Lontano by Telekaster

The follow-up release to Telekaster's deeply elaborated and meticulously crafted Tracing Back The Stream LP (released in March 2024) is a five-track meditation with electric guitar, effects and guitar synthesis. The respective variations were improvised around one theme and recorded live in the studio in a handful of sessions and edited into their final shape straight after - as a deliberate attempt to create music in the moment without much post-production and overthinking. Lontano encapsulates the feeling of projecting yourself into distant places, the longing for something beautiful far away. Made at night, meant to be listened to at night.

„This EP is a deliberate study in immediacy. It’s ambient music with just a hint of heartache, a sound as tender as it is elusive. There is a rare, comforting irony in its sparseness - for an album that speaks of distance, "Lontano" brings us closer to something vast, elemental, and ineffably human. In "Lontano", Grübel has created a work that speaks to the spaces within us that can’t quite be mapped. It’s a testament to the power of restraint and of letting music simply "be". This is not an album for a hurried world but a collection for those who find meaning in distance, who sense that the far-off hum of longing may be as close to peace as we ever get.“ 
- Review by Chain D.L.K.

"Das neue Minialbum ist ein beeindruckendes, melancholisch eingefärbtes Ambientwerk, das unterschiedlichen Zitaten oder deren Fata Morgana (Kosmische Musik, Smooth Jazz, Neoklassik, Cinematisches) Raum gibt." - Review by African Paper

"Les amoureux des textures sonores et des ambiances cinématographiques trouveront dans Lontano un écho aux œuvres de pionniers comme Michael Brook, avec cette même capacité à transformer le son en espace de méditation. Télékaster nous prouve que, parfois, la simplicité et l’authenticité d’une performance saisie en direct peuvent suffire à créer une œuvre captivante, destinée à être savourée dans l’intimité d’une écoute nocturne." - Review by Solénopole

Telekaster is a solo project by Matthias Grübel. Drawing inspiration from Ambient, Post-Rock and Kosmische Musik alike, he creates floating instrumental music between texture and melody.

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