The follow-up to 2008's breakthrough Ferndorf, Hauschka's Foreign Landscapes represents another tremendous shift for FatCat's engaging composer/pianist: nine of it's twelve tracks feature a 12-piece string and wind ensemble from San Francisco's Magik*Magik Orchestra alongside Volker Bertelmann's own prepared piano. Now dark and intimate, now playful, now driving - the ensemble's fleshed-out instrumentation enables Hauschka to bring his exuberant versatility to a new and vital level. With Foreign Landscapes, Hauschka stretches for - and reaches - stunning new realms.
Tracks: 1.1 Alexanderplatz 1.2 Iron Shoes 1.3 Mount Hood 1.4 Madeira 1.5 Union Square 1.6 Snow 1.7 Early in the Park 1.8 Kamogawa 1.9 Children 1.10 Sunny Mission 1.11 Kouseiji 1.12 Trost
