Tastenclub presents: Federico Albanese.

If Federico Albanese really composed the pieces on his album The Houseboat and the Moon in the moonlight on a river remains to be documented. Yet it is imaginable. The Milanese musician’s compositions float in calm waters, gently bobbing, repetitive piano phrases  bathed by well-tempered electronic sounds. Music for houseboats, Brian Eno meets Erik Satie, sensitive emotions in high definition. The beauty of this music lies in satisfying anticipations, suspense leads to harmonic conclusion, melodies loose but also find each other, the interplay of minimal means results in an almost cosmic balance. Each of his compositions follows a cinematic plot, not surprisingly Federico Albanese has once worked at a propman at film sets. His records his piano play to a vintage tape machine, in this way capturing imperfections and serendipities. The German experimental label Denovali, which has recently brought its Swingfest from Essen to Berlin’s Radialsystem V showcasing artists such as Oneohtrix Point Never, Greg Haines and Brand Brauer Frick, has taken Albanese under the wings of their always exciting program.