{"id":12582,"date":"2017-04-18T05:30:55","date_gmt":"2017-04-18T09:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/?p=12582"},"modified":"2017-04-17T12:45:06","modified_gmt":"2017-04-17T16:45:06","slug":"a-few-moments-with-hans-joachim-roedelius","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/index.php\/2017\/04\/18\/a-few-moments-with-hans-joachim-roedelius\/","title":{"rendered":"A Few Moments with Hans-Joachim Roedelius"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>German composer <strong>Hans-Joachim Roedelius<\/strong> is a synthesizer pioneer, and a leading light of ambient music. Yet acoustic piano is his instrument of choice, and he has little use for the term \u201cambient.\u201d Roedelius made a rare North American appearance at the Mothlight on March 18 before heading to Knoxville for this year&#8217;s Big Ears Festival.<\/p>\n<p>The 82 year old Roedelius doesn&#8217;t consider himself part of the coterie of minimalist composers that includes Philip Glass and Steve Reich. \u201cI&#8217;m working from the belly, not the head!\u201d he insists. And while the oft-stated goal of ambient music is to encourage a contemplative or even meditative state, Roedelius is more modest \u2013 and direct \u2013 as far as his goals. \u201cI don&#8217;t want to evoke anything but listening,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12583\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/roedelius.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/roedelius.jpg 500w, http:\/\/blog.musoscribe.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/roedelius-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Roedelius does share fellow minimalist Brian Eno&#8217;s appreciation for spontaneity. \u201cThere&#8217;s no purpose in the game but love for what I&#8217;m doing,\u201d Roedelius says. \u201cI think real music catches its audiences&#8217; attention by its inner strength.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Roedelius has visited Asheville before; a high profile performer at the 2011 Moogfest, he performed solo and as LunzProject with Tim Story. For much of his solo set, he played grand piano, and didn&#8217;t use keyboard synthesizers at all.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t use synthesizers for a long time because of the lack of money,\u201d Roedelius says. \u201cLater, I made several records using only a Korg MS20.\u201d But to avoid what he describes as \u201cputting the same nails in the same holes,\u201d he moved over to acoustic instruments. Still, Roedelius values modern technology; one of his prized possessions is an iPad with the Animoog app installed; it was \u201ca gift from the Moog people,\u201d Roedelius says. \u201cIt helps me a lot to create my music out of the moment in the way I want it.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>German composer Hans-Joachim Roedelius is a synthesizer pioneer, and a leading light of ambient music. 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