Artist : Sankt Otten
Album : Messias Maschine
Year : 2013
Genre : Electronic
Quality : 243kbps / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Source : CD
Playtime : 1h 06m
Size : 118.1mb
Label : Denovali Records
Catalognr : DEN173
Tracklist:
01. Du Hast Mich Sⁿchtig Gemacht 5:58
02. Die Messias Maschine 7:18
03. Mach Bitte, Dass Es Leiser Wird 5:16
04. Im Himmel Angekommen 6:52
05. Das Grosse Weinen Ist Vorbei 4:14
06. Da Kann Selbst Gott Nur Staunen 6:01
07. Das GerΣusch Des Wartens 6:56
08. Wenn Ein Masterplan Keiner Ist 6:19
09. Nach Dir Die Sinnesflut 5:09
10. Endlich Ein Schlechter Mensch 12:01
Releasenotes:
The Heavenly Music Collaboration! The German instrumental duo SANKT OTTEN -
consisting of Stephan Otten (drums, programming, synthesizers) and Oliver Klemm
(guitars, bass, synthesizers) - already teamed up in 1999 and joined the
Denovali Records roster in 2009. With as much as six full length albums under
their belt, their upcoming seventh longplayer MESSIAS MASCHINE (Eng.: 'Messiah
machine') is something particularly special as it features collaborations with
various pioneers and great exponents of electronic and avantgarde music.
Last summer on one of their live shows Sankt Otten met HARALD GROSSKOPF, drummer
of ASHRA (as well as appearing on albums of KLAUS SCHULZE). This day wasn't only
the starting point for the collaboration with Grosskopf on the track 'Wenn ein
Masterplan keiner ist', but furthermore motivated Sankt Otten to invite other
musicians to contribute to their 2013 release. All but the eponymous track
"Messias Maschine" feature remarkable guest musicians from different generations
and musical backgrounds, resulting in an especially varied album. Participating
musicians are JAKI LIEBEZEIT (CAN), ULRICH SCHNAUSS, COLEY DUANE DENNIS
(Maserati) and CHRISTOPH CL╓SER (BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE) among others. For
the artwork of Messias Maschine Spanish artist SALUSTIANO again borrowed Sankt
Otten some of his significant paintings. The whole release is a wonderful
masterpiece of electronic music. By mixing the unique melancholy of Sankt Otten
with ingredients of contemporary synth-music and the heritage of German pioneers
of progressive electronic music, the band is moving KRAUTROCK into 2013.
Sankt Otten are extremely proud having convinced legendary CAN-drummer JAKI
LIEBEZEIT to collaborate. Jaki, this 75-year old "Human Drum Machine" joined
with his mantric and experimental beats on three tracks. The recording sessions
reconfirmed what Jaki's fellow band member HOLGER CZUKAY once said: "Jaki plays
like a machine. Just better." Another album highlight is the appearance of
ULRICH SCHNAUSS, who added some of his distinctive synth layers and percussion
to the title 'Im Himmel angekommen'. Furthermore, theremin maestro MILES BROWN
of THE NIGHT TERRORS from Australia joined the cooperation and played a haunting
melody on a 7/8 beat of Stephan Otten's unique electronic drumming.
COLEY DUANE DENNIS, head of US-postrock legend MASERATI recorded a tremendous
echo-guitar for 'Da kann selbst Gott nur staunen' û vesting the track with a
sound that easily could have arisen from a session of KRAFTWERK playing with
PINK FLOYD. Following the MAJEURE / SANKT OTTEN split album in 2011, ZOMBI /
MAJEURE drummer A.E PATERRA now returns with powerful acoustic live drumming on
'Nach Dir die Sinnesflut'. Finally, the album ends with an epic twelve-minute
ambient track, which marvelously combines Oliver Klemm's guitar layers with a
sax solo of CHRISTOPH CL╓SER of BOHREN & DER CLUB OF GORE / THE NEST.
MESSIAS MASCHINE is indeed a heavenly music collaboration. Mostly covered in
white, marvelous colour pencil drawings of Salustiano have been used for the
artwork of the record - following up his red and black series paintings for the
previous two releases GOTTES SYNTHESIZER and SEQUENCER LIEBE
http://denovali.com/sanktotten/