Petrichor David Orlowsky, Daniel Stelter, Tommy Baldu

• 1Petrichor04:41
• 2Lisboa03:33
• 3Limão03:41
• 4Circus02:40
• 5Sunscreen03:28
• 6Magnolia03:39
• 7Marrakesh04:24
• 8Hejo, spann den Wagen an02:38
• 9Patchouli02:58
• 10Lavender02:55
• 11Gasoline03:03
• Total Runtime37:40

Info for Petrichor

There are scents and smells that you don’t forget even after decades. Clarinettist David Orlowsky knows this too: “Smells have an incredibly big influence on our lives. They determine whether we like someone or whether we feel comfortable.” For him, smells can also trigger something else: It creates music. David Orlowsky is one of the few people who have a very pronounced synaesthetic sense. “I perceive sounds and scents in a related way – they usually also have a visual component for me. There are melodies and sounds that I fall in love with every time I hear them, and sometimes I almost feel in love when a particularly beautiful scent surprises me.” For example, the smell of rain falling on dry ground. He has always liked this smell and was more than a little pleased that there is in fact a name for it: Petrichor.

Now the clarinettist has recorded a new album under this name, which will be released by Warner Music on 23.08.2024. Together with Daniel Stelter on guitar and Tommy Baldu on drums, he has put 11 different and very special scents and smells to music “that trigger something positive in us”.

David Orlowsky, clarinet
Daniel Stelter, guitar
Tommy Baldu, drums & percussion
Lillo Scrimali, keyboards (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6)

David Orlowsky
is internationally renowned for his captivating and expressive clarinet playing and is now considered one of the world’s leading interpreters of the clarinet repertoire from Mozart to Golijov to Klezmer music. As a Sony exclusive artist, he has released seven CDs to date and has twice been awarded the ECHO Klassikpreis. His musical partners have included renowned artists such as Daniel Hope, Andreas Haefliger, Vilde Frang, Nils Mönkemeyer, the Fauré Quartet and the vocal ensemble “Singer Pur”, with whom he won an ECHO Klassik in 2011 for their joint album Jeremiah.

His compositions are published worldwide by Schott Musik/ Advance Music and the music books enjoy enormous demand. Born in Tübingen, he studied classical clarinet with Prof. Manfred Lindner at the Folkwang Hochschule in Essen and with Charles Neidich and Ayako Oshima at the Manhattan School of Music in New York City. Today he lives in Berlin.

Daniel Stelter
With his inimitable, unagitated and yet memorable style, Daniel Stelter has long since made a name for himself in the German jazz scene. He is one of the most sought-after guitarists in Germany. On his musical path as a solo artist and composer, Stelter has already released five albums under his own name. In addition, he is a much sought-after sideman for numerous studio and live productions, where he has worked with greats such as Wolfgang Haffner, Lulo Reinhardt, Till Brönner, Annette Louisan, Laith Al-Deen, Seven, Jan Delay, Ringsgwandl, Xavier Naidoo and many others from a wide variety of genres. His artistic career was shaped by the European tour with jazz legend Al Jarreau in 2016 and the subsequent tours as a duo with Lulo Reinhardt in 2018 and 2019.

As a lecturer for guitar at the University of Music and Performing Arts in Frankfurt am Main, Daniel Stelter fulfils his great desire to be able to share his diverse experiences and extensive knowledge with his students.

Tommy Baldu
born in Karlsruhe – has already worked with musicians such as Edo Zanki, Laith Al Deen, Emiliana Torrini, Rebekka Bakken, Triband, Sebastian Studnitzky, Andre Heller, Söhne Mannheims, Xavier Naidoo, Music Show VOX TV, Gregor Meyle, Rilke Projekt, Daniel Stelter, Georg Ringsgwandl and many more. He is increasingly working on new sounds and music with interesting artists at the house of Baldu! His concern: to produce authentic music. His approach: let the artist recognise creative space. His sound aesthetic: dusty/rough/innovative.

This album contains no booklet.