Multi-instrumentalist Felician Erlenburg has a background in classical music and jazz, but he is now trying his hands at using electronics for his composing ventures. What Is A Human is basically an experimental, synth-driven one-man project, but he called in favours from fellow musicians to add strings, voices, bass, drums and such.
He goes for tension and release, with alternating textures setting up loose conversations that sounds spontaneous, but are actually carefully planned. Erlenburg is still feeling his way using his unfamiliar tools, but since he is not fully aware about what can be achieved with them, he discovers new ways that more seasoned players would shun away from. For him it is perfectly fine to insert a bit of shoegaze or indie rock in order to mix things up.
It is refreshing and might be a bit unsettling for the For him it is perfectly fine to insert a bit of shoegaze or indie rock in order to mix things up. It is refreshing and might be a bit unsettling for the unitiated who tend to cling to well trodden paths in the land of music. Deviation is far more interesting in the long run and Erlenburg rose to the occasion to cut through the rubble and create a new path.
What Is A Human is a self-released album. Buy it from his website (vinyl, digital).
Tracks:- Weather
- Honey
- Wind
- Your Ideas
- I Guess We Were Wrong
- Alright
- Darlings
- Narcissistic Love
- The Wrong Crowd
- Center Pull
Aylinn Heredia: cello on Wind and Darlings
Donatas Bielunskis: choir voice on Narcissistic Love, electric bass on I Guess We Were Wrong
Eivor Engeset: flute on Darlings
Emre Karayalçın: drums on Narcissistic Love
Helena Hansen: clarinet on Darlings
Karoline Kringstad Myklebust: viola on Alright
Rengert Eggink: choir voice on Narcissistic Love, drums on I Guess We Were Wrong, percussion on Alright
Tomas Björn: glockenspiel on Center Pull
Weronika Wrzosek: violin on Your Ideas, Weather, Wind, I Guess We Were Wrong, Darlings, Narcissistic Love; choir voice on Narcissistic Love
Felician Honsig-Erlenburg: alto saxophone, electric bass, drums, guitars, piano, synths, voice
