M. Ostermeier – Chance Reconstruction

Here on Chance Reconstruction, his first full-length release, both mood and melody come into focus.  The acoustic piano provides a warmth and familiarity that offsets the abstract electronics and field recordings that decorate the periphery.  Unlike the thick melancholy that filled every corner of Lakefront, Chance Reconstruction at times displays a wistful playfulness and at others a peaceful contentment that comes from accepting the world as it is.  But even as the form shifts from meandering tone poems to miniature Goldmund-esque piano pieces, there is no doubt that the operating word still is ‘melancholy.’  This inward, reflective stillness permeates this debut release for Tench.