Big Issues Printed Small Peter von Poehl
Album info
Album-Release:
2013
HRA-Release:
08.09.2014
Album including Album cover Booklet (PDF)
- 1 Orders and Degrees 04:14
- 2 Lover's Leap 03:22
- 3 Pious Man 02:46
- 4 The Archaelogist 04:50
- 5 To the Golden Rose 03:53
- 6 Big Issues Printed Small 03:38
- 7 Pen Friend 03:23
- 8 Twelve Twenty One 04:16
- 9 This One's for You 02:53
- 10 28 Paradise 05:07
Info for Big Issues Printed Small
Peter von Poehl is back with Big Issues Printed Small, a sweeping, yet intimate album that’s more orchestrated than its predecessors, but retains the Swedish musician’s trademark talent for melody.
Four years have passed since the last track on May Day and the first on its splendid successor Big Issues Printed Small, but Peter von Poehl needed the time. The 10 songs were written by von Poehl, before being orchestrated with his collaborator (and founding member of The Soundtrack of Our Lives) Martin Hederos.
In 10 tracks, the album is a return to the intimacy of the unforgettable Going to Where the Tea Trees Are, but with the extra sweep of orchestration. The cascades of clarinets, oboes and trombones on tracks such as “Lover’s Leap” and “To the Golden Rose” bring to mind the epic yet fragile work of Sufjan Steven, while the title track is a feat of delicacy, a little melodic miracle with graceful horns, which feels like a strange meeting between Neil Hannon and Dylan circa “The Times They Are A-changin’” Sweeping, yet intimate, Big Issues Printed Small is an album of heart-piercing contradictions.
Peter von Poehl, vocals, guitar
Martin Hederos, keyboards
Christoffer Lundquist, bass, keyboards
Jens Jansson, drums, percussion
Nicolas Mathuriau, vibraphone
Lars Ljungberg, vibraphone, marimba, glass organ
Erik Axelsson, trombone
Kristoffer Bröte, tuba
Fredrik Lindgren, trumpet
Thorbjörn B Gram, French Horn
Ida Karlsson, tenor saxophone
Mattias Carlsson, alto saxophone
Andreas Sjögren, bass clarinet
Emilie Sandgren, clarinet
Jonas Losciale, clarinet
Maria Nyrén, English Horn
Mikael Ekholm, flute
Thomas Ebrelius, violin, Viola
Charlotta Weber Sjöholm, cello
Recorded and Mixed by Christoffer Lundquist at Aerosol Grey Machine, Vallarum, Sweden
Mastered by Björn Engelman at Cutting Room, Stockholm
Produced by Christoffer Lundquist and Peter von Poehl
Peter von Poehl
born March 31, 1972 in Malmö, Sweden. In the early 2000s, von Poehl collaborated extensively with Bertrand Burgalat and his Paris label Tricatel, notably on writer Michel Houellebecq's album Présence humaine (2000). Over the next years, he lended his services to artist such as Alain Chamfort, Depeche Mode and Burgalat himself. When the label's recording studio in Paris closed, von Poehl moved to Berlin, while continuing to produce records for other artists, many of them part of the French music scene, such as Doriand (Le grand bain, 2004), Lio (Dites au prince charmant, 2005), Florian Horwath (We Are All Gold, 2005), Vincent Delerm (Les piqûres d'araignée, 2006), Marie Modiano (Outland, 2008).
Peter von Poehl's first solo album (Going To Where The Tea Trees Are) was released in 2006 by French label Tôt ou Tard, followed by indie labels around the world, such as Bella Union (UK), World's Fair (US), Bonnier Amigo (Swe) and Speak n' Spell (AUS). The album was greeted by critical acclaim and the featuring of several songs - notably The Story Of The Impossible - in cinema and advertising helped introduce von Poehl's music to a large audience. The album was followed by extensive touring, including supporting artists such as AIR, St Vincent, Phoenix and Brian Wilson.
Follow up May Day (Tôt ou Tard/PIAS) was released in 2009. Just as von Poehl's debut, it was co-produced with Christoffer Lundquist and recorded at AGM in Vallarum in the south of Sweden. Again extensive touring followed the release, headlining and sharing the bill with artists such as Ben Harper, Wild Beasts and Peter Doherty. He also represented Sweden at Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
Big Issues Printed Small, von Poehl's third studio album was released in France, Belgium and Switzerland in 2013 on v Poehl's own label (Nest & Sound). In close collaboration with arranger Martin Hederos, the album was based on a written score and developed for different orchestral outfits - with sometimes as many as 40 musicians on stage. After a nearly four years absence as a recording artist, both the musical press and the audience has welcomed warmly von Poehl's return to the front of the stage.
Peter von Poehl has equally composed soundtracks for films, such as Lithuanian director Kristina Buozyté's already cult classic Vanishing Waves (2012) and Valerie Donzelli's Main Dans La Main (2012), the highly awaited follow-up of Declaration Of War (2011), which also featured music by von Poehl. He is currently writing the score for cinematographer Alain Choquart's debut as a director (Lady Grey) with among others Peter Saarsgaard and Emilie Mortimer in the leading roles. V Poehl has equally been commissioned by Norrlandsoperan (Umeå, European cultural capital 2014) to write the music for a ballet. The piece, which will premiere in November 2014, features v Poehl on electric guitar, a pile of stomp boxes along with a 54-piece symphony orchestra.
Booklet for Big Issues Printed Small