{"id":31,"date":"2014-05-04T20:25:26","date_gmt":"2014-05-04T20:25:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/wordpress\/?page_id=31"},"modified":"2019-11-15T19:55:07","modified_gmt":"2019-11-15T19:55:07","slug":"phils-music-collective","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/?page_id=31","title":{"rendered":"Music Lab"},"content":{"rendered":"
The Music Lab takes you on a journey through the abysses and pearls of our society<\/b><\/address>\n

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Repetitive Minds
\nImprisoned by our own brain
\nAwaking sleepless though not richer in conclusion
\nSeeing the change of landscapes
\nThough not realizing history is just repeating
\nUnable to see the spiral drowning us in rage
\nIt is up to myself escaping the repetitive mind
\nWhat would it be like to open our eyes instead
\nSeeing things without implementation
\nRelearning empathy and embracing the thought of agility
\nfollowing mother natures example
\nand enjoying a little piece of art
\nblooming and flourishing to our hearts<\/address>\n
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https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/2skqrTDVZJizDDOIN5DEVV?si=pI31bMxxR7qUDtIp18xaAA<\/p>\n

Philipp R\u00fcttgers knows that he is living in a special time. Belonging to generation Y, he tries to comprehend questions such as \u201cthe gap between the rich and the poor\u201d, \u201cthe environment\u201d and \u201cempathy\u201d. Instead of looking for a straightforward answer, R\u00fcttgers researches for emotions present in our everyday world. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n
He aims to express the frustrations, uncertainties, and the inner fight between ourselves and our brain, while also showing the positiveness and joy in our lives. <\/b><\/span><\/span>While composing Philipp wrote these emotions into music and created a very personal and unique world of sounds for his Music Lab. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n
\"\"Every composition tells a story without words. Titles as \u201cRage\u201d, \u201cAmbiguous times\u201d, \u201cChanging Landscapes\u201d refer to politics and environment, while \u201cThe Agile Mountain Goat\u201d takes a deep bow to mother nature. Artist Probo Guritno from Jakarta interpreted the titles and draw an incredible artwork for the Album. The result is an astonishing album with great compositions.<\/b><\/span><\/span>The holland based musicians are Philipp R\u00fcttgers (D) on <\/b><\/span><\/span>piano<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span>, Allison Philips (US) <\/b><\/span><\/span>trumpet<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span>, Miguel Boelens (NL) <\/b><\/span><\/span>alto\/soprano sax<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span>, Nils van Haften (NL)\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/span>tenor sax\/basklarinet<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span>, Kobi Arditi (ISR) <\/b><\/span><\/span>trombone<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span>, Tobias Nijboer (NL) <\/b><\/span><\/span>bass <\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span>and Felix Schlarmann (D) <\/b><\/span><\/span>drums<\/b><\/i><\/span><\/span>. <\/b><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n
\"\"While their first album was a live concert, this time they chose the great acoustics of the famous Fattoria Musica studio in Osnabr\u00fcck. Esteemed engineer Chris Weeda knows how to capture the warm sound of the ensemble. An energetic rhythm section with beautiful arrangements on top and incredible soloists. These seven musicians each bring their own identity to the music and thus create the necessary friction we experience in everyday life<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/address>\n
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[embedyt] http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=R3aQuKATK1w[\/embedyt]<\/address>\n
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\u201cListening to this record is like looking at Mondriaan’s paintings\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

John Bruinsma \u2013 Gelderlander **** <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cYou should just buy this album for the artwork alone !\u201c<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Koen de Jonge – Jazzism ****<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cA splashing ouverture… very flexible and constantly surprising, super-musical jazz\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Henk ten Holt \u2013 Jazz International Nijmegen Ugenda (NL)<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cR\u00fcttgers wrote exceptionally beautiful music with layered tempo changes and exciting rhythms which remains easily accessible.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Tom Beetz \u2013 Jazzflits<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201cR\u00fcttgers music is technically competent and executed nicely through the seven musicians.\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Bram de Visser \u2013 Musikmaker *** <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

“R\u00fcttgers is a pianist with an open mind who, as a player and as a composer, controls different genres and does not hesitate to use all that.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Vera Vingerhoeds (NL)<\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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“the septet shows a nice homogeneity and a perfect cohesion<\/span>“<\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Claude Loxhay – Jazzhalo (BE)<\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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“An album that touches the frustrations of today’s society, which are translated into complex but accessible arrangements”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Erno Elsinga Jazzenzo (NL)<\/u><\/i><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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\u201c<\/span>The septet sounds like a unit. Compact horns, firmly supported by piano and rhythm section, beautifully arranged with dynamic solos\u201d<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Mattie Poels, Musicframes<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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“Narrative and visual compositions. This is what the jazz musician Philipp R\u00fcttgers is praised for.”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Herman Spinhof, Arnhem Watching (NL)<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/address>\n

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The Music Lab takes you on a journey through the abysses and pearls of our society \u00a0 Repetitive Minds Imprisoned by our own brain Awaking sleepless though not richer in conclusion Seeing the change of landscapes Though not realizing history is just repeating Unable to see the spiral drowning us in rage It is up […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-31","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":168,"href":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1421,"href":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/31\/revisions\/1421"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/philippruettgers.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}