from 'Symmetrie und Wahnsinn' [CD|LP|DIGITAL]
Denovali Records · den370
available on all formats at https://denovali.com/sanktotten/

After the 2020 album "Lieder Für Geometrische Stunden", Sankt Otten finally make us happy again with a new release at the beginning of 2022. "Symmetrie Und Wahnsinn" (Symmetry and madness) fits here skillfully, both creatively and musically, in an album series with geometric context.

The album starts unusually buoyant with "Hymne Der Melancholischen Programmierer" (Hymn for sentimental programmers). A Kraut-Pop pearl, which could go on forever with its Motorik swing and with its catchy melody the track doesn't come across as melancholic as the song title predicts. You have to listen twice to not succumb to the illusion that it was composed in Düsseldorf at the end of the seventies. Here (and on the track "Sei Symmetrisch Zu Mir"), Sankt Otten were supported in the studio by drummer friend DIRK PELLMANN.

The drum machine in rumbling funky mode. "Die Glücklichen Unglücklichen", the secret hit of the album? They bend the beat into geometric shapes, let the bass play in circles and cover the song with ghostly choirs. The echo of a spinett-like sound overlays the sound, spitting out a deceptively cuddly dream world.

The 10 minute long "Die Ordnung Des Lärms" could be called an Ambient-Kraut symphony without hesitation. An enormous swelling to ecstasy, a guitar sings distantly in the background. Silence. Synthetic strings pave the way and are supported by choirs. A crackle that suggests a rhythm until it is taken over by a drum computer in the main part of the track. Bombastic mountains of synthesizers pile up and yet a catchy melody finds its way through this mishmash of hypnotic electronics. Fourth movement - Kosmische-choirs in suspension over a bass synth and an Ebow guitar. Is this already Prog-Rock? The question doesn't arise, in the end everything merges into reverb.

"Luftspiegelung Der Sentimentalitäten" begins cautiously with a gentle sequence and a discreet kick drum. The mini-Moog sounds like a guitar. Anyway. A surface floats by and returns, layers and shapes build up. At last, everything melts into perfect harmony with a plaintive-sounding synth. This track was composed as a stripped back reprise of the first track from the last album "Sentimentale Sequenzen".

A hypnotic Motorik-beat of an 808 that encourages head nodding and could almost be danceable. True to style with warm analog 80s electronic sounds and a loose echo guitar. This is "Angekommen In Der letzten Reihe". Man and machine hand in hand as a homogeneous musical unit and the connection of tradition and vision.

Sankt Otten like images of infinity. In the religious sense of meditative mantras, or also in the mathematical sense of an elongated curve that eventually returns to its starting point. "Bis Das Helle Licht Uns Holt" goes exactly in this direction with its classical use of sequencers and a sound carpet of choirs. Sound worlds that, through a clever repetitiveness, barely noticeably guard the constant changes in the compositional mesh like a secret and only reveal what is to be discovered by listening closely and letting it be seen. Such a thing is probably called Berlin School?

The Osnabrück duo Sankt Otten, founded in 1999, has been releasing on Denovali since 2009. With their now 12th album they give us again a gem of timeless instrumental music. The holy trinity of Krautrock, Ambient and contemporary Electronics, but always stylistically confident and unmistakable Sankt Otten.

For the mastering New York based RAFAEL ANTON IRISARRI could be won. Also with the cover layout again good taste is proven. As part two of a cover series, this extraordinary die-cut cover artwork was again created by designer DANIEL CASTREJÓN. The vinyl version comes in a die-cut cover (in a limited transparent edition), the CD in an elegant cardboard slipcase.

Symmetrie und Wahnsinn

Luftspiegelung der Sentimentalitäten

Sankt Otten - Luftspiegelung der Sentimentalitäten

from the " Gulabi Gang " ep 
buy on bandcamp 
http://polychromesounds.bandcamp.com/album/gulabi-gang-ep

CUMMI FLU / t.

Max Cooper live at Radialsystem on 6 March, 2015.

Space for experiments and special encounters: We are happy and excited about a night to remember at the sold-out hall of Radialsystem and the German premiere of Max Cooper's stunning audio-visual performance "Emergence".

Many thanks to Max Cooper, to a fantastic audience and our great staff for beautiful lighting and amazing sound.

Special thanks to Carlo Grippa for mastering this tune.
Recorded at Radialsystem, Berlin.
Published with permission of the artists.
Photo: Markus Werner.

If you like what you hear, support the artist!
www.maxcooper.net

Visit UM:LAUT on Facebook: www.facebook.com/umlautberlin

Max Cooper @ UM:LAUT - Origins (Live)

www.karavaichuk.com
Оле́г Никола́евич Каравайчу́к (род. 28 декабря 1927, Киев) — советский и российский композитор, автор музыки ко многим кинофильмам и спектаклям. Среди лучших работ — музыка к фильмам «Мама вышла замуж», «Монолог», «Город мастеров», «Нога». Выпущено два компакт-диска — «Вальсы и антракты» и «Concerto Grosso», а также DVD «Рука Гоголя».

Oleg Karavaichuk - Vals "Hermitage"

After last week's bombastic world disco mix we’re turning inwards this week for Métron Musik Mixtape 028, to a colder, more cerebral space. Benoît Pioulard is the performing alias of Thomas Meluch, a Michigan born musician who has long held a deep fascination with aural textures, decay and field recordings. It’s his feel for texture that first drew me to his work nearly a decade ago when I heard the brilliant 2006 LP ‘Précis’, released on the legendary label Kranky, his first of five full length releases with the much vaunted Chicago based imprint. In truth it was the Kranky seal of approval that encouraged me to check out his work and I have been a fan ever since. 

His Métron Musik Mixtape opens and closes with his own productions and between those fabulous bookends Benoît crafts a beautiful blend of acoustic textures that longs to be played loud on headphones whilst lying somewhere particularly cosy. Flicking between meditative warm ambient drones, gritty static noise and a number of gorgeous vocal performances slipped in along the way, the American casts you from one realm to another seamlessly tying together different styles within his sonic palette. The vocal performances compiled here are truly excellent and provide a perfect counterpoint to the layers of sound that at times are so richly dense and emotive that it may leave you a little breathless. 

Benoît has just self-released a delightful new 7’’ single which you can pick up, along with his many other fantastic releases, via his bandcamp page (links below). Be sure to visit Kranky & look into his releases with them. 

Facebook: /pioulard
Soundcloud: @pioulard
Bandcamp: pioulard.bandcamp.com
Artwork: Jack Hardwicke

You can see the tracklist for the mix, as well as an interview with Benoît by clicking the Métron button below the player.

Métron

Métron Mixtape - 028 - Benoît Pioulard

Murcof's debut album, "Martes". This is the original tracklist that was edited on the Mexican release by Static Discos on Frebruary 14th 2002.

Marmol

Maiz

"Climax" is taken from "Reverence", the new album by Shaahin Saba Dipole, an electronic musician from Tehran, Iran. 

Release date: 8.6.2018
Last limited cd packages, digital and full stream available here:
https://shimmeringmoodsrecords.bandcamp.com/album/reverence

Mastered by Roel Weerdenburg/Early Reflections

Shaahin Saba Dipole - Climax

Mashup made  in a sleepless night, two songs merged together and it comes a new, intriguing and fascinating song, I hope you enjoy!  Deep ambient,  for open-minded listeners .

Caethua – God How I Miss Her

papel de arroz

Recent comments

noidsoup

Related tracks