Lunz

Editorial Reviews
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Hans Joachim Roedelius was a founding member of the German electronic band Cluster in the early 1970s. In the intervening years he's also produced innumerable solo albums ranging from refined chamber music to unmitigated experiments. Tim Story is a disciple of Roedelius who has forged his own ambient chamber sound for two decades. They've been working together for the last few years and Lunz, named for a lake in Austria, is the most recent poetic result.

It's a sensual, liquid sound that merges classical influences along with electronic ambiences and a gift for melody that would leave Erik Satie crying. There are many pseudo-classical new age artists who use these same elements to create easy listening music. Story and Roedelius skip past sentiment and go straight for the jugular with melodies that emerge like forgotten, and sometimes troubling, memories. The mix of acoustic piano, cello, and an original electronic palette adds both atmosphere and edge, giving Lunz an emotional resonance that runs deep. When the cello and electronics double each other on the title track like a distant wail, the effect is devastating. --John Diliberto

Lunz,Tim Story,Hans Roedelius,Narada,Neo-Classical,New Age,New Age / Meditation,Pop

Lunz

Lunz
Lunz
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • Melancholia Profundis!
  • His Best Collaboration to Date
  • This album is where you go when you've heard everything.
  • Peaceful Melancholic Beauty
  • An Enjoyable and Original CD With a Distinct Sound
 Lunz
Tim Story , and Hans Roedelius
Manufacturer: Narada
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | New Age | Styles | Music
MeditationMeditation | New Age | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000AM6KD
Release Date: 2003-08-19

Tracks:

  1. Something Happend Here
  2. Murmuring Mermaids
  3. Lunz
  4. Clue
  5. Under Mars We Meet
  6. Dew Climbs
  7. Carnickel And Pocketboat
  8. Uferlose Sea
  9. Wobbly Flu Twilight
  10. Akimbo
  11. Cloud Pull
  12. Nevertheless

Amazon.com

Hans Joachim Roedelius was a founding member of the German electronic band Cluster in the early 1970s. In the intervening years he's also produced innumerable solo albums ranging from refined chamber music to unmitigated experiments. Tim Story is a disciple of Roedelius who has forged his own ambient chamber sound for two decades. They've been working together for the last few years and Lunz, named for a lake in Austria, is the most recent poetic result.

It's a sensual, liquid sound that merges classical influences along with electronic ambiences and a gift for melody that would leave Erik Satie crying. There are many pseudo-classical new age artists who use these same elements to create easy listening music. Story and Roedelius skip past sentiment and go straight for the jugular with melodies that emerge like forgotten, and sometimes troubling, memories. The mix of acoustic piano, cello, and an original electronic palette adds both atmosphere and edge, giving Lunz an emotional resonance that runs deep. When the cello and electronics double each other on the title track like a distant wail, the effect is devastating. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Melancholia Profundis!.......2006-08-02

Getting Hans Joachim Roedelius and Tim Story together on the same album is an irresistable invitation to the haunting reaches of the soul. Either artist by himself is a master of the fallen leaf, the chilled wind, the autumnal landscapes of the imagination. But together? I'm not sure if I can accurately describe this album in terms which do it justice.

Starkly poetic? Tuggingly authentic?? Mournfully magestic???

I could go on and on. Suffice to say that the piano work, guitar work, and other instrumentation is superbly crafted and executed in a flowing, languid style that recalls the past albums of both authors, while being singularly significant in its own right. Fans of both artists ought to be pleased by this album, and I was just dumbstruck by the aural beauty presented here; a beauty which seems to grow every time I give this disc a spin, especially during those quiet moments when I need to wander back through the dusty reaches of my life, seeking wisdom, or remembrance for its own sake.

Excellent, excellent. Grab your headphones, a hot cup of something enjoyable, pull up a comfortable chair at the window, and watch the rain and leaves tumble by in solitude.

