Schaefer, Janek
What Light There Is Tells Us Nothing
'FOR ROBERT WYATT' - Schaefer's compositions primarily occupy and inhabit the spaces between sadness and joy, and relish in the unpredictability of emotional gravity. It is this transience that makes his album 'What Light There Is Tells Us Nothing' so resonant. In 2014, with Robert Wyatt's blessing, Janek Schaefer was commissioned by the Sounds New Festival in Canterbury, England to compose a new, original piece of music created entirely from elements of Wyatt's 'Cuckooland' album. The composition was crafted using Schaefer's custom two tone-arm 'Twin' turntable with effects pedals and digital collage. Originally presented at the festival as an immersive, multi-channel radio installation, his cloud of sound is a sublime meditation on the profundity of Wyatt's work, and its transporting idiosyncrasies. Schaefer presents that piece as the title track of this full-length opus, which is complimented with seven original compositions that not only exist in the same wondrous space, but echo its playfully poignant resonance, well after the album has ended. Limited to 1000 copies on gold vinyl.