a r t i s t : Contriva
t i t l e : Separate Chambers
d a t e : 2006
l a b e l : Morr Music
c a t : mm 072
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 : 11
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 77,7 MB
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The noise of fingertips on guitar strings. The sonorous
feedback of a humbucking coil. The swinging reverb echo of a
valve-driven amplifier. That is what makes the beginning of
"Separate Chambers". And with the people and the instruments
in-between the sounds. Curious, laid-back, light-footed in
moments, in which contriva had said goodbye with a melancholy
glance three years ago. "If you had stayed..." was not only
according to its name their most melancholy record û "Separate
Chambers" has become their most lightfooted one. A swinging
nonchalance, that invites to dance on a springy wooden ceiling
in an old gym while the evening sun blinks through the
windows.
At such a place contriva, Masha Qrella (Mina, NMFarner), Max
Punktezahl (Jersey, the Notwist, Saroos), Rike Schuberty
(Masha Qrella, Noel) and Hannes Lehmann (Mina), can be
imagined. Four friends on their way from earlier to future
days. Each of them a songwriter and an equal part of äseperate
chambers". Four people and their instruments. And the space
that connects them fills itself with the atmospheres and
sounds. With small big songs, always closer to a popsong than
to instrumental concept music. At the end of the day
everything is melody. Hymnal moments when violin and organ get
elegiac. Then, again, the wide view to the horizon when two
guitar figures interweave. The bass spreads the contours,
precisely, unpretentious.
"before" begins with an acoustic guitar on the veranda and is
soon carried to the club by a fuzzy bass. A late summer song
with sparkling voices. äbluebootle" is absorbed in guitars.
"number me" is a track of music being on the road, acoustic
and electric instruments, close together and still breathing
and open. "i can wait" finally is full of laconic intimacy,
songwriter-soul lying in wait, an insistent final chord.
"Separate Chambers" was recorded at different places in and
around Berlin. Mostly together with Norman Nitzsche (Mina,
NMFarner), who also mixed and mastered the album. Occasionally
with Andreas Haberl (Jersey) on the drums and with Tobias Hett
playing the violin.
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01-Good To Know [04:04]
02-Unhelpful [04:02]
03-Before [04:12]
04-Say Cheese [03:36]
05-Bluebottle [04:27]
06-Florida/Lay-By [03:16]
07-Centipede [08:21]
08-Number Me [03:18]
09-Concrete Sleepers [03:54]
10-No One Below [04:10]
11-I Can Wait [04:39]
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47:59 min