5 out of 5 stars His Best Collaboration to Date.......2005-01-20

Having worked with Tim on several projects, I must admit that his work with Hans-Joachim Roedelius is rather stunning; even some what more interesting then our output to date.

Lunz is a fine collection of 12 suspense filled, angular pieces. There are plenty of wistful moments as well as out right beautiful pieces. This collection of music is full of form and ambiguity. I highly recommend this CD, whether you are a Tim Story fan, a devotee of Cluster, or Roedelius' solo work.

5 out of 5 stars This album is where you go when you've heard everything........2004-11-29

This album is fantastic. Most of us tire from the cookie-cutter music that is out nowadays, and this album is such a departure from that that its refreshing and soothing. Sometimes we just want to listen to "pure" music, no vocal accompaniment; to give us a chance to focus on the message of the MUSIC not the lyrics. I've listened to Tim Story ever since Search for Angels, and have bought Beguiled and The Perfect Flaw. Both of these are fantastic albums, but the addition of Roedelius and his electronic mastery make this album come out on top. If at first you listen to the album and think that it's "haunting," think again. Listen again. Give it a try, you won't be disappointed.

5 out of 5 stars Peaceful Melancholic Beauty.......2004-06-16

After 'I love you', the next "three little words" to make one's soul soar just happen to describe the music on this CD:

Peaceful

Melancholic

Beautiful

4 out of 5 stars An Enjoyable and Original CD With a Distinct Sound.......2004-01-02

Attracted by favourable reviews of this album, I was nevertheless, somewhat apprehensive as to whether this album would appeal. I need not have worried.
I find the music on this CD very difficult to describe. I guess piano with added electronic effects sums it up. The nearest composer to compare the music on this disc to that I am familiar with is Patrick O'Hearn.
The album has a sort of raw quality about it. The piano, far from being crisp and sharp, has a distant feel to it. The music for the most part is very engaging, and I particularly enjoyed Tracks 1 and 4. It is indeed very pleasant when the cello joins the piano on the opening track.
I've seen the accompanying video for Track 4 on television, and it is very surreal. The two compliment each other very well.
Certainly different from my normal musical diet, I enjoyed the experience nonetheless, and I recommend this to nay music lover who wants to try something a little bit different. I'm confident existing fans of Tim Story will lap this up.
Worth checking out.
The Persistence of Memory
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Not What you expect from Tim and Rodelius....
 The Persistence of Memory

Manufacturer: Seventh Chance Recordings
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD
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ASIN: B00075H6D2

Product Description

On 9 October 1999, Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Tim Story performed together at The Gatherings Concert Series in Philadelphia. What the audience experienced inside St Mary's church was the realization of a long dreamed of collaboration. The wonderous concert was the culmination of a well calculated plan which was ultimately foiled as the two artists were swept away in a fever of abstract expressionism. Rehearse all you like, intuition, timing and environment are at the heart of this art as the very nature of the sound collage is indeterminacy. Just over a year later, the duo has released The Persistence Of Memory, a 56 minute homage to their pre-, post- and Gatherings concert collaboration. The disc melds studio sessions with tape from the live concert while the music combines Roedelius's sonic abandon and Story's lyrical warmth. Without rhythm, the music twists and shifts in imaginative ways and the listener is soon lost in the thoughts, memories and passions of two extraordinary talents. To produce The Persistence of Memory, Roedelius and Story had to enter the darkness of improvisation. The music here is the shadow cast by the enlightenment gained at concert's close. This edition is limited to 400 copies numbered and signed by the artists

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Not What you expect from Tim and Rodelius...........2005-05-30

I'll start with the historical on this disc....if you are a fan of Tim's stuff and follow him on his website....you may know about this little gem, and may own this disc...

If not, Tim and Rodelius created this free form sound recording and called it "The Persistence of Memory." This disc is all 1 movement...it reminds me of the free form styles of Steve Roach and those of Robert Rich when he is doing his "sleep concerts."

