Raash ve Ruach Alex Stolze

• Alex Stolze: Tumult:
• 1 Stolze: Tumult 05:06
• White Noise:
• 2 Stolze: White Noise 05:45
• Shaking:
• 3 Stolze: Shaking 07:46
• Earthquake:
• 4 Stolze: Earthquake 03:46
• What's All the Commotion:
• 5 Stolze: What's All the Commotion 04:24
• Breeze:
• 6 Stolze: Breeze 03:25
• Breath:
• 7 Stolze: Breath 03:52
• Scatter:
• 8 Stolze: Scatter 03:00
• Zeitgeist:
• 9 Stolze: Zeitgeist 03:57
• Synchronicity סינכרוניות:
• 10 Stolze: Synchronicity סינכרוניות 04:12
• Total Runtime 45:13

Info for Raash ve Ruach

Raash ve Ruach 'Noise and Wind' is the new album from Alex Stolze, due for release on 25th October 2024 through legendary German contemporary music label Neue Meister. Alex Stolze, born in 1976 in East Berlin, is a Jewish-German musician, techno DJ, and music producer. Also known as a member of German pop band Bodi Bill and previous member of experimental trio Dictaphone, Raash ve Ruach follows Alex's acclaimed 2020 album Kinship Stories.

The album title Raash ve Ruach translates into English from Hebrew as 'Noise and Wind'. "Raash" רעש originally meant a quake or disturbance but today it is mainly used to describe the noise of the city, "Ruach" רוח is an ancient Hebrew word that translates as the cool breeze in the desert, with connotations of meditation and spiritual reflection, the breath of the divine. The album is a platform for Alex's seamlessly weaving of the 4/4 techno of the opening four tracks and the plaintive, downtempo minor key tracks which follow. Also, the pairing of ancient and modern in terms of the track titles is reflected by the Klezmer melodies blending alongside sophisticated electronica and hyper modern production aesthetics.

Drawing on Alex's history DJing in Berlin alongside luminaries such as Ellen Alien, Bpitchcontrol, Jan Blomquist and Modeselektor tracks such as album opener Tumult capture Alex's immaculate skill for interweaving melodies from his Quinton, an unusual five-string violin, with pulsing techno rhythms. Shaking in particular musically captures the chaos and spiritual upheaval that has racked the Middle East this last year. The following pieces are more downbeat and evoke the sadness and grief of this time with haunting violin melodies, chiming pianos and contributions from his drear friends and long-term collaborators the multi-instrumentalist Ben Osborn and cellist Anne Müller.

When asked about the meaning behind the track What's all the commotion?, Alex explains, "I felt a profound sense of disbelief with the 7th October terrorist attack in Israel and subsequent events, I have been lost for words so I have not felt like singing. I implore the world to find its way to a place of spiritual reflection, beyond the divisions of religious and ethnic lines". Album closer Synchronicity סינכרוניות channels all the quiet rage, despair and a glimmer of hope into the gorgeous atmospherics, plaintive violin melodies and a deep sense of hope in the face of catastrophe.

Alex is part of the Solo Collective trio with German cellist Anne Müller (Erased Tapes) and UK pianist Sebastian Reynolds and continues to work with his Nonostar label mate Ben Osborn.

Alex Stolze, violin, quintone, piano, electronics and voice

 Ben Osborn, piano, electronics

 Anne Müller, cello (track 4)

 Yael Gat, trumpet, voice (tracks 2, 5)

 Qrauer, electronics (track 3)

Alex Stolze
Der deutsch-jüdische Geiger und Produzent Alex Stolze hat sich mit seiner einzigartigen Musik einen Namen gemacht. Er wechselt nahtlos zwischen moderner klassischer Instrumentierung und sensibler Electronica und schafft es, mit seiner 5-saitigen Geige einen bisher nicht gekannten Sound zu kreieren. Orientalische Skalen schaffen eine betörende Klanglandschaft, komplexe Polyrhythmen und ungewöhnliche Taktarten werden zu süchtig machenden, tanzbaren Grooves und mitreißenden Songs. Auch Alex Stolzes Arbeit mit dem Elektronik-Trio Bodi Bill, der Avantgarde-Band Dictaphone und seine Tätigkeit als Gründer und Kopf von Nonostar Records, auf dem auch schon Anne Müller, Ben Osborn, Qrauer und Field Kit veröffentlicht haben, sorgt immer wieder für internationale Aufmerksamkeit. Im Herbst 2024 wird sein drittes Studioalbum רעש ו רוח „Raash ve Ruach“ auf dem Label Neue Meister erscheinen.

This album contains no booklet.