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His mastery of multiple instruments allows him to create richly layered soundscapes that transport listeners to otherworldly realms. Whether performing solo or collaborating with other musicians,\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"winter-s-end","title":"Winter's End","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephan Micus\u003c\/strong\u003e is a one-man universe of sound. He collects and studies instruments from around the world and creates his own musical journeys with them.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThis is his 24th solo album for ECM created in his studio with many recordings and overdubs. The twelve tracks on \u003cem\u003eWinter's End\u003c\/em\u003e feature two new instruments, the chikulo from Mozambique and a Central African-style tongue drum.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn addition, there's kalimba (thumb piano), sinding (Gambian harp), Egyptian nay flute, Japanese nohkan flute, Balinese suling flute, bowed sattar from Xinjiang, Tibetan cymbals, Peruvian charango, and a 12-string guitar. 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In his journeys all over the world Stephan Micus seeks to study and understand traditional instruments, the sounds that they produce and the cultures that brought them to life. He then composes original pieces for them, combining instruments that would never normally be heard together, chosen from different cultures simply for their character, texture and sonic beauty. Here he plays nine different instruments, but emphasizes two he hasn't used before: the first is the Moroccan genbri, a lute covered with camel-skin, played by the gnawa in Morocco. The second is the ndingo, a lamellophone similar to the kalimba, used by the san people in botswana. These indigenous inhabitants of southern Africa have been pushed off their land and marginalized by the new nation states. With the album's title Micus, who sees himself as a musical nomad, refers to both the situation of people like the gnawa and the san as well as his own way of working and living. Micus's vocals are sung in an invented language which he's used on many previous albums. \"it's not a language with a vocabulary, but these words are just vehicles for emotions. i guess anybody can understand it in a way - not intellectually, but emotionally or intuitively.\" In addition to the three guitars he employs, the instruments on this album come from Botswana, Morocco, Bali, Egypt, China, Afghanistan, Ireland and Japan but Micus very rarely plays them in the conventional way.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ecm","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50464345456971,"sku":"391011","price":17.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/58fe1ec3-39e9-455c-956c-ea92c38fc7c6_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727273146"},{"product_id":"ocean-fczgwl","title":"Ocean","description":"\u003cp\u003e2023 reissue in ECM's Touchstone series of this 1986 album from the acclaimed German musician, composer, and singer, \u003cstrong\u003eStephan Micus\u003c\/strong\u003e, who turns 70 this year.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ECM","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50467057271115,"sku":"2008528","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/product_id._ffc8fc51_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727334775"},{"product_id":"thunder","title":"Thunder","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStephan Micus\u003c\/strong\u003e is a unique musician and composer - he collects and studies instruments from all around the world and creates his own musical journeys with them. 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