Peter Michael Hamel
Peter Michael Hamel is a German composer, born in Munich in 1947. He studied composition, psychology and sociology in Munich and Berlin, with teachers including Günter Bialas and Carl Dahlhaus, and spent long periods in Asia. His work is linked to minimalism and the New Simplicity, and he is known for meditative records on organ and electronics as well as for orchestral and stage works. In 1970 Hamel founded the improvising group Between, which recorded for the WERGO and intuition labels. Under his own name he released albums such as Hamel, Nada (1977), Colours of Time, Bardo and Organum.
Zeitgenössische Musik In Der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 8 (1970-1980) (3LP box)
Eigth volume of the massive and exhaustive 3LP box series of "Contemporary Music from West Germany" released in the early 80's by Deutscher Musikrat, presenting pieces composed between 1970 and 1980 by Hans Werner Henze, Wolfgang Rihm, Hans-Joachim Hespos, Walter Zimmermann, Josef Anton Riedl, Peter Michael Hamel, Mauricio Kagel, Isang Yun, Mathias Spahlinger, Nicolaus A. Huber. With insert.
Coincidence
2014 release ** ""Coincidence" features a blend of world music, ambient, and jazz elements, with the duo using instruments like church organ and bagpipe. The album explores the space between composition and improvisation, creating meditative and intense musical landscapes with Oriental textures. The album's uniqueness stems from the unconventional pairing of the church organ and bagpipe, two instruments with distinct cultural backgrounds but sharing the commonality of sound generation through vi…
Colours Of Time
Original 1980 LP on Kuckuck of Eastern-tinged floating synthesizer/organ improvisations.
Hamel
Very rare original copy in great condition of the 1st album from 1972 on the Vertigo swirl label by meditative minimalist composer Peter Michael Hamel. A trippy 2xLP masterpiece with gatefold sleeve.
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Hesse Between Music (Dichtung & Musik)
*2024 stock* Produced in 1974 by Joachim-Ernst Berendt, Hesse Between Music sets readings from Hermann Hesse against the music of Peter Michael Hamel and his group Between. The texts come from Siddhartha, the Steppenwolf materials, The Glass Bead Game, Peter Camenzind and other writings, and are read by the actor Gert Westphal.
It is a synthesis of spirituality and art, of sitar and church organ, of meditative sounds and jazz rhythms, of silence and passion, from the moment when German musicians…
Let It Play (1979-1983 Selected Pieces)
*2022 stock.* This fine introduction to Hamel's varied style presents him in various moods from 1979 to 1983. Samples are taken from Transition, Colours of Time, Bardo, and a few previously unreleased selections.
Organum
*2022 stock.* 'Hamel's contemporary interpretation of the medieval musical concept known as "organum" involved an intricate interplay of modal melodies. These four extended works on pipe organ culminate in acutely intense barrages of sound and sensation. This is a challenging album.' - All Music
Vom Klang Des Lebens / Of The Sound Of Life, Stundenbuch / Book Of Hours, Buch Der Sterne / Book Of Stars (Edition Of Contemporary German Piano Music)
Vom Klang Des Lebens/ Of The Sound Of Life features pianist Roger Woodward on a Steinway model D, playing Peter Michael Hamel's cycle of works composed for and dedicated to his wife and new son. The producer/engineer for the recording sessions in January 2006 was Ulrich Kraus.
Long before he discerns the light of the world, still in the womb, nascent man begins to sense the sounds of life. Long before his spirit attempts to differentiate experiences, develop ideas or make his mark on the path of…