#4819, From Soundcheck: Grandbrothers and Pascal Le Boeuf

From the Soundcheck Podcast Series, hear in-studio performances from the insides of the piano by German-Swiss duo Grandbrothers; and pianist/composer Pascal Le Boeuf with his hybrid chamber group.

Grandbrothers is known for messing around with pianos, and when they do, they use ALL parts of the piano to generate raw sounds –the notes of the keyboard but also striking the wooden case; or flossing, well, bowing the strings; and E-Bow-like contraptions that oscillate the strings – which are sampled, processed, and assembled in real time. The results are striking creations that are not out of place in either a cathedral or a dance club. Their latest record is Late Reflections, and it brings Grandbrothers, who are the Swiss engineer/mechanic/software designer Lukas Vogel and German-Turkish pianist Erol Sarp, to play, in-studio.

Also, pianist and composer Pascal Le Boeuf manipulates the strings inside our piano, and beats the outsides of the piano as well. His background is in both jazz and electronic music, and he has established himself as a sought-after composer of contemporary classical music. Le Boeuf performs works from 2023’s Ritual Being in what might otherwise look like a classic jazz trio – piano, bass and drums – augmented with violin and cello, in-studio.  - Caryn Havlik

Program #4819, From Soundcheck: Grandbrothers (First aired 11/28/2023)

ARTIST: Grandbrothers
WORK:  Blood Flow [5:55]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Sept. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: grandbrothersmusic.com

ARTIST: Grandbrothers
WORK: What We See [5:32]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Sept. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: grandbrothersmusic.com

ARTIST: Pascal Le Boeuf
WORK: Transition Behavior [5:04]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Oct. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO:  pascalmusic.com

ARTIST: Pascal Le Boeuf
WORK: Wanderlust [6:23]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Oct. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO:  pascalmusic.com

ARTIST: Grandbrothers
WORK: Bloom [5:17]
RECORDING: Live on Soundcheck, Sept. 2023
SOURCE: This performance not commercially available. 
INFO: grandbrothersmusic.com