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a r t i s t : Village Of Savoonga
t i t l e : 14-09-01
d a t e : 2003
l a b e l : hausmusik/kollaps
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Dec/2003
t r a c k s : 07
b i t r a t e : 192kbps
s i z e : 55,0 MB
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village of savoonga: 14 - 09 - 01
hm/ks 060 - lp/cd
release 14.09.2003
bestehend aus den acher-brⁿdern, wolfgang petters (hausmusik),
christoph merck (kollaps) u.a. ist v.o.s. so was wie ein
urgestein dessen, was spΣter mal "weilheim" werden sollte.
nicht unΣhnlich den ganz frⁿhen notwist, ging es auch bei
village of savoonga um gitarren, noise und experiment. vor zwei
jahren spielte die band beim hausmusikfestival ein set, dass
von einer intensitΣt war, die die band selbst wohl ⁿberrascht
haben muss, denn die doch anderweitig sehr beschΣftigten
mitglieder fanden eigentlich keine zeit zum proben. dabei raus
kam ein teilweise brachiales konzert, dass vielen besuchern bis
heute in den ohren geblieben ist. roots, baby.
(http://www.hausmusik.com)
German super-collective Village of Savoonga have, since their
inception in 1991, played amongst the shadows cast by their
various membersÆ more critically successful and accessible
concerns. With members of Tied and Tickled Trio and The Notwist
in their ranks, youÆd be forgiven for thinking the Village
would be inhabited by polite hybrids of nuanced pop and
post-rock jazz lite. But loyal followers know better.
This, their fourth recording, and rumor has it their last,
serves as an awkward testament to the bandÆs sonic adventuring.
A live document of their performance at the annual Hausmusik
Festival in 2001 sees the band returning to their beginnings as
a fairly straight-forward guitar group. Gone are the loop
experiments and atmospheric mood-pieces; left behind are the
subdued pacing and tinkering with structure that marked so much
of their recent discography. Just at the moment when such
elements can win you admission to the sheikdom of hip, Just at
the moment when such elements can win you admittance to the
sheikdom of hip, Village of Savoonga relinquish the keys to the
door.
Obviously, the good people of Savoonga wanted to go out with a
bang, and in this respect a live album makes perfect sense.
Consequently, we are exposed to the tortured screams of
razor-blade sharp guitars, scything the air with their cutting
glass treble, while the most Germanic of regimented Neu-type
drumming underpins, but struggles to propel. ThereÆs the
occasional vocal thrown in too, lightly sprinkled and served up
as mere afterthought û but I wouldnÆt worry too much about
them, the band obviously didnÆt.
During the setÆs best moments the band comes close (but no
Cubans) to the raw aggressive angularity of Shellac in their
prime or a slightly less self-aware, self-important Don
Caballero. But for the most part there is a real paucity of
such peaks. It is a shame to see a band with the propensity to
fascinate electing to bow out on a work marked by a lack of
ambition, no matter the degree of sincerity buried at its root.
(http://www.dustedmagazine.com/reviews/1134)
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01-(in search for) the white room [06:17]
02-my mind your mind [07:05]
03-snails [04:19]
04-gravity [07:35]
05-a fair share [04:22]
06-this is not your home [04:51]
07-can't escape [05:32]
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40:01 min
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