a r t i s t : Swod
t i t l e : Sekunden (City Centre Offices)
d a t e : 2007
l a b e l : City Centre Offices
g e n r e : Lo-Fi
r l s. d a t e : Jul/2007
t r a c k s : 09
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 51,7 MB
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If there's been one positive trend emerging from the ruins of
what just to be called electronica over the last couple of
years, it has been the comeback of acoustic instruments,
especially the piano. There is a whole new generation of young
musicians belnding their electronic visions with their
acoustic visions, their software tricks with the sheer
craftsmanship of playing traditional instruments. Swod without
a doubt are among the founding fathers of this new, almost
neo-classical approach and the success of their debut "Gehen"
only proved them right.
"Sekunden" is more than a simple follow-up, more than what
bands just do keep on recording and eventually coming up with
a second album, even though it is made of the same
ingredients: Woehrmann's piano and drums, Doerell's guitar
bass and electronics. "We worked the same way like we did on
'Gehen'", Woehrmann says. "I would record the piano and pass
the the files on to Oliver. Then he would add something on
top, give it back to me recording Swod is like playing
pingpong."
And yet "Sekunden" is bigger than even the band's die-hard
fans could have hoped for. The melodies are catchier, the bass
is tighter, the electronics catch the general mood of the
tracks even better and the drums, in all their subtlety, are
funkier. On tracks like "Ja" or "Belgien", the voice of a long
dead cinema icon perfectly sets the mood, "Deer" feels like a
long-awaited breeze in the blistering heat, the title track
"Sekunden" brings back dreamy memories of the long-gone
ambient tradition of the late 70s, "Insects" kindly disturbes
the listener with it's delicate mixture of field-recordings,
warm synth patterns and almost sequenced piano and "Patinage",
in all it's speed and glory, lets all Swod is famous for
culminate in an endless loop of beauty. Then the piano fades
and all one can do is to start from the beginning.
http://www.swod-music.de/sekunden.html
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01-Montauk [04:41]
02-Ja [06:22]
03-Deer [03:46]
04-Sekunden [04:53]
05-Exit [04:00]
06-Insects [04:16]
07-Belgien [04:17]
08-Frost [03:18]
09-Paintage [05:35]
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41:08 min