Frank Pahl/Klimperei - Music for Desserts

Frank Pahl's albums are usually populated by various collaborators, but this is his first CD dedicated to one such collaboration. The French duet Klimperei (Françoise and Christophe Petchanatz) follows the teachings of Pascal Comelade in the art of naïve melody and the use of toy-like instruments. Their music is 100 percent compatible with Pahl's sound world. A gifted melodist himself, the latter focused on his automatons. In each track listeners hear strange rhythms, motifs, or textures produced by homemade automatic instruments like the autoglock or the binary air organ quartet. Read More