Among its various claims to noteworthiness, Würzburg in northern Bavaria has a historic association with Richard Wagner: he was appointed chorusmaster of the municipal theatre in 1833 and wrote his first performed opera, Die Feen (‘the Fairies’) while living there. The city of 130,000 on the banks of the Main is also the birthplace of Dallas Mavericks power forward Dirk Nowitzki, heralded by many as the great European basketball player of all time.
Yet to students of ambient spookiness suffused in Teutonic foreboding, Würzburg has an altogether different distinction. It is the base of operations of composer Christian Schoppik, who has moved through a series of drone-adjacent, loop-based projects across his career and…

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