Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story - 4 Hands Artist_橘子海 Orange Ocean

Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Tim Story - 4 Hands Artist_橘子海 Orange Ocean4 Hands, an intimate and surreal musical conversation on the piano from German sound pioneer Hans Joachim Roedelius and American composer Tim Story, is an example of all the warm yet otherworldly beauty that can come from approaching a shared love for a singular instrument from overlapping directions. Recorded sequentially but on one and the same grand piano, Roedelius laid down a few impromptu piano tudes in May 2019 whilst visiting his transatlantic

Braid released nearly as many songs on 7”s

as well as rare photos from his Montreux shows

which is referred to as so-called noise and industrial

Brassy stabs provide the kind of punctuation that could be graphically rendered as an endless string of exclamation marks in 500-point font

incantations abound to dispel what is bound

This compilation’s nine tunes—the first seven from the Can I Ride double 7-inch EP (1990)

with a clip of 'Lucky Man' playing in the background

Friends had been encouraging her to dive into solo music

funk and more

rather than letting one comfortably follow a beaten track…

while Shara Nelson's soulful vocal capped off album standout "Unfinished Sympathy" perfectly

Al MacSween (Maisha) and Tamar Osborn (Collocutor)