes and other acoustic debris as a means for launching off a series of interrogation into solo guitar composition.

The pieces bare the marks of touring life, sometimes intensely claustrophobic, other moments languid and at times euphoric, each pieces creates a vista of sound that describes a kind of fluid landscape without relying on the perceptual land-marks we might fall back on.

Hahn’s music is one of repetition and unfolding variation, it is unsettled, but never rushed or careless. He knows that music is an art form of time and is not afraid to allow his compositions to build, evolve and finally arrive with a casual sense of hushed determination.

credits

released November 5, 2021

Kristof Hahn: lapsteel guitars, electric guitar, recording, editing, mixing
Instruments used: 10-string lap-steel, 8-string lap-steel, 7-string hybrid lap-steel, electric guitar, eBow, simple loop pedal, slightly more advanced loop pedal, delay pedal, tremolo pedal, volume pedals, guitar amplifiers

Lawrence English: Production

license

about

Room40

Room40, a beacon of sound...ringing out from the deepest south. Also home to our sibling labels Someone Good and A Guide To Saints.

contact / help

Contact Room40

Streaming and
Download help

Shipping and returns

Redeem code

Report this album or account

If you like Six Pieces, you may also like:

Lamentations
by William Basinski

supported by 25 fans who also own “Six Pieces”

September 2022 - I must admit to not liking this song when it appeared on the album, and I didn’t think it belonged but, as it continued I came to enjoy it the most. Family Feet
go to album
Material Interstices
by HEXA

supported by 25 fans who also own “Six Pieces”

Do you yearn - as I do - for deep-earth seismic rumbles, rough-hewn howling echoes, and densely packed scraping slabs of darker-than-vantablack drone ambient? If so, Material Interstices is pure bliss. Uneasy listening writ large! Prepare for a harrowing slow-mo odyssey unearthing ever-deeper layers of the shadow self. Each track blends seamlessly into the next. Calibrate your subwoofer properly, kill the lights, and let this delicious release sink into your bone marrow. Danica Swanson
go to album
Approach
by Lawrence English

supported by 23 fans who also own “Six Pieces”

Award for Best Soundtrack For Staring Into The Void 2022 Mark Norgate
go to album
After Vacation
by Norman Westberg

“After Vacation” is full of haunting, slowly-unfolding compositions that make the most of texture, atmosphere, and empty space. Bandcamp New & Notable Jul 26, 2018
go to album
Spectral
by Madeleine Cocolas

A mesmerizing exploration of stillness, perception, and memory that hangs between ambient and neoclassical. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 15, 2022
go to album
Spirit Exit
by caterina barbieri

The Italian composer and synthesizer player crafts panoramic views, letting phrases blossom from small ideas into explosions. Bandcamp Album of the Day Jul 8, 2022
go to album
Innocent Passage in the Territorial Sea
by Olivia Block

supported by 22 fans who also own “Six Pieces”

One of her strongest works ever. This album has deep ambient drone instrumentals, but also some almost krautrock-y moments which I seriously love. 5/5. Zen Sounds
go to album