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Figuren

by Raphael Loher

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Figuren I
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Figuren II
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Figuren III
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Figuren V
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Figuren VI 03:31
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Figuren VII
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Figuren VIII

about

Radically exploratory, Raphael Loher’s Figuren is an album shaped by process and experimentation. Guided by intuition, listening, and a deliberate distancing from his primary instrument—the piano—, the LP marks a decisive step in the Swiss pianist and composer’s artistic development, expanding his sonic vocabulary while maintaining a distinct and personal language.

Figuren draws on ten intimate concert recordings from Keemuun—Loher’s debut for Three:four Records—created during the pandemic and performed in his studio for just one or two listeners. This source material was subsequently developed during a residency in the Blenio Valley, where Loher deconstructed melodic elements, isolated individual tones, and extracted resonances, reassembling them into new configurations. The process generated around 30 initial pieces and also informed his sophomore album, Hug of Gravity, released by Hallow Ground in 2025.

In a further stage of transformation, Loher processed these fragments through a Revox B77 tape machine, subtly altering their pitch before digitizing and reshaping them once again. This iterative cycle of manipulation and recombination forms the core of Figuren’s sonic language.

Departing from the more structured frameworks of his earlier work, Figuren foregrounds experimentation as both method and aesthetic. The compositions range from finely layered rhythmic microstructures to sparse, evolving melodic fragments, each unfolding with a precise sense of restraint.

Figuren is released via Switzerland-based publishing platform Präsens Editionen, available as a limited-edition vinyl with a special artwork (including four inlays) by Ukrainian-American multidisciplinary artist Mykola Haleta, as a digital album, and for streaming.

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releases September 4, 2026

All music recorded and produced by Raphael Loher
Recorded in Lucerne
Produced between Valle di Blenio & Lucerne

Mixed by Raphael Loher and Manuel Egger at Suburban Sound Recording Studio
Mastered by Lawrence English at Negative Space

Artwork by Mykola Haleta
Typo by Dähler Lehmann
Released by Präsens Editionen, 2026

Thanks to Cima Città, Cornelia Gassler, Dorothee Dähler & Kaj Lehmann, Julien Bitaudeau, Manuel Egger, Manuel Troller, Mykola Haleta, Präsens Editionen, Remo Bitzi, and You

Supported by Kanton Luzern Kulturförderung – selektive Förderung, Kultur St. Gallen Plus, LuzernPlus, and Stadt Luzern FUKA-Fonds

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Präsens Editionen was founded in 2011 to give home to zweikommasieben Magazin. Ever since a bunch of magazines, books, zines, records, tapes and oddities have been published.

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