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Das Rad: Das Rad
ByWith Steve Dinsdale's perky backbeats and the soloists' quirky and/or melodic themes, many of these works are treated with airy and streaming electronics-based backwashes, occasionally tinted with 1970s style Krautrock stylizations. Moreover, several motifs convey semblances of distress, pleasure and wit, aAlthough they play it even keel on "Boom," which is a tune concocted with a harmonious synth line, fuzz bass and mellotron voicings outlined within an up-tempo prog rock cadence.
"Sehnsucht" is punched out by the drummer's funk-rock beats, topped off by Archer's yearning sax soloing and guitarist Nick Robinson's hard strumming chord passages and intensifying phrases, as the band overlays the moving parts with a diminutive theme. Other works feature Archer's laid-back jazzy sax grooves, off-centered constructions, drifting EFX statements, delicately executed sound-shaping mechanisms and wacky synth mutations. But Robinson multi-tracks guitars on the classical-flavored solo etude, "Fernweh." Indeed, the variety of the track mix morphed with a parade of disparate tonal sequences and an abundance of solid improvisations loom as a persuasive set of developments on this gratifying studio date.
Track Listing
Whatever You Want; Heisse Rader; Canterbury Steps; Boom; Fernweh; Return To Schriesheim; Sehnsucht; Porto Steps; Ohrwurm; Fernweh; Tenser; London Steps.
Personnel
Martin Archer
saxophoneNick Robinson: electric and acoustic guitars, loops, electronics; Martin Archer: saxophones, clarinets, flutes, recorders, melodica, keyboards, electronics, synth bass; Steve Dinsdale: electric drums, acoustic percussion, synth.
Album information
Title: Das Rad | Year Released: 2018 | Record Label: Discus Music
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