Artist : Hannu
Title : Hintergarten
Genre : Electronic
Year : 2009
Date : 05/07/2009
Bitrate : VBR kbps
Tracks : 11
Label : Kesh
Source : CDDA
Encoder : Lame 3.97
Length : 45:59 min
Size : 55,8 MB
Tracklist:
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01.Pop 04:11
02.Lauttasaari 04:14
03.Theme for Grant 04:07
04.Valtameri 03:42
05.Kimallus 02:15
06.Maniac Moshers 03:17
07.Kaipaus 04:53
08.TassunjΣlkiΣ 06:02
09.Hintergarten 03:52
10.UnenviejΣ 03:59
11.Valssi 05:27
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45:59 min
From Boomkat:
Another unmissable album of crackly, homespun electronica from Helsinki's Hannu, once again released
via the Kesh imprint. Hintergarten twinkles into life with the sound of worn-out, lo-fi glockenspiel recordings
rubbing up against strings and muffled bass samples. In fact, opening track 'Pop' serves as an excellent
refresher course in what makes Hannu's music so distinctive and alluring: the sweetest of melodies seem
to collide in a manner that isn't quite fully in tune or in time, sounding all the more lovable for their rundown,
loose-fitting weariness. The album's sound palette is garnished with overspills of vinyl noise, cassette hiss
and the various other side-effects of using battered old recordings for source material. On 'Theme For
Grant' you might hear some parallels with something like Four Tet's 'She Moves She', carving
mismatching string instruments into sparkling spliced together riffs set against a backdrop of shuffling
beats - Hannu's music does sound as if it was made a good century or so before Kieren Hebden was even
born though. For all the other records it might bring to mind (the music of Colleen and certain members of
the Fonal camp offering particularly strong parallels) Hintergarten is unique for the continuous state of
winter it plunges the listener into; from the album artwork to the frosted charms of tracks like 'Kimallus' and
'Unenvieja', Hannu evokes a veritable musical Narnia. Anyone for Turkish Delight?
http://www.hannumusic.com/