Volker Bertelmann is an early bird. During that blue hour, when all is still and quiet, the German composer-pianist – whose stage name is Hauschka – writes simple melodies. But the real magic happens ...

Hauschka, aka Volker Bertelmann, is a composer and pianist whose music has always drawn on the techno and world music played in dance clubs of his native Düsseldorf as much as from any composers. His ...