Pianist Kai Schumacher transcribed the mega hits of the secret heroes of his youth, Rage Against the Machine, Slayer, Nirvana, The Prodigy & others.

A Steinway D, a four square meter large, analog monster. Revered by classical pianists as well as by jazz musicians. At times by singers and songwriters too. A grand piano with the capability of producing finely chiseled sounds, brachial clusters and very delicate dabs of sound with an enormous range of sound textures. But on rock stages, at metal parties as well as at punk and alternative rock concerts?
As a child of the 80s & 90s of the last century, Kai Schumacher posed the question of why that is.
Kai Schumacher has now thrown himself into a fantastic adventure; he transcribed the mega hits of the secret heroes of his youth - Rage Against the Machine, Slayer, Megadeth, Nirvana, The Prodigy, among others - and composed variations on them. Or to give it a more modern formulation: he practices excessive analog remixing. And lo & behold: he creates many a gem from what often appear to be roughly construed models, which only disclose in this interpretation & collection what fascinating structures and melodies are to be discovered. A great adventure, which fascinates him and which he now wants to make possible for many listeners with 'Transcriptions'. The classical music child prodigy Kai Schumacher actually can restrict himself to playing Chopin studies faster than others; he had his first public performance when he was seven and his orchestra debut when he was 15. But his curiosity is indomitable & consequently he continually seeks for new & stimulating challenges far from the beaten path in addition to classical music performances & tours, above all as an excellent connoisseur of contemporary American piano music: regardless of whether linking concerts with video installations, folk-pop or world music projects or the use of electronic sounds during classical concerts. This is now 'a reminiscence of a youth in a leather jacket, battle jacket, flannel shirt, bondage pants & Doc Martens - a long time ago before there were any cellphone apps...' (Schumacher)

Track Listing

• Killing In The Name
• Everlong
• Black Hole Sun
• Spiders
• Spiders
• Uno
• Humming
• Seasons In The Abyss
• Symphony Of Destruction
• Lithium
• Out Of Space

Additional Details

Label: Intuition

Genre: Classical

Run Time: 50:39 mins

Region: 0

Release Date: 07/11/25

UPC: 750447343825