a r t i s t : Benni Hemm Hemm
t i t l e : Kajak
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : Morr Music
c a t : mm 074
s o u r c e : CDDA
g e n r e : Indie
r l s. d a t e : Nov/2006
t r a c k s : 13
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 81,10 MB
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So much time didnÆt go by. And quick it was, too. Not only the
sounds and texts for Benni Hemm HemmÆs second album ôKajakö
were written within a few, concentrated weeks. The recordings
in Sundlaugin, the studio of Sigur R≤s, were also done within
only four days. During four magical days eleven musicians
recorded thirteen vibrating tracks. With kettledrums and
trumpets, with guitars, trombones and a glockenspiel.
Emotionally, energetically, emphatically. An insistent
shining. Warm and visible already from a distance.
Although, Benni Hemm Hemm ought to have all time in the world
for his second album. Or, at least, quite a while for writing
and recording it. He still is 26 years young. And his
self-titled debut-album û that was elected as best album of
the year 2005 û is not even two years old. Recently, in summer
2006, it has been released for the rest of the world, on Sound
of a handshake, Morr MusicÆs small, curious sister. But
probably ôKajakö couldnÆt wait any longer. According to the
pulsating way they come out of the loudspeakers theses songs
wanted to be told.
Still on board: the emphatic wind section of Northern Soul,
the whirling enthusiasm of dance music becoming out of joint.
What is new on ôKajakö that is a dramaturgical balance, a
giving and taking, also and especially among single tracks.
With ôKajakö Benedik H. Hermannsson, the passionate narrator
and cunning entertainer, became a well-versed arranger, as
well. ôSorgartßrö is situated close to the ocean. It tells of
life by the sea. A surging and swelling, a ride on the waveÆs
crest, constructed of a wind section, organs, one baritone
guitar. ôRegngalsinnö is an abstract love poem. Birds twitter,
everything in the garden is lovely. One could call it almost a
power-ballad if power-ballads didnÆt have such a bad
reputation.
ôM≤nak≤ö presents itself that enigmatic as the principality of
the same name. An absurd song with an unfeasible time and
three singing-tracks overlapping each other. äEgisaô, finally,
is a slow stroll out of the album into the sunshine. The sun
is low in the sky and makes us squint.
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01-Skvavars [03:44]
02-Brekkan [05:32]
03-Snj≤rjlj≤ssnj≤r [03:15]
04-Sorgartßr [02:35]
05-S≤l ß Heyh≤la [02:48]
06-Regngalsinn [05:18]
07-Stoffer [05:11]
08-Abbast·fur [06:23]
09-Aldrei [03:16]
10-Sex E≡a Sjoe [04:08]
11-M≤nak≤ [01:49]
12-╔g ß Bßt [03:28]
13-Egφsa [04:06]
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51:33 min