The disc flows into sound fields...repeating fields and waves of sounds washing over each other...with slight changes of feel and sound...it's meant seriously for meditation and reflection....when I listen to it...usually it's when i need to relax and take my mind of the insanity of daily life, and float or soar or just levitate for a moment...

Tim and Rodelius left in alot of the flaws in the editing process...simply to give the realness of the recording...Tim told me in an e-mail or 2 that the recording process and the subsequent release of this disc was an experiment that went well...

And so...owning this disc is a chore for the subtle fan...Tim made it available to the true fans of his...he pressed 400 initially and he and Rodelius autographed them...and also placed in the spine of each disc 2 small colorful pebbles...it was Tim's idea...he's a big fan of shadowbox art...and so I treasure my copy...which is 118/400. If you wanna give this moving soundscape a try...Tim may have a few copies available at his personal website...and he may give ya a better deal than the individual sellers available thru the amazon network...

For the music fan...to like this disc you have to enjoy sound fields and loops and layers...if you want the piano filled works of Tim, the gradual passion of rodelius' arrangements...you are best to get their collaboration entitled "Lunz." Because this disc...is something much, much different.
Original & Remixed
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Original & Remixed

    Manufacturer: Phantom Sound & Vision
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
    ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0006840HA
    Release Date: 2004-01-01

    Album Description

    Available again! Lunz are composers Hans Joachim Rodelius (Kluster) and Tim Story. This is the duo's highly acclaimed & beautiful 2002 album alongside a remix CD featuring Alias, Astrid Kane featuring Lloyd Cole, Elbow, Icarus and more. Gronland Records.
    Lunz Reinterpretations
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      		Lunz Reinterpretations
      Lunz
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
      ElectronicaElectronica | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
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      ASIN: B0006H2UPU
      Release Date: 2006-04-04

      Tracks:

      1. Lunz
      2. Clue
      3. Under Mars We Were
      4. Dew Climbs
      5. Carnickel and Pocketboat
      6. Uferlose Sea
      7. Something Happened Here
      8. Murmuring Mermaids
      9. Wobbly Flu Twilight
      10. Akimbo
      11. Cloud Pull
      12. Nevertheless

      Tracks:

      1. Clue [Alias Remix]
      2. Akimbo [The Astrid Kane Remix] - Lloyd Cole, Lunz
      3. Lunz [Faultline Remix]
      4. Wobbly Flu Twilight (The Chef's Lament) [A Wobbly Flu Remix]
      5. Lunz [Adem's Lunz]
      6. Lunz [Ulrich Schanuss Remix]
      7. Murmuring Mermaids [The Tecil Tempotrope Remix]
      8. Dew Climbs [Half Cousin Remix]
      9. Wobbly Flu Twilight [Lux Aeterna Remix]
      10. Carnickel and Pocketboat [Millenia Nova Remix]
      11. Something Happened Here [Munk Interpertation]
      12. Under Mars We Were [Arkham Remix]

      Album Description

      Available again! Lunz are composers Hans Joachim Rodelius (Kluster) and Tim Story. This is the duo's highly acclaimed & beautiful 2002 album alongside a remix CD featuring Alias, Astrid Kane featuring Lloyd Cole, Elbow, Icarus and more. Gronland Records.
      Reinterpretations-Remix Ep
      Average customer rating: Not rated
        		Reinterpretations-Remix Ep

        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Dance & DJ | Styles | Music
        ASIN: B00064VJV4
        Release Date: 2004-11-23

        Album Description

        Lunz are composers Hans Joachim Rodelius and Tim Story. This remix EP was inspired by the duo's 2003 album Lunz and features 2 original tracks 'Under Mars We Were' & 'Akimbo' along with 3 remixes - 'Clue' (Alias remix), 'Lunz' (Faultline remix) & 'Uferlose Sea' (Minotaur Shock remix). Gronland. 2004.

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