Hauschka - Abandoned City (2014)

For a while now, deconstructionist auteur Hauschka has taken an off-center approach to his use of piano, heading in a distinctly dance-focused direction in recent years. On March 17, Temporary Residence (City Slang in Europe) will release Abandoned City, the follow-up to Hauschka’s collab with violinist Hilary Hahn, last year’s Silfra, and the first Hauschka solo LP since 2011′s intriguing Salon des Amateurs.
According to the press release, the set manages to “awaken the loneliness and unattainable romance of timeless, unfamiliar places,” apparently through the use of “bright cheerful keyboard patterns and dark percussive touches.”
“I was interested in finding a metaphor for the inner tension I feel when I’m composing music a state of mind where I’m lonely and happy at the same time,” Hauschka said in a statement. “When I saw photos of abandoned cities, I felt it was perfect. People once lived there, but they left in a rush and now nature has taken over in a beautiful way, things are growing up from the sidewalk and the seasons are changing colours.”