Repetitions

On Repetitions, New York-based Swiss artist and composer Samuel Reinhard brings us close enough to a piece of music that its systematic nature begins to buckle and fade. Across four movements, three pianos pursue their own respective threadbare motifs, which overlap at the hands of a predetermined ratio of duration. What unfolds—at first glance slow, melancholic, deliberate, even plain—is a study of repetition’s in-betweens, populated by unexpected resonances and delicate traces of notes in the process of being played by human hands. The three pianos are not in sync, but are nevertheless in relation, the nature of which shifts with the listener’s orientation and attention. Each piece within Repetitions arrives as a constant whole, containing harmonies and silences that are in a never-ending process of unfurling.

Repetitions is a joint release from Hallow Ground and Präsens Editionen and follows offerings by Kali Malone, Lawrence English, and FUJI | | | | | | | | | | TA on Hallow Ground, and Robert Turman, Magda Drozd, and Anna Homler on Präsens Editionen.

Released July 22, 2022

Music by Samuel Reinhard

Performed by Vincent Yuen Ruiz, Margaux Oswald and Paul Jacob Michel Fossum

Recorded by Juan Felipe Arce Bayona at the Rhythmic Music Conservatory in Copenhagen, Denmark

Mastered by Stephan Mathieu | Schwebung Mastering

Artwork by Jeff Rossi

Layout by Coline Houot

Typeface by Kaj Lehmann

This release was made possible with the generous support of the Swiss Arts Council Pro Helvetia, Kultur Stadt Bern, Swisslos Kultur Kanton Bern, Burgergemeinde Bern, and Migros Culture Percentage.