David JACKMAN
“Herbstsonne”

A new work by David Jackman (Organum), Herbstsonne consists of a single 47 minutes long track which is the result of recording sessions at RMS Studios South London in 2018. Using the sounds of tanpura, piano, organ and bells the music perfectly captures the title of the piece which translates to Autumn Sun.
[…] « ‘Herbstsonne’ is one long piece and sounds very spooky. The tanpura drones are in the background, along with, I assume, the organ, and on top, there is the regular bang on the piano and bells. Five times these bangs are louder, like a small cluster of bells and piano tones; the drones continue throughout. It sounds like a funeral march, slow and solemn, a slow march towards the grave, and as such it fits the requiem themed releases of the last years (‘Amen’, ‘Sorow’, ‘Omega’, ‘Sanctus’ and ‘Raven’; all actually under the banner of Organum) and ‘Herbstsonne’ is no different. Before I already talked about Jackman’s advancing age and all of this is perhaps to be seen as a very long farewell soundtrack. That is also one of the big mysteries in the work of David Jackman. I can imagine people going ‘oh it’s the bloody same thing over and over again’, but I like the sheer consistency of it all. It is the same and yet it is also very much different. This is another piece of very sad music and I love it. » (Vital Weekly)