Martin Kohlstedt's opus »Strom« is a stream of ruthless moments exposing the piano to the elements. Amid the flow of the nine pieces the composer himself slowly dissipates and enables the experience of music in its most primal dynamic. Closeness and intimacy transform into vastness and force. Beauty is to be found in everything — especially in the ephemeral. Consequently »Strom« brings forth manifold forms, appearing hazy and perilous, direct, almost playful to appear awestruck in the face of its own gravity. You get the feeling that Kohlstedt erected a monument in honor of intuition itself.