a r t i s t : Kammerflimmer Kollektief
t i t l e : Jinx
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Staubgold
g e n r e : Avantgarde
r l s. d a t e : Mar/2007
t r a c k s : 08
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 54,8 MB
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Jinx (LP/CD)
(Staubgold 77)
Whispering, a laid back pop rhythm and something that sounds
like an overwound gramophone - thus begins "Jinx", the new
album by the Kammerflimmer Kollektief. Recorded by Tobias
Levin at Electric Avenue Studio, it is their sixth longplayer.
This band is still a "collective", although within the last
years and extensive touring through Europe, a group of three
core members emerged from the original line-up: Thomas Weber
(guitar, electronics, piano), Heike Aumⁿller (harmonium,
vocals, synthesizer, percussion) and Johannes Frisch (double
bass and percussion).
The eight songs on "Jinx" leave the wide-screen cinemascope
soundscapes of the previous albums behind. With their
serenity, these songs sound almost like a sediment of the
band's earlier approach. This becomes evident in a track like
"Nest" (which is reminiscent of the folk-jazz-approach of
early Pentangle albums), or the beautifully minimalist yet
very touching country-epic "Live At The Cactus Tree Motel".
Faced with this music, the usual groping for stylistic
comparisons and genre attributions appears more helpless than
ever. This is mainly due to the focused use of instrumental
improvisation on this album. In their dialogue with the sound
impulse, the musicians re-endow data folk with a body and
electronic music with its metaphysics. This becomes evident in
both the title track and in "Both Eyes Tight Shut", where in a
repetitive swing Heike Aumⁿller's voice persistently fishes
half-words from the vortex of sound particles.
In "Gammler, Zen & Hohe Berge", a tiny echo from the beat on a
small wood block which is electronically slowed down, dies
away. Time drips through the spheres, quietly. This is not an
escape into esotericism but rather the attempt at reflection
and clarification, a catharsis somewhere between a constructed
reality and karma.
Jinx - the mythological bird that heralds bad luck - comes to
you when you return from the quest for happiness in the
computer game world of virtual identities. With "Jinx", the
Kammerflimmer Kollektief has created a touching soundtrack for
these moments - when you leave the simulated wonderworld of
commerce like "Second Life", when you log off your atavar an d
suddenly find yourself confronted with the disdainful
universality of your own thinking.
Produced by Thomas Weber, Heike Aumⁿller and Tobias Levin.
Guest musicians:
Martin Siewert (guitar, mandocello, pedal + lap steel guitar)
Harald Kimmig (violin)
Marco Preitschopf (electronics)
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01-Palimpsest [06:27]
02-Jinx [07:21]
03-Live At The Cactus Tree Motel [04:14]
04-Gammler, Zen & Hohe Berge [03:55]
05-Both Eyes Tight Shut [03:27]
06-Jinx (Version) [07:10]
07-Nest [02:26]
08-Subnarkotisch [10:47]
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45:47 min