“Natthall” LP – 🌿 https://www.sebastianmullaert.com/natthall
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The majesty of the natural world has always been integral to Sebastian Mullaert’s music. His approach to art is centered around meditating on nature’s primordial cycles and forces, things he has been fortunate to experience in abundance in his adopted village of Röstånga, in the south of Sweden. One particular spot provided the inspiration for Mullaert’s latest project and forthcoming album. Sitting atop a 50m ridge, Natthall is a small, rocky bluff with majestic views east over the Rönne river, fields, and acres of trees. It’s a place Mullaert returns to often; to meditate, to think, or just to stare serenely out over the changing landscape. It’s that spontaneous transformation in the natural world that forms the emotional core of Natthall, a project that’s so much more than a mere album or series of concerts. These songs – this music – is alive, constantly morphing and evolving in a way that’s reflective of nature. Reflective of ourselves even. Things change, things grow, things die.
‘Views Of Natthall’, the third ablum single, captures the album’s soul. Tender strings, lush synth washes and widescreen soundscapes come together in a track that feels at once real and ethereal, as a blissful spring sunrise.
Accompanying the track is a video based on raw nature footage captured by the esteemed Swedish areal videographer Tobias Larsson. Armed with a nimble Eurocopter AS350 helicopter and some of the most advanced camera technology on the market, Tobias and his pilot compiled an archive of breath-taking nature footage from the sky. Following his correspondence with Sebastian, the video material was shot whilst listening to his music and features incredible landscapes shot in Sweden, Austria, Czech Republic, Finland, Norway, and Italy. The final outcome was developed in collaboration with immersive installation specialists Moritz Flachmann, who has enhanced the footage creatively with his psychedelic visual processing, conceptually developed and live synced with the music, to allow for a comprehensive audio-visual experience.
A classically trained violinist, Mullaert broke through the house and techno scene in the mid-nineties winning international acclaim with his work as a producer and live performer. As a part of the Swedish alternative music scene, his career highlights include a Swedish Grammy – P3 Guild Awards (for his work under the Minilogue duo) in 2007 and a nomination for the same award in 2017 as a solo artist. His reputation as one of the most forward thinking and inventive electronic artists of the 21st century was cemented when in 2018 he launched Circle of Live, a groundbreaking improvised live concept which brings together some of the most extraordinary, electronic live artists in free-flowing collaborative jam sessions throughout some of the most prestigious venues and festivals around the world.
Back in 2017, with a desire to combine the two musical worlds that had given him so much, Mullaert scored and performed a collaborative concert with musicians of the Tonhalle Orchester Zürich, one of Europe’s best symphony orchestras. An immersive audio visual performance, it took place at the spectacular Tonhalle concert hall in Zurich as part of their tonhalleLATE series. Naturally, the event was a triumph, but Mullaert wanted to do more with the repertoire, and further push the boundaries of what might be possible on stage.
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Composed, Produced, Recorded & Mixed by: Sebastian Mullaert
Arranged by: Sebastian Mullaert & Luca Magni
Played by Sebastian Mullaert and musicians of Tonhalle Orchester Zürich:
Julia Becker (Violin)
Alexander Neustroev (Violoncello)
Felix-Andreas Genner (Clarinet)
Mischa Greull (Horn)
Sarah Verrue (Harp)
Peter Solomon (Grand Piano)
Recorded: at Tonhalle Zurich
Mastering: Zino Mikorey / www.zinomikorey.com
Cineflex Operator / Aerial Director: Tobias Larsson
iMago Productions AB / tobias@cineflex.se
Digital Artist & Video Editor: Moritz Flachsmann
Packungsbeilage / www.packungsbeilage.tv
Project Management: Niko Seizov / www.circleof.live
A&R Management: Elina Hage
Product Management: Julius Barg
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