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Benjamin Mørk is the pianist and composer with background from the metal industry. His current work revolves his large-scale sound-installation Music On Display and sound and his distinct playing-style, Mechanical Piano.
Instead of trying to make the piano sound like a modern concert grand he has removed all the unnecessary parts and discovered there were lots of mechanical sounds inside the instrument.
Through a system of homemade microphones he has now isolated and amplified the mechanical sounds from the release of the keys and the pressing/lifting of pedals, and is incorporating them into his music. This is a special kind of minimalistic music for piano, combined with electronics.
«In a world of polished MIDI-signals Mørk's mechanical piano sounds refreshing and strange.» (Subjekt, Oslo)
Benjamin Mørk is from the island Senja in the northern part of Norway. His musical infuences range from Esbjørn Svenson , Ryuichi Sakamoto and Sergej Rachmaninov to Nils Petter Molvær, Jon Hopkins and Bicep.
«Silently commanding» (All About Jazz)
His album «Mechanical Piano» was released in April 2020 on legendary Jazzland Recordings, The Valleys with Arve Henriksen in 2021.
Instead of trying to make the piano sound like a modern concert grand he has removed all the unnecessary parts and discovered there were lots of mechanical sounds inside the instrument.
Through a system of homemade microphones he has now isolated and amplified the mechanical sounds from the release of the keys and the pressing/lifting of pedals, and is incorporating them into his music. This is a special kind of minimalistic music for piano, combined with electronics.
«In a world of polished MIDI-signals Mørk's mechanical piano sounds refreshing and strange.» (Subjekt, Oslo)
Benjamin Mørk is from the island Senja in the northern part of Norway. His musical infuences range from Esbjørn Svenson , Ryuichi Sakamoto and Sergej Rachmaninov to Nils Petter Molvær, Jon Hopkins and Bicep.
«Silently commanding» (All About Jazz)
His album «Mechanical Piano» was released in April 2020 on legendary Jazzland Recordings, The Valleys with Arve Henriksen in 2021.
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