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Dropped Pianos

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Released
  
October 10, 2011

Artist
  
Tim Hecker

Label
  
Kranky

Length
  
32:25

Release date
  
10 October 2011

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Recorded
  
Hotel2Tango and Studio Pentagram

Genres
  
Ambient music, Drone music

Dropped Pianos is an EP by Tim Hecker, released on October 10, 2011 by Kranky. It was recorded in early 2010 in Montreal and Banff, Canada, before its companion album, Ravedeath, 1972.

Contents

The EP is described as an "inversion" of Ravedeath, released previously in 2011. Its tone is "starker and colder" than its predecessor, deemed "intimate" whilst Ravedeath is described as "grand".

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tim Hecker.

  1. "Sketch 1" – 7:09
  2. "Sketch 2" – 3:57
  3. "Sketch 3" – 1:20
  4. "Sketch 4" – 2:56
  5. "Sketch 5" – 4:58
  6. "Sketch 6" – 1:24
  7. "Sketch 7" – 3:26
  8. "Sketch 8" – 1:43
  9. "Sketch 9" – 5:32

Personnel

Musicians
  • Tim Hecker – writing, recording and production
    • Other personnel
  • Steve Bates – recording assistant
  • Mell Dettmer – mastering
  • Radwan Moumneh – recording assistant
  • David Nakamoto – album artwork

    • Songs

    1Sketch 17:09
    2Sketch 23:57
    3Sketch 31:20

    References

    Dropped Pianos Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA