Ralf Schauff - Ralf Schauff (2023)

"The dissonance, the discord, is the tongue in the cheek of Ralf Schauff's music. Be it that the transverse flute, always underestimated as an instrument of torture, is used or slow synthesizer automations shift the tonality in an agonizingly and unnecessarily cruel way. Without this intention to challenge the listener, the music would have been there before. There are the soundscapes of NEU!, Harmonia or Cluster, the modality of Can, Afrobeat and all kinds of electronics, but also the impression of „Weltmusik" associated with folkloric instruments like the didgeridoo or the recorder. But it's none of these things. It only reminds us of them. And it reminds us listeners that music is also produced.
The meta level comes into play and gets in the way of consumption.
This is much more amusing, surprising and enriching than the mere description suggests. This is a must hear. It's just insanely fun."
Frank Spilker (Die Sterne)