Album launch for Salon Des Amateurs

Hauschka (Fat Cat) is the alias of German pianist / composer Volker Bertelmann, who currently resides in Dusseldorf. Tonight see’s the launch of his new album ‘Salon des Amateurs’. This album sees the artist utilising the percussive qualities of the treated piano for a unique take on techno and house music. Expanded to include drum kit and orchestral instrumentation (on record), the album is a rousing set of dance tracks. Named after the club/bar in his native Düsseldorf, where Hauschka (aka Volker Bertelmann) presents an annual piano festival – follows a night out around the Salon, itself a “stand for unselfish programming and creating a space for development and possibilities that are normally not created”, to borrow Hauschka’s description.

Hauschka will be joined tonight by Samuli Kosminen on percussion, who played on the new record.

Links: Hauschka website / myspace / Minotaur Shock
Date & Time: Tuesday 10 May 19:30