{"product_id":"baldruin-miniaturen-lp","title":"BALDRUIN - Miniaturen LP","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLTD TO 150\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBaldruin aka Johannes Schebler is no stranger in the field of ambient music or to Vrystaete. Together with Christian Schoppik he is (was?) Diamantener Oberhof whose album was released on Vrystaete in 2015. Also released in 2015 was \u003cem\u003eMiniaturen\u003c\/em\u003e. A cassette album in an an edition of 60 copies released on the A Giant Fern label.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHere we are 10 years later and Baldruin has ever since been building his name and repertoire… releasing 9 albums during these years… Quite some of these albums are finding its way to the turntable here on a regular basis… But the \u003cem\u003eMiniaturen\u003c\/em\u003e album on cassette has always been my personal favorite…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eJohannes and I have discussed several times to release a Baldruin album on Vrystaete… but none was fitting the Vrystaete aesthetics so well as \u003cem\u003eMiniaturen\u003c\/em\u003e… it is dreamy, comforting, but also melancholy without becoming too heavy on your mood… Music wise the Baldruin trademark is there… the music is playful… created with electronics and all kind of (toy) instruments… the sounds are like the compositions itself: small, delicate, \u003cspan lang=\"EN-US\"\u003emagical, surreal \u003c\/span\u003eand full of craftmanship… only \u003cem\u003eMiniaturen \u003c\/em\u003esounds less abstract and hectic as some of the Baldruin albums do at times… it has a flow and mood similar of Coil’s \u003cem\u003eMusick To Play In The Dark\u003c\/em\u003e… at least to my ears…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThese 11 small compositions have never felt like 11 separate pieces to me… they have always felt and have been experienced by me as two larger pieces of music… the way the pieces flow in and out of each other made me press the music to vinyl as two long tracks… one on each side of the record… so without hard cuts in between the tracks but still with the original flow as intended by the musician…\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo again… here we are 10 years later and back at \u003cem\u003eMiniaturen\u003c\/em\u003e to celebrate its anniversary…\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vrystaete","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52937650012427,"sku":null,"price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0529\/3899\/7932\/files\/baldruin-miniaturen_silkscreen-ready_1v2_06-25-1024x1024.png?v=1772282873","url":"https:\/\/bisaufsmesser.com\/products\/baldruin-miniaturen-lp","provider":"Bis Aufs Messer Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}