Dropped Pianos

Dropped Pianos
EP by Tim Hecker
Released October 10, 2011
Recorded Hotel2Tango and Studio Pentagram
Genre Ambient, Drone
Length 32:25
Label Kranky
Tim Hecker chronology

Ravedeath, 1972
(2011)		 Dropped Pianos
(2011)

Dropped Pianos is an EP by Tim Hecker, released on October 10, 2011 by Kranky.[1][2] It was recorded in early 2010 in Montreal and Banff, Canada,[3] before its companion album, Ravedeath, 1972.[4]

The EP is described as an "inversion" of Ravedeath, released previously in 2011. Its tone is "starker and colder" than its predecessor, deemed "intimate" whilst Ravedeath is described as "grand".[4]

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Pitchfork 7.8/10[4]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Tim Hecker.

  1. "Sketch 1" – 7:09
  2. "Sketch 2" – 3:57
  3. "Sketch 3" – 1:20
  4. "Sketch 4" – 2:56
  5. "Sketch 5" – 4:58
  6. "Sketch 6" – 1:24
  7. "Sketch 7" – 3:26
  8. "Sketch 8" – 1:43
  9. "Sketch 9" – 5:32

Personnel

Musicians[3]
Other personnel[3]

References

Citations
  1. ↑ ""Dropped pianos" (sound recording) / Tim Hecker", collectionscanada.gc.ca (Ottawa: Library and Archives Canada), OCLC 756605680, AMICUS No. 39941580, retrieved 13 March 2012
  2. ↑ "Dropped Pianos » Tim Hecker". allmusic.com. Allmusic. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Dropped Pianos (EP). Tim Hecker. Kranky Records. 2011. krank161.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 Masters, Marc (10 October 2011). "Tim Hecker: Dropped Pianos". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved 12 May 2013.