ARTIST: Tempelhof
TITLE: We Were Not There for the Beginning, We Won't Be There for the End
LABEL: Distraction Records
GENRE: Electronic
BITRATE: 183kbps avg
PLAYTIME: 0h 58m total
RELEASE DATE: 2009-11-23
RIP DATE: 2010-01-14
Track List
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1. Ten Years After 10:31
2. Fatal Familiar Insomnia 4:35
3. Aquaplaning 4:00
4. Berlin 6:50
5. Enjoy Neuk÷lln 4:04
6. Black Calypso 5:04
7. Frequency 4:14
8. Song For Lily 4:13
9. Alice 4:51
10. We Were Not There For The 9:43
Beginning, We Won't Be There
For The End
Release Notes:
http://www.myspace.com/tempelhofband
We Were Not There From The Beginning. We Won't Be There For The End. is the
first full-length release by Mantova, Italy-based duo Tempelhof. Taking
inspiration from Bologna film library archives (Tempelhof regularly perform live
soundtracks of the black-and-white and crudely-coloured early-modern cinema
experiments), loneliness, solitude and William Burroughs, the album features ten
tracks of lush downtempo beauty. All tracks display Tempelhof at their best:
downpours of cymbal-like hiss and mournful keys deliberately punctuate the
shuffling beats. Low, impassioned vocals, dynamic but not overwrought, is the
counterpoint to the subterranea of crashing rhythms and mechanical shifts and
slices.
Subtle and effortless, there is passion in spades; rather than hiding behind
po-faced navel gazing, it grabs you by the lapels in order to show you its
bleeding heart, its desperate romance. Samples emerge, organic, then become
enveloped in a morass of sound, struggling against the tide.