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Iron Wedding is an album by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach.

Iron Wedding
Studio album by
Aki Takase, Alexander von Schlippenbach
Recorded19–20 March 2008
GenreJazz
Length65:20
LabelIntakt

Background


Pianists Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach had not recorded duets together for 15 years.[1] The previous album was Piano Duets: Live in Berlin 93/94.


Recording and music


The album was recorded on 19 and 20 March 2008.[2] Of the 17 tracks, some "are casual-sounding formal conundrums; others charge along in a kind of psychic boogie".[1]


Release and reception


Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Down Beat[3]
The Guardian[1]

Iron Wedding was released by Intakt Records.[1] Critic John Fordham wrote that "None of this music addresses any familiar hooks, grooves or thematic ideas, but the spontaneous thoughts of two such consummate keyboard artists and thinkers make a very powerful substitute."[1]


Track listing


  1. "Early Light"
  2. "Circuit"
  3. "Suite in Five Parts"
  4. "Steinblock"
  5. "Twelve Tone Tales"
  6. "RTP"
  7. "Gold Inside"
  8. "Eight"
  9. "Zankapfel"
  10. "Thrown In"
  11. "Off Hand"
  12. "Dwarn's Late Light"
  13. "Iron Wedding"
  14. "Passacaglia 1, 2, 3"
  15. "Yui's Dance"
  16. "Rain"
  17. "Far On"

Personnel



References


  1. Fordham, John (30 January 2009) "Alex Schlippenbach/Aki Takase: Iron Wedding". The Guardian.
  2. "Aki Takase Alexander von Schlippenbach – Iron Wedding". Intakt Records. Retrieved 22 August 2017.
  3. Drouot, Alain (September 2009) "Aki Takase/Alexander von Schlippenbach: Iron Wedding – Piano Duets". Down Beat. p. 73.



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