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On his internationally praised album debut “What If We Don’t Exist?” from 2018, Zirbs still pursued the big question of whether we exist at all. Zirbs’ musical mixture of futuristic synth-pop, graceful ambient and minimal music even prompted an American music critic to compare it with David Bowie’s legendary album Low. Already on Peter Zirbs’ previous releases there are numerous, often experimental instrumental compositions. With a new fully instrumental four track EP “Splinters”, electronic producer Peter Zirbs gives more space to this artistic side and underlines his musical versatility.
Peter Zirbs: “The Splinters EP is a small collection of instrumental tracks that were created in the past 12 months. I have taken up topics and feelings that have touched me deeply. The tracks are not so much an examination of the content of these themes, feelings and terms, but rather a method of dealing with my discomfort – so to say a cure, a relief and support. For the track “Splinter II (Prime Numbers)” for example I experimented with prime numbered time signatures. The effect on the brain is almost something like a desynchronization of the cerebral hemispheres. After the quasi-romantic tracks of the previous releases, I’m trying to break down my boundaries and incorporate more experimentation; translating vague feelings into music. By the way, the cinematic video for “Splinter II (Prime Numbers) was made by the renowned director Timo Novotny and is once again a wonderful piece of art.”
Peter Zirbs as part of the Viennese techno scene of the 1990s, multi-instrumentalist Peter Zirbs has released music under several pseudonyms and on various labels such as EMI, Automatique or Fabrique Records. He has broken down genre boundaries over the years with the variety of his output. Zirbs experimented with analog synthesizers in the scene’s infancy, and found success with his energetic and raw productions. His electronic music collective konsorten2122.png ¬ earned considerable airplay across the German-speaking world, he also produced for other artists and was responsible for the score of three praised short animation films (2002) by director Thomas Aigelsreiter, which were presented at over 30 film festivals worldwide. The circle closed in the year 2018. More than two decades after his first electronic releases, Peter Zirbs finally stepped into the spotlight as a solo artist with his debut album “What If We Don’t Exist?”.
Release date: October 1st, 2021.