Artist : Sankt Otten
Album : Engtanz Depression
Year : 2015
Genre : Electronic
Quality : 233kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 0h 55m
Size : 98.36mb
Label : Denovali Records
Catalognr : DEN221
Tracklist:
01. Urlaub Unter Psalmen 5:56
02. Beten, Tanzen, Kⁿssen 4:49
03. Wo Es Immer Regnet 5:12
04. Im Lichtorgelparadies 5:26
05. Der Himmel Ist Voll 3:58
06. Karfreitagskarpfen Und Dolce Vita 5:29
07. Sing Die Apokalypse 12:00
08. Die Tragische Nummer 4:36
09. Ich Bau Dir Ein Museum 8:01
Releasenotes:
The German instrumental duo SANKT OTTEN, founded in 1999, consists of Stephan
Otten (drums, programming, synthesizer) and Oliver Klemm (guitar, synthesizer,
piano), and has been releasing on Denovali Records since 2009.
Their eighth album ENGTANZ DEPRESSION (engl.: CLOSE DANCE DEPRESSION) expresses
a significant progression of their material on the preceding album trilogy
(Gottes Synthesizer, Sequencer Liebe, Messias Maschine). New drum sounds and
acoustic instruments such as harmonium and piano may be found, and some pieces
emerged from free improvisations, which is a completely new approach taken by
this band.
The album starts with "Urlaub Unter Psalmen" which builds up slowly, piles up
further, just to completely disintegrate in the end. KlemmÆs typical E-bow
guitar parts and the dubby baseline make this track a catchy tune. Next is
"Beten, Tanzen, Kⁿssen" which is the first Sankt Otten track ever where a
harmonium appears. In combination with the minimal beat one could even think
that this track is suitable for a club context, but the two musicians always
manage to stay away just enough from the ordinary and remain slightly disturbing
as ever. "Im Lichtorgelparadies" switches on the lights in paradise with a
hypnotic synthesizer melody and the KRAFTWERK-like beat gives the track a
floating ease.
One of the album highlights is the 12-minute monster "Sing die Apokalypse",
which is dominated by OttenÆs powerful, but always minimalistic drumming. After
about 10 minutes the listener might think that the apocalypse has aleady
arrived, but Sankt Otten move on and manage to even increase this feeling. The
track ends unexpectedly and with a winking bow to the influential American
electronic protopunks SUICIDE. However, Sankt Otten also demonstrate that they
can still master the meditative sounds. Tracks like "Der Himmel ist voll" or
"Die tragische Nummer" are quite far apart from average electronica.
The titles of the tracks appearing on the album are as always a unique mixture
of aphorisms, sarcasm and puns. In spite of the new directions explored on this
album, SANKT OTTEN maintain their characteristic Holy Trinity of krautrock,
ambient, and 80ies electronica. Floating, meditative, dazing and catchy at
times.
http://denovali.com/sanktotten/