Martin Vatter - Homeland

Martin Vatter Plays Soulful Piano

An emotional, passionate and profound tribute to my homeland. Perfectly recorded with a Bösendorfer Imperial concert grand piano of wonderful and charismatic sound.

Piano music that touches your soul ...

“This album is an emotional, passionate and profound tribute to my homeland. Yet I do not want to speak just for myself with my music. Every person has a homeland and connects with the very personal memories and feelings. Unfortunately a lot of people cannot live in their homeland or return to it any time without any danger. The present floods of refugees speak for themselfves. With regard to current events, I dedicate my compositions "FORCED TO FLEE MY HOMELAND" and "YOUR TEARS WILL DRY" to all refugees, who had to or still have to leave their homeland for various reasons.
This recording was made in the legendary MPS studio in Villingen with the wonderful sounding original "Bösendorfer Imperial" concert grand piano from 1979, where Friedrich Gulda and Oscar Peterson, among others, recorded their highly acclaimed albums here. It was also used the original microphones and the identical microphone arrangement as back then.
I wish you a lot of joy and touching moments with my music.”

Martin Vatter

For our Standard and Start Versions we had to remove 3 tracks from the original master tape. The result was the Analog tape Edition No. 1. The missing tracks are marked in gray in the studio version.

Studio Master Copy: HOMELAND

Music on tape 1
HOMELAND
LONG AGO
FORCED TO FLEE MY HOMELAND *
ZUFRIEDENHEIT IST DER WEG ZUM GLÜCK
SOULFUL MOMENTS
MEET OLD FRIENDS
Music on tape 2
FAMILIAR FEELINGS
EXCITING
FORGOTTEN LOVE
SO MANY MOODS
YOUR TEARS WILL DRY
HAPPINESS

Standard and Start Master Copy: HOMELAND - Analog Tape Edition No. 1

Music on 1 tape
HOMELAND
FORCED TO FLEE MY HOMELAND *
ZUFRIEDENHEIT IST DER WEG ZUM GLÜCK
FAMILIAR FEELINGS
EXCITING
FORGOTTEN LOVE
SO MANY MOODS
YOUR TEARS WILL DRY
HAPPINESS

* All sounds were exlusively achieved with the grand piano by damping and plucking individual piano strings.

All titles composed by Martin Vatter
Produced by Martin Vatter

Pure Master Product Configuration:

1/4” - 2 Track RTM LPR90 - 15IPS - 38cm/sec - CCIR - 320 nWb/m - 1 Plastic Reel(s) - Special Archive Box(es) 

Standard Master Product Configuration:

1/4” - 2 Track RTM LPR90 - 15IPS - 38cm/sec - CCIR - 320 nWb/m - 1 Metal Reel(s) - Special Archive Box(es) - Horch House Deluxe Packaging

Studio Master Product Configuration:

1/4” - 2 Track RTM SM900 - 15IPS - 38cm/sec - CCIR - 510 nWb/m - 2 Precision Metal Reel(s) - Special Archive Box(es) - Horch House Deluxe Packaging

Claus Müller from audiotapereview.com rated this tape 5/5 in the category Music and 5/5 in the category Sound.
For the full review, visit https://www.audiotapereview.com/0592024vatterhomeland

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