Dissolved Solids by Halma

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by Halma

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Album Info

Dissolved solids combining and collecting, forming a cluster of floating particles – could an album title and artwork be any more fitting, any more in keeping with the music they represent? On their fifth album “Dissolved Solids” Hamburg-based quartet Halma once again excel at the art of weightless movement in a viscous, semi-fluid medium. Halma elevate themselves with their cinematic compositions. If you really look at it, Halma have been working on one mighty track, using different means and methods, for the last eleven years. No movie projection on a screen runs this long, however in your imagination the film may endlessly continue. Imaginary places are often more appealing than real ones. “Saint Tropez” as it appears in Halma’s musical interpretation is a lascivious and melancholy paradise rather than a seaside resort for the newly rich. Recording the latest album involved overcoming geographical distance. Sound files were sent back and forth between Hamburg and Paris; digital orchestrations met up with minimalistic groove ideas, providing a foundation upon which the typical Halma guitar lines could rest. Halma’s musical tools are the separate, finely set notes and the instance of their interlocking, the barely perceivable, underlying layer of sound, the fine percussive details, the additional electronic elements, the field recordings and heavy rhythms. As always, there is an inherent sense of nature - immense and powerful. With Halma, we dive into the deepest realms of darkness and finally reach the golden expanse. The journey is the state of being. Halma remain unimpressed by the mood swings of the zeitgeist. They are individuals who act collectively and pass on their sounds in a room, untouched from the outside. Because their music has a political point, it is no coincidence that Prince Hamlet becomes “Hamlet‚ Princess” in Halma’s musical adaptation. This is the world Halma have created, and it plays by their own rules. A world which is completely right and coherent in itself, which is an endless realm to stride or saunter through at your own pace. Halma were, are and will be: Anna Bertermann, Thorsten Carstens, Fiona McKenzie and Andreas Voß.

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