Bagpipes, Electronics, Bombarde, Tin Whistle, Guitar, Keys, Percussion, and Voice.

Bartmann Grunau - seventyone : fiftyfour

Overview

seventyone:fiftyfour – Three Movements for Double Reeds & Electronics - Bartmann Grunau (Digital Album, ruusmusik, 2020)
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Who is “Bartmann Grunau” and what is their music like?

“Bartmann Grunau” is the duo of Herbert Bartmann (double-reeds: chromatic bombarde—an ancestor of the oboe—plus bagpipes and whistles) and Christoffer Grunau (loops, synthesizers, FX).

If you wanted to classify their music stylistically, you could place it in a coordinate system whose axes are labeled Real-Time Music, Electronic Music, Improvised Music, and Ambient.

Herbert Bartmann playing the bombarde, a traditional Breton woodwind instrument.
Herbert Bartmann on bombarde. Photo: Mirco Dalos.
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