{"product_id":"heliopause","title":"Heliopause","description":"\u003cp\u003eBerlin based cellist and composer Anne Müller, releases her long awaited debut solo album \u003ci\u003eHeliopause on\u003c\/i\u003e Erased Tapes. \u003ci\u003eHeliopause\u003c\/i\u003e follows several Erased Tapes releases featuring Müller, including her celebrated collaboration with Nils Frahm 7Fingers, and feature credits on Lubomyr Melnyk’s \u003ci\u003eFallen Trees\u003c\/i\u003e, Ben Lukas Boysen’s \u003ci\u003eSpells\u003c\/i\u003e, Nils Frahm’s \u003ci\u003eAll Melody\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as Erased Tapes’ 5th and 10th anniversary box sets. In fact, a glance at Muller’s Discogs boasts credits on over 60 releases since she began recording in 2007. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClassically trained at Frankfurt University of Music and Performing Arts under the renowned conductor Michael Sanderling, Müller performed as a cellist in many of Berlin’s symphonies for some time before choosing a different path with her music and focussing on novel approaches to classical instrumentation. A profound believer in the power of artistic collaboration, Anne’s skilled cello playing and instinctive composition became extremely sought after. Following her work with Nils Frahm, an enduring partnership with singer-songwriter-composer Agnes Obel followed, touring for two years together, and most recently, with multi-instrumentalist Markus Sieber (aka Aukai) on his acclaimed 2019 album Reminiscence. In between all this, Müller also co-founded the progressive live project Solo Collective along with violinist\/singer Alex Stolze and pianist \/ conceptual artist Sebastian Reynolds, releasing Solo Collective Part One in 2017. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA solo record in every sense of the word, Müller wrote, recorded, arranged and produced \u003ci\u003eHeliopause\u003c\/i\u003e. The album is named after the boundary where the sun’s wind ceases to have influence. It is ultimately, the border of our solar system. The name struck a chord with Müller since the two voyagers sent on an exploratory mission 42 years ago, recently crossed the \u003ci\u003eHeliopause\u003c\/i\u003e, entering into interstellar space and losing power from our own sun. Müller recognised herself in this moment, not only approaching the same age, but also breaking new ground; having relied on collaborating with so many other stars and now venturing into the unknown with her first solo statement; \u003ci\u003e“Heliopause marks the end of a long journey but also the \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003estart of voyages to explore strange new worlds”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBoldly opening the album with \u003ci\u003eBeing Anne\u003c\/i\u003e, it sees Müller embrace her new found freedom with the most experimental piece on the record, placing the cello in a completely new context. Playing the strings of a broken down piano with a plectrum and scratching parts of the key mechanism to produce a rhythm, the once lost instrument is given a new lease of life among looped cello drones and drums. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe atmospheric swells of noise on \u003ci\u003eBeing Anne \u003c\/i\u003eare juxtaposed beautifully with the most stripped back and exposed song, \u003ci\u003eSolo? Repeat!\u003c\/i\u003e. The J.S. Bach and Gaspar Cassadó influenced piece sees Müller go solo in its purest form: unaccompanied cello. Lead single \u003ci\u003eNummer 2 \u003c\/i\u003eis so titled as it’s the second piece Anne ever wrote. A mixture of old sounds and newer structures, its repeated arpeggio conjures drama and displays Müller’s dexterous production abilities. \u003ci\u003eDrifting Circles \u003c\/i\u003emeanwhile provides the album’s climax, amid an orchestra of looped cellos and vocals. Referencing the minimalism of contemporary composers such as Steve Reich and Philip Glass, it builds to a crescendo of harmonics, allowing the cello to sore as it crosses the border from minor to major. Both as the closing title track and album as a whole, \u003ci\u003eHeliopause \u003c\/i\u003ecrosses these physical and invisible borders throughout, sending the cello as a typically classical instrument to exciting new and uncharted territory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Erased Tapes","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50456844566859,"sku":"1076005","price":12.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true},{"title":"LP","offer_id":50456850530635,"sku":"1076006","price":22.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/2748ed1e-22ab-441b-854e-4114ee82884d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727201362","url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/de\/products\/heliopause","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}