| Iron Wedding | |
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| Recorded | 19–20 March 2008 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 65:20 |
| Label | Intakt |
Iron Wedding is an album by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach.
| Iron Wedding | |
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| | |
| Studio album by | |
| Recorded | 19–20 March 2008 |
| Genre | Jazz |
| Length | 65:20 |
| Label | Intakt |
Iron Wedding is an album by Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach.
Pianists Aki Takase and Alexander von Schlippenbach had not recorded duets together for 15 years. [1] The previous album was Piano Duets: Live in Berlin 93/94 .
The album was recorded on 19 and 20 March 2008. [2] Of the 17 tracks, some "are casual-sounding formal conundrums; others charge along in a kind of psychic boogie". [1]
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| The Guardian | [1] |
Iron Wedding was released by Intakt Records. [1] Critic John Fordham wrote that "None of this music addresses any familiar hooks, grooves or thematic ideas, but the spontaneous thoughts of two such consummate keyboard artists and thinkers make a very powerful substitute." [1]
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