It was early September (just before when Drei Karten was released, and when I was wrapping up plans for Kreativurlaub) when I had an idea for an album. And posted a sketch for a potential cover art.
ALTHERRENRUNDE.
What it is about
An ensemble of three people, specifically:
- Dominik Frohner (mostly electric guitar),
- Wolfi Schlick (mostly clarinet),
- and Rainer Straschill aka me (mostly piano).
This ensemble shall play original music (mostly written by me) and record an album of it.
In an ensemble setting (i.e. no overdubbing and fancy stuff). Three old men sitting in a room and playing music.
How this came to be
Wolfi runs a community music event at a place called MUCCA. And when I had called him in spring as he was hanging there, he said „you totally need to come“.
Community arts. Which turned out to be mostly a weekly meeting of three older white males with uni/conservatory degrees. A gathering of merry old men. An Altherrenrunde.
I started at one point to suggest concepts we might play. And when (in between Atlas and Drei Karten) wondered what I might do next year musically. So why not write for, play with, record, and release Altherrenrunde?
I asked the other two, they were game, and that’s how it is.
What’s next?
I started writing down some sketches (including some I wrote during Kreativurlaub) and put them into readable form.
We began playing those (or simply discussing those) for the last few weeks, and usually (if we don’t run into a scheduling hiccup) do that on a weekly basis.
Once we feel more comfortable, we’ll start recording. And then do an album.
Schedule? „Release in 2027“ is a tentative one.