Curious Music is very pleased to announce the release of Pink, Blue and Amber by the German legend Hans-Joachim Roedelius.
Somewhat of a forgotten gem since its original release in 1996, Pink, Blue and Amber finds Roedelius well into a transition from the more kosmiche elements of his work of Cluster and Harmonia to a romantic lyricism which has increasingly characterized his work since the mid 80s.
Pink, Blue and Amber is one of Roedelius’s most collaborative works, evolving from varied sessions over a period of almost ten years including sessions for his ensemble Aquarello and sponsored by Opal, Ltd in London in 1985. The album includes significant and thoughtful, contributions from Yuko Matsuzaki, Fabio Capanni, Felix Jay, Stephan Steiner, Tony Morely and numerous others.
It is no small accomplishment then that given these varied sources Pink, Blue and Amber is one of Roedelius’ more cohesive works, one that invokes stillness and calm – a meditation on the gift of the moment.
As Rosa Roedelius describes the album:
“Pink Blue & Amber is tender, gentle and engaging. The musicians who can be heard on the album may not have much in common in the obvious, but they become a vibrating whole that plays around the listener and integrates him or her. You can feel: the musicians meet each other in awe. Everyone takes their space, finds the language that the other can understand. Magic, do as you wish. What do you want to explain when something simply IS?”
ABOUT THE ARTWORK – ROSA ROEDELIUS’S FLYING CARPET
Upon its release in 1996, the visual presentation of Pink, Blue and Amber was one of the first collaborations of Roedelius with his daughter the artist Rosa. Then an evolving and curious artist (still so!), Rosa provided the cover art for the original release. Rosa has since become a prolific and brilliant artist in her own right and has contributed to many of her father’s projects.
With her flying carpet, Rosa has contributed stunning new art to this special edition in the form of a true collaboration.
Rosa says:
“The flying carpet is a constantly changing part of a stage set. He travels with me around the world eight times. Pink Blue and Amber is the second stop where he landed. Since then it has been part of a 72h performance called The Other Island in Vienna and of and was leading into The Austrian Embassy of the Concept-Mikronation Dreamland Elgaland/Vargaland at the Festival More Ohr Less. The flying carpet is part of the cosmic mycelium series. It connects the deep sea with the ether, the Cosmos . We who travel with the flying carpet float between heaven and earth.”
