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Mechanical Destruction

by LP Duo

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    We printed very limited edition of vinyls (250 copies in total).
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1.
Antonio Correa: Maquina III 04:56
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2.
Marc Mellits: Red 06:38
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3.
György Ligeti: Hungarian Rock 05:07
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4.
György Ligeti: Continuum 06:03
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5.
Kim Helweg: Mechanical Destruction I & II 10:01
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6.
Kim Helweg: Mechanical destruction III 06:18
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7.
Kim Helweg: Mechanical Destruction IV & VI 05:18
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about

We want to share with you this special album from 2016. Idea was to record contemporary classical music on analogue synths, legendary Korg MS-20, Juno 60 and Yamaha CS-15. It was a challenge to play some very fast and virtuoso parts because of the character of these wonderful instruments made in 80s that were used only in popular music before.
Already in 2013 we started to make arrangements of the pieces for synths and played a couple of great concerts (November Music Festival, Den Bosch, Music Biennale Zagreb). Soon after we choose to record pieces by our friends and great composers Marc Mellits (Chicago, US), Antonio Correa (Bogota, Columbia) and Kim Helweg (Copenhagen, Denmark). Pieces "Red" and "Maquina III" by Marc and Antonio we arranged for synths and than Kim wrote completely new piece "Mechanical Destruction", that he called an "analog synth symphony". It was a big, symphonic piece and made a good balance with minimalistic and futuristic sound of other pieces on the album. We always admired music by G. Ligeti, so we thought that two famous pieces originally written for harpsichord ("Continuum" and "Hungarian Rock") will sound more edgy on synths. Album was finished and released in 2016.

credits

released April 28, 2020

composed by: Gyorgy Ligeti, Marc Mellits, Antonio Correa, Kim Helweg
arranged, performed and produced by:
Sonja Lončar, Andrija Pavlović (LP Duo)
sound enginner: Marko Peljević
sound assistent: David Srbljin
supervisor: Dragan Novković
album design: Predrag Krsmanović

Recorded in Belgrade during 2015.

published by New Art Center with the support of Dansk Komponist Forenings.

thanks to Phonofile Balkan and all the people that supported this album through the crowdfunding campaign.

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LP Duo Amsterdam, Netherlands

From 2004 LP Duo has experimented with the endless possibilities of performing on two pianos, while developing a new approach to piano music. LP Duo has since become one of the most successful piano duos, erasing the borders between a chamber ensemble and rock band. LP Elektro is their electronic alter ego.

classical elegance, jazz freedom, and rock ‘n’ roll power
— Carnegie Hall, New York, 2014 ... more

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