Ansgar Dälken

Ansgar Dälken - Acoustic Steelstring Guitar

Solo and with guests:

Jens Kommnick, Uillean Pipes, Low Whistle, Bouzouki
Peter Jack, Bass
Danyl Sycamore, Saxophone
Jürgen Peiffer, Drums and Percussion

Recorded 2000 by
Peter Finger and Ingo Lohr at Acoustic Music Studio, Osnabrück (Ansgar)
Manfred Rohner at Man Made Noise Studio, Schwalmtal (Jürgen)
Ansgar Dälken at different home locations (Jens, Peter und Danyl)

Mixed and mastered by
Manfred Rohner at Man Made Noise Studio, Schwalmtal

Produced by Ansgar Dälken and Peter Finger

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"Madeleine is a masterpiece. Stylistically confident, Dälken meanders through imaginative instrumental pieces and radiates pure harmony. Folk-inspired string wizardry with athmospheric jazz- and blues influences, delivered with masterful ease and audible joy.

Perfect!

Assessment: Outstanding"

Bonner Illustrierte

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"The pictures and stories he tells on his guitar are undoubtedly his own and they show brilliance and imaginativeness. The twelve self-penned compositions exude a strong meditative aura. Melancholy, reflection and seriousness all resonate within these pieces, but alongside colourful melodic variety. Dälkens steelstring guitar sounds excellent, either recorded solo or with subtle and sensitive ensemble accompaniment. ... Dälken stays in the background particularly in the ensemble pieces, But this guitarist doesn't need to prove his (evident) playing skills with superficial virtuosity anyway - and this is good, for Ansgar Dälken's strength is his musicality."

Gregor Hilden, Akustik-Gitarre

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"Ansgar Dälken takes the listener on journeys, the acoustic guitar guides into beautiful dream worlds. The compostitions have a lot of influences, from both diverse places in the world and diverse music styles; yet the overall is one of peaceful and harmonic melodies. Lovely music for a quiet evening with a glass of wine, well worth to listen to."

Michael Moll, Folkworld Online Magazin

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"Through the panoramic quality of his music he succeeds in achieving effects similar to Charlie Haden and Pat Metheny on their album 'Under the Missouri Sky'."

Aachener Nachrichten

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