Dutch composer Rutger Hoedemaekers makes his debut solo release with a stunning album that marks the culmination of a decade spent in the hyper-creative studio environment he co-founded in Berlin, including four years working closely alongside Johann Johannsson. Sonically rich, emotionally deep, and immaculately handled, 'The Age of Oddities' showcases a brilliant new talent, its cinematic eloquence bearing witness to Rutger's experiences composing for film alongside Oscar-winner Hildur Gu?nadottir and Johannsson, for whom the album is partly a eulogy.

Disc 1

Track name

Artist

1.An Explanation for Its Own Sake

Rutger Hoedemaekers

2.Write Them a Creature

Rutger Hoedemaekers

3.There's No Going Back, for Any of Us

Rutger Hoedemaekers

4.C.A.L.M.

Rutger Hoedemaekers

5.The Invention of the Moon

Rutger Hoedemaekers

6.Ring Out the Darkness

Rutger Hoedemaekers

7.Not for That Hour, Not for That Place

Rutger Hoedemaekers

8.We Will Clamber Through the Clouds and Exist

Rutger Hoedemaekers

9.Goodbye, Donald

Rutger Hoedemaekers

10.Think Us Better Than We Are

Rutger Hoedemaekers

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