Q&A: Stimming x Lambert Announce Debut Exodus Album and Tour
Stimming x Lambert are very unique artists who present the soundtrack of their times by not only quoting their past, but constantly exploring futuristic soundscapes.
Both mix classics with postmodernism and the unexpected with the long-established, in order to create something that fills our needs in a very surprising way: getting excited about very new and astonishing tones while feeling at home with sounds we never really knew we liked. Both artists come from a classic background, studied their instruments from the peak. But whereas Lambert sticks to his piano, stays plain with this diversity of romantic, jazzy, minimal opulence, Stimming mixes digital sounds with field recordings, the rattling of a coffee machine with 18th century music.
All this combined on stage makes it even more exciting â the man with the mask who is not Daft Punk (at all) and the minimal composer, who is not (only) an international House Live act. Together they have combined for Exodus, their first studio collaboration that also heralds a new series of live shows that will see the two combine in front of audiences around the world.
I did most of this production while touring in Asia last year, in an 8 square-meter hotel room in Osaka. On the surface tablet with my Elektron instruments (Rytm & Octatrack). My idea was to combine the kind of grooves from my Liquorice album with the amazing beautiful melodies and harmonies that Lambert was sending me. I always thought: If I would be able to play piano on a high level, I would love to make the music Lambert is doing. – Stimming
One day I saw a documentary about Stimming in which he said: “Perfection is for idiotsâ. I donât think music by idiots necessarily is bad, but I wasnât sure if this statement was just an attitude, a description of the creative process or simply an honest self-criticism. But I knew instantly: I can apply this statement to my own music and life. So I wrote him a mail and he invited me to his studio. We started to improvise and decided to send each other ideas and see what becomes of it. I sent him piano sketches, but also guitar and string stuff. Later I made noises on the wood of my piano and built beats out of these sounds. Martin was touring in Asia at that time and he started to transform my footage into something new in his laptop. Anytime I received mail from him I was so curious to hear what he made, to see where something was added or cut. As I canât sing but wanted a voice in these tunes I recorded a simple “Uhâ and built an choir out if it. –Â Lambert
Stimming x Lambert made their debut on label Life and Deathâs Displaced Soundtracks earlier this year with their initial track, âTrafic AĂ©rienâ
Exodus was just released on the new Berlin label Kryptox this past March 9th, 2018. Kryptox is the new label for Neo -Jazz/Kraut/Classical and Ambient music founded by Mathias Munk Modica, who is also behind German Electronica label Gomma and the creative mind who produced/ released early works of James Murphy (LCD Soundsystem), Franz Ferdinand, Daniel Avery, Peaches and other artists from the indie dance world.
We spoke to Lambert about collaborating with Stimming, the release and the forthcoming tour dates:
