Includes unlimited streaming via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
Purchasable with gift card
€4EUR or more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
Released in a limited edition of 300 hand numbered 7” copies,
vinyl pressing of 'QP' comes in a beautifully packed gatefold cardboard case with printed die-cut cover designed by Matthias Rehling. The 2 double-side printed covercard inserts feature 2 additional photographs by Harald Selke and Gabriele Selke the parents of the brothers made with a Zeiss Ikon and a Reflekta II and include liner notes, dedicated text and credits using 2 original fonts from the Communist-era GDR recommended by Torsten Posselt. The black inner paper sleeve comes including the download sticker with link and code to the digital version of the full EP.
Includes unlimited streaming of Brueder Selke - QP
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
ships out within 5 days
Purchasable with gift card
€6EURor more
Record/Vinyl + Digital Album
limited gatefold book edition
17 handmade copies with seal stamp and 2 inserts (handnumbered)
Includes unlimited streaming of Brueder Selke - QP
via the free Bandcamp app, plus high-quality download in MP3, FLAC and more.
The brothers Sebastian and Daniel Selke grew up during critical times – back in the 1980s when the former GDR was slowly starting to dissolve – in the far East of Berlin-Hellersdorf. The newly built prefab estates that marked this area were named with different types: Q3A, QP and QX.
From 1959 to 1983 the even more frequently built houses followed in the cross-wall panel construction method. The houses were built with five, eight or ten storeys and, in contrast to the two Q predecessor series in accordance with the building regulations of the time with a lift. This is the first type of house in industrial large panel construction.
The individual panel elements completely form a wall of a room. Most striking and visible feature of many houses in the QP series are coloured tiles, mostly white or yellow, to cover the outer walls. The first buildings of this series were built in Berlin between Strausberger and Alexanderplatz, in the western half of the former Stalinallee and also in the Hans Loch quarter.
After the Q3A EP, this is the second part from a planned trilogy. With “Fuer Daniel” (to Daniel), the A-side marks Sebastian’s second solo piece to be released under his own name. This time he plays his felt-prepared upright piano manufactured by Alexander Herrmann and VEB Deutsche Piano - Union Leipzig. The repeats of a left and right panned ping-pong delay run through a sequenced analogue filter. For the first time you will also notice 2 violins, a viola and even Sebastian’s Klingenthal cello.
But here all sounds come from the virtual instrument once created by Ólafur Arnalds. Its samples are based on recordings from Viktor Orri Árnason and Sebastian.
Daniel, on the B-side, is playing his restored childhood upright made by Steck, a brand name of the Aeolian Piano company that was used on player pianos produced in the early twentieth century. A large number of Steck pianos were produced in Gotha, Germany. The factory named Gothaer Piano- Hofmanufaktur was purchased in 1905 from Ernst Munck and renamed Steck in 1906. In his solo piece “Dear Sebastian”, he combines it with sampled percussive piano noises that build a subtle rhythm.
The simple but intense tonality of Sebastian’s emerging figures and string textures merge with Daniel’s seemingly observant conversation between melody and noises. Like in part one, Q3A, this ultimately allows for a dialogue between their childhood pianos, coming together in a volute to reveal something utterly moving and beautiful – the hidden piece, QP, is revealed when the two tracks are layered. In addition this third track is released under the brother’s new sigil: Brueder Selke.
QP is a further project to be recorded live at their very own Klingenthal Studio in Potsdam. The record was given into the gifted hands of Edward Sikorski, who mixed and mastered the record at his boutique Studio B in Dresden.
credits
released June 11, 2021
MUSIC AND PHOTOGRAPHY PROJECT BY BRUEDER SELKE
RELEASED BY OSCARSON, WITH DESIGN BY MATTHIAS REHLING
DEDICATED TO OUR DEAR PARENTS HARALD AND GABRIELE SELKE
THANKS TO
MATTHIAS REHLING, CLAUS DRESSLER
ÓLAFUR ARNALDS, VIKTOR ORRI ÁRNASON
DAN COLE, JAY AHERN
EDWARD SIKORSKI, TORSTEN POSSELT
OUR LIKE-MINDED FRIENDS AND BELOVED FAMILIES
ALL MUSIC WRITTEN AND PERFORMED
BY SEBASTIAN SELKE & DANIEL SELKE
RECORDED BY THE SAME TWO GUYS
AT KLINGENTHAL STUDIO IN POTSDAM
MIXED AND MASTERED BY EDWARD SIKORSKI
AT STUDIO B IN DRESDEN
2 PHOTOGRAPHS BY HARALD SELKE AND GABRIELE SELKE
MADE WITH A ZEISS IKON AND A REFLEKTA II
LTD 7-INCH RECORD, HANDNUMBERED GATEFOLD CARDBOARD CASE
WITH DIE-CUT COVER
2 DOUBLE-SIDE PRINTED COVERCARD INSERTS FEATURE LINER NOTES
DEDICATED TEXT AND CREDITS USING TWO ORIGINAL FONTS
FROM THE COMMUNIST-ERA GDR RECOMMENDED BY TORSTEN POSSELT
DESIGNED BY MATTHIAS REHLING AT OSCARSON
EDITION OF 300
supported by 7 fans who also own “Brueder Selke - QP”
I love this record simply, because it chills me out whenever I listen to it!
It warms the soul with ethereal blissful strings, transports the minds eye to nature and creates thoughts then feelings in the moment of being one with nature!
This record is a guiding light of positivity, but with sombre tones, always end well?
Thank you Alaskan Tapes, a very enlightening deep listening experience, that guides me to healing bliss!
A Michael Smith (Mooky Musik) Big Thumbs up 🤓👍 MOOKYMUSIK
supported by 6 fans who also own “Brueder Selke - QP”
This album is absolutely wonderful. The way it unfolds and slowly swells, the control, the discretion, wooziness, decay, melodic restraint.... it has really touched me. Very highly recommended. Ben Allanson
supported by 6 fans who also own “Brueder Selke - QP”
I'm reminded of something my grandfather Oscar told me that I never forgot. He said that he thought the cello was the only instrument that sounded the closest to a human heart...breaking. And that holds so true on this record. Thank you Aaron for your beautiful cello, as well as all the other wonderful stringed instruments. If this is the new "electro-acoustic classical" count me on board! bambilyn
This remixed reissue of Jessica in The Rainbow’s 2017 album brings out new levels of detail in its tiny, winning bedroom pop songs. Bandcamp New & Notable Aug 23, 2020
Polish pianist plays a "silent song of hope" to benefit the people of Ukraine, simultaneously intense, cathartic, and soothing. Bandcamp New & Notable Apr 7, 2022
