- country:Germany
- style(s):Global Fusion, Trance
- label:ECM
- artist posted by:Stage Planet
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Micus is a unique German multi-instrumentalist. He's one of the few people who like to visit every part of the globe, sometimes physically, some other times by using his sensitive imagination. He' is irresistibly attracted by almost every kind of sounds of the world; it doesn't matter if they come from Black Africa or the green Ireland, from Bali or from the inland of China.
Stephan Micus is a genuine music hermit, he composes on his own, records on his own, and plays on his own an infinity of instruments: ranging from sho (the Japanese mouth organ) to ki un ki (the wind instrument used by the Udegeys Siberian tribe), from bodhran (the shamanic Irish drum) to bolombatto (the typical harp from Western Africa), just to mention a few. And always on his own, he records all the voices featured on his records: by using the most advanced multi-track recording techniques to create harmonizations that possess the intact perfume of magic.
This was a short introduction in order to reveal all the secrets contained in his extraordinary work, half the way between the World Music and the highest and wisest New Age he has ideated, produced and accomplished together with Manfred Eicher, the owner of the ECM label, well known worldwide as being a reference in terms of artistic quality, creativity and perfection.