Schachmatt, by Sven Laux

Schachmatt

by Sven Laux

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'Sven Laux is a German artist residing in Berlin, a city with a rich heritage in minimalism and modern composition. Sven isn’t new to this scene having started creating electronic music in 2003, with material released through labels such as Microcosm Music, Archipel, Sleep is Commercial and most recently, Dronarivm.

Sven’s early work would often focus on Minimal Techno rhythms, adorned by vacant Ambient tones. His more recent work has been centred more around developing his Ambient sound, with modern classical influences listing the likes of A Winged Victory For The Sullen, Hans Zimmer, Max Richter and the late Jóhann Jóhannsson. 2017 saw the emergence of ‘Paper Streets’ on Dronarivm which felt like a landmark release in Sven’s discography, ranking highly in many an end of year list.

We’re pleased to present his follow up ‘Schachmatt’ which is a German phrase for something that ends or when something is finalised or indeed, the last move in chess. The concept was born as Sven was inspired by watching a movie about famous chess players and as a result, he has created a set of disparate tracks to reference this as each player in the film had a different strategy. He wanted the approach for each track to play out along a differing path, each with its own unique characteristics or game plan, if you will.
The resulting soundtrack presents itself as a melancholic space for the listener, with every move of the chess pieces offered as undefined metaphors for your own interpretation.'
- Harry Towell
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'[...] Referencing masters of the game on each of his track titles, he creates a series of lush cinematic drones infused with dramatic classical elements by way of swelling strings and surging melodies This is meditative music that keeps the mind fully engaged. [...]'
- stationarytravels.wordpress.com
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'[...] Each track bears the name of a different chess player (Fisher, Spasski, Karpow, etc.): the inspiration for this album came from watching a movie about chess (it remains unknown which movie exactly), where each player had a different strategy. This is reflected in the tracks, “each one playing out along a different path, each with its own characteristics or game plan, if you will”. This does not mean that the tracks are completely different. On the contrary – they are a perfect match together. [...]'
- www.ambientblog.net
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'[...] Sven Laux’s album Schachmatt develops an immersive cinematic flavor where droning flux are sustained by emotional sound motives and by injection of sharp melodious lines. The expressive potential is also beautifully served by acoustic motives and stringed timbres. Kinetic post-techno pulses sometimes come to the fore. All in all an evocative and transporting album that will ravish fans of instrumental pop music with a post-classical tendency and abstracted electronic moves: Christoph Berg, Aaron Martin, Machinefabriek, Offthesky but also fans of impressionistic soundtrack music by Max Richter et al.'
- www.igloomag.com
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'[...] Il nuovo “Schachmatt” ne costituisce naturale prosecuzione, sotto forma di sette lunghe stanze sonore ispirate dal gioco degli scacchi, del quale rispecchiano in tutto e per tutto l’andamento lento e riflessivo.
Tali caratteri sono applicati dall’artista svedese a prolungati piani sequenza incentrati su minute risonanze armoniche, definite dalle vibrazioni degli archi e appena amplificate in una chiave atmosferica cerebralmente emozionale. [...]'
- www.musicwontsaveyou.com
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'Schachmatt is a German term which apparently means something that ends or is finalised as in the last move in chess; checkmate. Again, it’s a melancholy feast of quality listening and the cats and I love it. [...]'
- coffeeandflapjacks.wordpress.com
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released April 21, 2018

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originally released on Whitelabrecs
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German electronic ambient composer and freelance sound designer

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