News & Biography
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Current News And Gossip
Summer 2023 - Leopold RachenBachenOff disappeared many years ago, leaving behind a treasure trove of beautiful piano compositions and recordings. Due to complications with his estate, these recordings have been collecting dust ever since, until now. Interactive Jack Records has reached an agreement with Leopold's estate to start remastering and engineering this massive vault of piano recordings. As each one is archived and re-engineered for public consumption, they will be released here.
The first two albums have been mastered and released. The first one, Twelve Waltzes, is an upbeat and lively tribute to the great waltzes of a classical era. Waltzes are traditionally dance music, but Leopold's waltzes can also be enjoyed casually while eating or making love.
The second release is scattering of jazz improvisations mixed with some of Leopold's most well-known and loved Nocturnes. They have been meticulously restored for optimal sound quality.
Northwest artist, Lonni Rae Flowers, is featured on the covers of these two new albums, and is planned to be featured on future RachenBachenOff releases as well.
Biography & History
His beginnings are humble and not worth mentioning here, with the exception of noting that he showed true talent in music before the age of kindergarten, with other 5 year olds hailing him as pure genius and destined for greatness.
As an adult, Leopold was poised for stardom, writing and recording at a feverish speed. He created beautiful nocturnes, lively and creative waltzes, and other worldly improvisations. His vaults quickly filled with gems. The number of pieces he composed were rumored to be in the thousands.
Then one day, he mysteriously disappeared without a trace. Some say he went into seclusion after a nervous breakdown. Others claim he is living in Mexico, underground with a tribe of young, high libido women. There are rumors he is dead and buried outside of Las Vegas in an unknown grave. No one knows his birth year, nor the date of his death, or if he is still living in hiding somewhere.
Thankfully, he left behind a treasure trove of his compositions and recordings, under the direction of his estate. Having exclusive rights to these recordings, interactive jack records is currently in negotiations with his estate and is releasing these recordings as the estate is making them available.
The first released collection is called 12 waltzes and is culled from the vault after years of just sitting there, collecting dust. It was remastered from the original source material and sounds gorgeous!
The second release is an album of nocturnes and improvisations recorded mostly in sessions after midnight. The master tapes for these tracks were meticulously restored and remixed for this elegant release!
Stay tuned as more releases are engineered and prepared for public consumption. And if you see Leopold, tell him to send us a message so we know he's alright!
Genre: Classical, Romantic and Jazz Pianist
Influences: Mozart, Chopin, Bach, Beethoven, Thelonious Monk, Bill Evans, Art Tatum, Herbie Hancock, Oscar Peterson