SOANS
album from last year was one of my favorites so I was very much looking forward
to this new record. The group has
expanded a bit with more instrumentation, with the biggest difference being
drums on a number of tracks. The album features 11 tracks spread over 4 sides
of vinyl. Bunderesgartenschau 71 starts
things off in a spacey way with some light guitar, spaced out synth loops and a
slow drum build. A nice melody is played on the guitar as well but he never
really takes off. Synths are really floating on this track. Der Grüne Pilz is a short percussion and
spoken word 3min track that leads into the 10min Einheit des Lichtes. It starts
with some strange vocals like sounds and a slow building synth sequence that
slowly changes over time. No drums or
guitar on this track. Side B starts off with Garten des Lichtes. It is very drony, slow pretty dark and trippy
at times to start and then the intensity slowly builds up. Das weiBe Rauschen has
some more dynamics and bells and a highly effected voice at one point and then
a deep bass reverberation starts to take over the soundscape. Later a nice melodic
melody is played on a keyboard. A very cool trip ending a bit like Welcome to
the Machine with a door opening and this leads into the track Spandau, which
brings back the drums and guitar. Andreas adds some saxophone to give this
track a totally different vibe. You can hear cars driving by and people walking
on the street. Interesting. Side C starts with Wahn (See the video below). IT has a repeated synth
sequence and different sounds, effects, percussion and occasional voices coming in from all
angles, to make you uneasy, never confortable. Schwurbel is very dreamy.
Schönheit again features some guitar along with the synths. Side D features 2
tracks starting with Wurmloch…a long track with a slow build with drums. Very
cool and totally hypnotic. Duftnote ends the trip… Hope you got some new somas
along the way!
The
double vinyl is beautiful and features a 12 page booklet with some really cool
pictures as well as a download card. A great package. Sorry for the late
review, Dirk.
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