Winter's End
Stephan Micus
A student and collector of instruments from around the world, Stephan Micus has been well described as a ‘one-man universe of sound’. For his 24th album for ECM, he retreated to his studio to...
Winter's End
Stephan Micus
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A student and collector of instruments from around the world, Stephan Micus has been well described as a ‘one-man universe of sound’. For his 24th album for ECM, he retreated to his studio to...
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Stephan Micus is a one-man universe of sound. He collects and studies instruments from around the world and creates his own musical journeys with them. This is his 24th solo album for ECM created in his studio with many recordings and overdubs.
The twelve tracks on Winter's End feature two new instruments, the chikulo from Mozambique and a Central African-style tongue drum. In addition there's kalimba (thumb piano), sinding (Gambian harp), Egyptian nay flute, Japanese nohkan flute, Balinese suling flute, bowed sattar from Xinjiang, Tibetan cymbals, Peruvian charango and a 12-string guitar. Most of these have never sounded together before.
Stephan Micus: chikulo, nohkan, 12-string guitar, tongue drums, voice, kalimba, sinding, charango, ney, sattar, Tibetan cymbals
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- Winter's End
Awards and reviews
August 2021
A student and collector of instruments from around the world, Stephan Micus has been well described as a ‘one-man universe of sound’. For his 24th album for ECM, he retreated to his studio to create a complete new sound world using 11 instruments from 10 different countries… The result is a highly individual journey across the musical world, full of passionate instrumental encounters.
August 2021
[Micus's music] is an organic methodology offering a generous, ambiguous view of world music through one artist’s distinctive filter. This music feels at once familiar and foreign, in the best way.
August/September 2021
However you interpret it, you do feel you’re being taken on quite some journey.
