- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- Herbstlaub
- Label
- Keplar
- Catalogue Number
- KeplarRev08LP
- Release Date
- September 23, 2022
-
Vinyl 1×LP
Pre-order $24.99Read MoreKeplarRev08LP
- Available on vinyl for the first time in over 15 years
- Remastered with new artwork
- Limited to 500
- Download code
Estimated release date: September 23, 2022
Press Release
»Herbstlaub,« the third album by Marsen Jules, was both introspective and visionary, modest and ground-breaking. Blending elements of classical music with electronic textures, the German artist created six pieces that draw on the power of repetition, yet are full of internal tensions and sweeping dynamics. Now, Keplar makes it available again on vinyl for the first time since its original release in 2005. This version, remastered by Stephan Mathieu and with a new artwork by Umor Rex’s Daniel Castrejón, shines a new light on a record that paved the way not only for the artist’s later work, but also further developments in electronic and ambient music more broadly.
»The noughties were a special time,« says Marsen Jules today. »It felt like there was a new tool made available practically every day that allowed you to create new musical worlds on your computer.« Hence, this prolific phase saw the emergence of a plentitude of genres and styles that can be traced back to individual records—»precious gems that opened up new possibilities and anticipated a lot of what later would be picked up on,« as he describes them. »Herbstlaub« surely falls into this category, having paved the way for a distinct approach to combining elements from classical and electronic music.
While Wolfgang Voigt was focusing on the marriage of romanticism and techno with his Gas project at the same time, the six pieces on »Herbstlaub« follow a very different concept. Through repetition and reduction, Marsen Jules threw any sense of time out of joint while also inserting an emotional component into the music. »What would remain if you abstract musical contents to this degree, how much of your personality would still resonate in it,« he sums up the questions that shaped his approach. »When will reduction result in monotony, and how could unique, magical moments created through repetition?«
More than one and a half decades later, »Herbstlaub« seems both melancholic and brimming with excitement. This is the sound of an artist experimenting freely with the sounds and structures of two supposedly irreconcilable musical traditions with new and exciting tools, creating something previously unheard of in the process.
All tracks composed and recorded by Martin Juhls. Originally released on CCO in 2005. Remaster by Stephan Mathieu. Vinyl cut by LUPO. Cover art by Daniel Castrejón based on the original by Alphazebra. Text by Kristoffer Cornils.
Marsen Jules
-
- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- Les Fleurs
- Label
- Marsen Jules
- Catalogue Number
- TOWERBLOCK034
- Release Date
- November 9, 2018
- Download
-
- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- Herbstlaub
- Label
- Marsen Jules
- Catalogue Number
- TOWERBLOCK023
- Release Date
- November 9, 2018
- Download
-
- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- Shadows In Time
- Label
- Oktaf
- Catalogue Number
- Oktaf 12 D
- Release Date
- May 27, 2016
- Download
-
- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- The Empire Of Silence
- Label
- Oktaf
- Catalogue Number
- Oktaf CD 10
- Release Date
- March 30, 2015
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- At GRM
- Label
- Oktaf
- Catalogue Number
- Oktaf 09
- Release Date
- November 10, 2014
- Download
-
- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- Beautyfear
- Label
- Oktaf
- Catalogue Number
- Oktaf CD 07
- Release Date
- January 22, 2014
- CD
- Download
-
- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- The Endless Change Of Colour
- Label
- 12k
- Catalogue Number
- 12k1074
- Release Date
- March 5, 2013
- Download
-
- Artist
- Marsen Jules
- ReleaseProduct
- Nostalgia
- Label
- Oktaf
- Catalogue Number
- Oktaf CD 003
- Release Date
- June 16, 2011
- CD
- Download
Keplar
-
- Artist
- Vladislav Delay
- ReleaseProduct
- Anima
- Label
- Keplar
- Catalogue Number
- KeplarRev09LP
- Release Date
- March 25, 2022
- LP
-
- Artist
- Donnacha Costello
- ReleaseProduct
- Together Is The New Alone
- Label
- Keplar
- Catalogue Number
- KeplarRev07
- Release Date
- November 26, 2021
- LP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Shuttle358
- ReleaseProduct
- Chessa
- Label
- Keplar
- Catalogue Number
- KeplarRev06
- Release Date
- September 10, 2021
- Download
-
- Artist
- Arovane
- ReleaseProduct
- atol scrap
- Label
- Keplar
- Catalogue Number
- KeplarRev05
- Release Date
- May 21, 2021
- LP
- Download
-
- Artist
- Frank Bretschneider & Taylor Deupree
- ReleaseProduct
- Balance
- Label
- Keplar
- Catalogue Number
- KeplarRev04LP
- Release Date
- December 4, 2020
- LP
-
- Artist
- Stephan Mathieu and Ekkehard Ehlers
- ReleaseProduct
- Heroin
- Label
- Keplar
- Catalogue Number
- KeplarRev03
- Release Date
- October 30, 2020
- Bundle
- Download
-
- Artist
- Giuseppe Ielasi
- ReleaseProduct
- Aix
- Label
- Keplar
- Catalogue Number
- KeplarRev02LP
- Release Date
- June 19, 2020
- LP
Limited Editions
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Pocket Pavilions
- ReleaseProduct
- Gondolas Traversing Lofty Peaks
- Label
- Castles in Space
- Catalogue Number
- CiS034
- Release Date
- August 26, 2022
- 10″
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Sudan Archives
- ReleaseProduct
- Natural Brown Prom Queen
- Label
- Stones Throw Records
- Catalogue Number
- STH2449
- Release Date
- September 9, 2022
- LP (special)
- CD
-
- Artist
- Caribou
- ReleaseProduct
- Andorra
- Label
- City Slang
- Catalogue Number
- Slang0680725
- Release Date
- August 17, 2007
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Bobby Krlic
- ReleaseProduct
- Returnal (Original Soundtrack)
- Label
- Milan
- Catalogue Number
- 19439885291
- Release Date
- July 15, 2022
- LP (special)
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Ami Dang
- ReleaseProduct
- The Living World's Demands
- Label
- Phantom Limb
- Catalogue Number
- PHNTM027
- Release Date
- November 4, 2022
- LP
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Dialect
- ReleaseProduct
- Advanced Myth
- Label
- RVNG Intl.
- Catalogue Number
- RVNGNL84DIGITAL
- Release Date
- September 30, 2022
- LP (special)
- Download
-
Pre-order
- Artist
- Various Artists
- ReleaseProduct
- Bound For Hell: On The Sunset Strip
- Label
- Numero Group
- Catalogue Number
- NUM80
- Release Date
- October 28, 2022
- CD
- Vinyl Boxset