Artist : Cass
Album : Magical Magical
Year : 2015
Genre : Ambient
Quality : 218kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 31m
Size : 50.96mb
Label : Home Normal
Catalognr : homen072
Tracklist:
01. You On My Mind 3:01
02. Lantern (Feat. Emil) 4:11
03. Atlon 6:26
04. Boy Interlude (Feat. Cross Record) 1:39
05. Murph's Dream 3:37
06. Girl Interlude 1:44
07. Love Lockdown 4:19
08. Lilli's Aftermath 3:47
09. Let's Keep Us Close Until We Die (Feat. Altars Altars) 2:18
Releasenotes:
In March 2014, the excellent Ghent based tape label Dauw opened up its musical
doors. Since then we"ve closely kept up with their wonderful releases by some
very dear friends, with the one exception of artists we knew personally being
the wonderful Osnabruck artist, Cass. In 2014 Pieter from Dauw very kindly
recom- mended Cass. to Home Normal for the release of his newest work. After a
little time getting this all wrapped up, we are so happy to announce the release
of his latest album, "Magical Magical".
Born in 1991, Niklas Rehme-Schluter (aka. Cass.) only started self-releasing
music in 2010. To date his work has been released on small tape and vinyl
editions, with his new release for Home Normal being the first CD pressing of
his work. Featuring common collaborators Altars Altars, Miriam Jolene, Emily
Cross, Emil Hewitt, Moritz Leppers, "Magical Magical" is a playful album of
electronic music, brimming over with melodies, ideas, and youthful tenderness. A
near filmic equivalent would perhaps be the work of Hayao Miyazaki with his
focus on the hidden depths of spirit through the innocence of childhood. It
marks quite the turn from his previously meditative work as seen in "Loops &
Farewell Sketches", and shows just how talented this super artist is.
For a more specific note, the concept of ??? (Kamikakushi which literally
translates as "hidden by spirits" or "spirited away") really comes into play.
Again this is stealing the idea from the genius of Miyazaki, but the idea
basically stems from the concept of a liminal journey through a realm of gods
and spirits, specifically the unknown journey taken by children as they are
taken by gods, often re-appearing after this physical disconnect at a temple
or shrine days later. This pre-modern Japanese concept is often more modernly
repre- sented as the path from childhood through to adulthood, but the
pre-modern focus of innocence, the un- known, and ethereal antiquity, somehow
encompasses the aptly titled "Magical Magical" so accurately with its focus on
such ideas as light, dreams, love, and finally, death (as finite or infinite as
that may well be).
http://homenormal.com/072-cass-magical-magical