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▓█ █▓░█ ▒ Lars Bartkuhn - The New Continent █░▒█ █▓
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▀█▄▄ ▀ ARTiST..[ Lars Bartkuhn ▀ ▄▄█▀
░ █ ▀█ TiTLE...[ The New Continent █▀ █ ░
▒ █ ▀█ GENRE...[ Lo-Fi GRABBER.[ EAC █▀ █ ▒
▓ █▄ █ LABEL...[ Sonar Kollektiv ENCODER.[ Lame 3.97 █ ▄█ ▓
█▄ █▄ █ YEAR....[ 2008 QUALiTY.[ avg. 195kbps █ ▄█ ▄█
█▄ █▄█ SOURCE..[ CDDA MODE....[ Joint-Stereo █▄█ ▄█
█ ▀█ PLAYTiME[ 54:54 min REL.DATE[ 11.12.2008 █▀ █
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█ █░ █ 01 goodbye dancing hello god 05:46 █ ░█ █
█ █░ █ 02 foundation suite 08:19 █ ░█ █
█ █░ █ 03 the new continent 08:48 █ ░█ █
█ █░ █ 04 in harmony with the elements 05:50 █ ░█ █
█ █░ █ 05 paradiso 04:01 █ ░█ █
█ █░ █ 06 the uprising 04:06 █ ░█ █
█ █░ █ 07 prayer,dance into the sun 08:31 █ ░█ █
█ █░ █ 08 born again (main theme reprise) 02:15 █ ░█ █
█ █░ █ 09 marianna 07:18 █ ░█ █
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█ █▓░█ The New Continent is the third album of Sonar █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ KollektivÆs LARS BARTKUHN. The talented artist from █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Frankfurt is a passionate music lover from his █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ earliest childhood on. LARS grew up with the sound of █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ THE BEATLES and THE BEACH BOYS in his ears and never █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ stopped exploring the world of music from Jazz to █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Rock over to Funk and to Brazilian Music. He also has █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ a long-standing experience as professional musician. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ He played in many different formations from Jazz █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ quartets to Funk crews over to Brazil bands and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Fusion combos, where he refined his skills and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ discovered new vibes in music. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ His fascination with the deep and soulful side of █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ House and with the music of LARRY HEARD and KERRI █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ CHANDLER amongst many others brought him to create █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ his own label Needs with his brother MAREK and his █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ good friend DJ YANNICK. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Needs and the production of the trio rapidly gained █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ recognition from the best Djs worldwide. LARS and his █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ crew have been asked to remix countless producers and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ bands such as FRANCOIS K, JAZZTRONIK, ENNIO █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ MORRICONE, IAN POOLEY and ATJAZZ and their label █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Needs became synomyn for open-minded and timeless █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ House music. LARS BARTKUHNÆs own productions have █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ been played by many DJs around the globe and the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ seminal anthem Worlds from his project PASSION DANCE █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ ORCHESTRA has been heralded as a true dancefloor █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ classic. LARS also released 2 wonderful full-length █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ albums Dreamland and Choreographies respectively on █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ the Needs and Impartmaint labels. On the DJ side, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ LARS, his brother MAREK and DJ YANNICK were hosting █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ their legendary Needs (Not Wants) nights at Robert █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Johnson. █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ While regularly playing all over Europe. LARS also █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ worked for the prestigious Red Bull Music Academy as █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ a lecturer (Rome/Ekaterinenburg) and studio producer █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ (Seattle). He recently released the excellent █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Dimensions 12ö (SK171/elektrish) on Sonar Kollektiv █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that also features a great remix of his friend MARCUS █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ WORGULL of InnervisionÆs fame and his tune In Harmony █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ With The Elements made it to JAZZANOVAÆs new Secret █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Love 5 compilation. These 2 tracks were just a taster █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ of things to come for LARS. He is now back on Sonar █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Kollektiv with his third full length album called The █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ New Continent (SK 197CD/illicity), an exhilarating █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ musical escapade and his best album to date. █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ For The New Continent (SK197CD/illicity) LARS █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ explored all the styles he has been studying and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ incorporated all the influences that he gathered █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ after all those years of music digging, listening, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ playing and producing from Classical music to █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Psychedelic over to Afro and Carribean Jazz. LARS █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ also focused his mind on harmony, his philosophy and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ a very specific musical feature that drives his █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ creativity for many years already. Harmonies are used █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ to express many different feelings and enable the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ most experimented compositors to switch from a █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ particular theme to another one without breaking the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ overall mood of the composition. Through his search █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ of harmonies LARS innovates and bridges the gap that █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ between all the different styles of our contemporary █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ music landscape to create a musical masterpiece that █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ will take you to some unexplored musical lands. █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ LARS gets the dice rolling with Goodbye Dancing Hello █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ God. This excellent opening song fuses elegantly █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ soulful Jazz, harmonies of voices and subtle drum █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ breaks in a JAGA JAZZIST fashion. Foundation Suite █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ follows the same path and bridges the gap between █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Jazz and Folk music with good use of guitars and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ old-school keyboards sounds. Once again LARSÆ complex █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ arrangements show a very wide understanding of music █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ that goes far beyond the realm of House and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Electronic music. The next composition entitled The █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ New Continent starts like a breathy conversation █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ between a piano, a guitar, and a harmonica. But LARS █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ departs from this nice and moody atmosphere and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ suddenly takes us to another dimension where Folky █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ and Jazzy elements unite with mesmerizing choirs of █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ male voices and electrifying solos of guitars. The █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ musical excursion finishes in an orchestral whirl █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ made of tight drums, piano, guitars and keyboard █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ pads. This grandiose ending contrast with his next █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ composition In Harmony With The Elements, a very deep █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ and emotional number, made of mellow piano melodies, █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ classic/electric guitar riffs, electronic beats and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ effects over a syncopated drum groove. Paradiso is a █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ very relax and feel good nu-jazz tune that stays true █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ to its name and The Uprising speeds things up with █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ impressive drum sequences and arpeggiated guitar █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ melodies. Prayer / Dance Into The Sun has a nice █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ afro-Caribbean feeling that could get people dancing █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ and smiling all day long. The last track called █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Marianna is introduced by a slow-motion interlude █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ called Born Again, whose melodies remind us of the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ opening title. This ultimate track is the result of █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ LARSÆ search for the perfect harmony. Symphonic and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ slightly psychedelic, this last composition is the █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ ideal conclusion to the musical heaven created by █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ LARS BARTKUHN. █░▓█ █
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█ █▓░█ Press Quotes: █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ ôIn summary this is a wonderful record from Lars █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ Bartkuhn. The entire disc is a delightful listen. You █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ can hear the influences from the likes of established █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ artists like guitarists Marc Johnson, Pat Metheny and █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ pianist Lyle Mays. Kudos to Sonar Kollektiv. They █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ continue to fill their roster with exceptional █░▓█ █
█ █▓░█ artists making beautiful music.ö █░▓█ █
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