Poltrock

This morning I am delighted to spend more time with David Poltrock and his music. He is not completely new to my ears, as I have previously enjoyed and covered his piece with Adriaan de Roover, titled “44,2 km“. Today I am premiering a track titled “Titanus Giganteus”, taken off his upcoming release Aulus I, which, as I hope you can guess from the album title, is part of the diptych of two instrumental works, with the Aulus II coming out later in the year. It seems that we’re all mesmerised these days [at least in my circle of musician friends] with sounds originating from strings, piano, tape, and light electronics. But even if the ingredients are all the same, it is the flavour of the dish that is important. In this case [as is the case with all of my previous musings on sound], it is the emotion behind each piece and the composer’s ability to communicate and transfer that emotion into mine. It seems so simple, yet it’s not. And if the musician truly accomplishes this task, then the ingredients don’t matter. It could be just a piano. It could be just strings. It’s great when each one has a place in the story. This is what I think about [and what I feel] when I listen to Poltrock’s music. And that’s the greatest compliment of all. For this piece, which is a rework of his previous original track, “Titanus” (Machines, 2018), Poltrock starts with the lofi piano and brings in the strings performed by Sun*Sun*Sun String Orchestra for a dynamic, intimate and soaring composition that wonderfully conveys the sound on his album as a whole. Beautifully sculpted, executed, and received.