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Aulus I

by Poltrock

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  • Record/Vinyl + Digital Album

    Limited edition 180g Smoky Gold vinyl for your premium Sunday morning listening experience!

    !!! FIRST 50 ORDERS WILL RECEIVE A COPY OF MY DEBUT ALBUM 'MUTES' !!!

    Includes unlimited streaming of Aulus I via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
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    Get all 12 Poltrock releases available on Bandcamp and save 50%.

    Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality downloads of AULUS II, Aulus I, Belfast (Space CCI), Bray Dunes, Young Plato (Original Soundtrack), VACUUM, Wild Gene, Stay/Leave, and 4 more. , and , .

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  • Aulus I & II Limited deluxe edition gatefold double CD
    Compact Disc (CD) + Digital Album

    This special limited edition release is modeled around the classic gatefold vinyl double LP. It includes printed front, rear and inner sleeves, along with card sleeves housing the custom-printed vinyl-effect CDrs.

    Includes unlimited streaming of Aulus I via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.

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about

May 2022. Poltrock plays a random sequence of notes on a detuned upright piano in a remote hotel in Aulus-Les-Bains in the French Pyrenees. The muffled sound of the old Yamaha sparks a creative burst of new compositions..

Poltrock explores his horizons in that godforsaken place. He decides to record his four pianos, crudely and honestly, and then edit them with tape effects, cassette loops and old, analogue effects devices. The melodies are intimate and compelling, the sound is confrontational and intense.

Enter the Sun*Sun*Sun String Orchestra, lifelong friends and stage or studio collaborators with the likes of Einstürzende Neubauten, John Cale, Belle & Sebastian and Cinematic Orchestra. Perfect traveling companions to translate Poltrock’s whispering and intimate string compositions to tape and to create a symbiotic pairing of struck and bowed string instruments.

Five years after the acclaimed trilogy ‘Mutes, Moods & Machines’, Poltrock releases the diptych ‘Aulus I’ (May 2023) & ‘Aulus II’ (November 2023).

‘Aulus I (The quest for Byron the Resonator)’, is the soundtrack to a non-existent, dystopian film with long, drawn-out string soundscapes.

credits

released May 26, 2023

Composed, arranged and mixed by David Poltrock
Mastered by Taylor Duepree

Photography by Guy Kokken
Artwork by Ward Heirwegh

Strings performed by the SunSunSun Orchestra

Jeroen Baert (vi)
Yumika Lecluyze (vi)
Karel Coninx (va)
Seraphine Stragier (vc)

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Poltrock Brussels, Belgium

POLTROCK's first solo release was the 2018 instrumental trilogy ‘Mutes, Moods & Machines’ in which he displays his affection for intimate piano sounds, menacing drones and pulsating electronica.

In 2023 Poltrock returns with Aulus I & Aulus II. A cinematic diptych exploring the vast space between classical and electronic music. Between organic strings and pianos and experimental sound design.
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  • May 14
    Diest, Belgium
  • Jun 20
    Diksmuide, Belgium

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