Artist ...... : Conquering Animal Sound
Title ....... : Kammerspiel
Genre ....... : Electronic
Label ....... : Gizeh Records
Catnr ....... : GZH27
Source ...... : WEB
Quality ..... : 320kbps avg / 44.1KHz / Joint Stereo
Duration .... : 00:38:45 (88.8MB)
Ripdate ..... : 07-02-2011
Store ....... : http://www.whatpeopleplay.com
Tracklist ... :
1. Maschine 3:56
2. Wasp 3:47
3. Wildthings 2:59
4. Flinch 3:23
5. Cheer 0:45
6. Bear 5:13
7. Crawl 3:55
8. Tracer 4:01
9. Neanderthal 2:42
10.Giant 3:39
11.Ira 4:25
Release Notes :
...Their debut album Kammerspiel is a ghostly collection of minimalistic beats, loops and fragile ambience, overlaid with KampmanÆs beatifully frail vocal. Its delicateness and woozy air mean that it is a record which is best absorbed late at night, preferably at the point last thing when your brain is at its sleepiest. In this context it becomes almost lullaby-esque, with KampmanÆs soft burr tailor-made for soothing away the mental aches of the daily cut and thrust.
Too often records made up of minimal components are misinterpreted as being gloomy, but this is unlikely to be a fate which befalls Kammerspiel, given the sunlit glow which bathes its sounds. Opening song æMaschinesÆ begins with a twinkling melody and builds gently like the breaking of the day, culminating in Kampman softly cooing ôYou are homeö. As the album progresses, you come to see that the template of æMaschinesÆ is in fact the blueprint for much of Conquering Animal SoundÆs work. Frequently their songs begin in timorous fashion, gradually layering more and more sounds on top as they build. LetÆs be clear though, this isnÆt to say that Kammerspiel is in any way guilty of being formulaic, because the band display a boundless creativity with the finer details throughout, a little snippet of tape hiss here, a dissonant hint of cello or a snatch of thickly-distorted vocal sample there, meaning youÆre never really fully aware of where theyÆre taking you at any point.
In spite of its predilection for abstract noise, Kammerspiel is still at heart an album of songs and melodies which frequently follows the verse/chorus structure. Clearly, Conquering Animal Sound are more than just aimless experimentalists, because throughout there is a strong feeling that while you might not know what they are going to do next, they most certainly do. Probably the most naked song on the album is final track æIraÆ, which dispenses with the effects, leaving the beauty and the melody of the song unadorned. ItÆs an interesting taster of what Conquering Animal Sound might be like were they a little more conventional, and while æIraÆ might be sufficiently pretty to stand on its own two feet, the contrast between it and much of the rest of the album illustrates the importance of the flourishes of the noises and samples.
With Kammerspiel, Conquering Animal Sound have simultaneously managed to capture on record the full depth of their creativity and imagination, as well as the inherent beauty of their sound. It is a wonderful piece of work which deseves to be cherished, and gives us far more than we might reasonably expect from anyoneÆs debut album.