epaludo
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Parallel Universe - Red Hot Chili Peppers ...
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[size=xx-small]1986 also saw the release of Küttel Im Frost, this time without Stapleton in tow. Küttel tones down the Krautrock content in favor of a twisted lo- fi pop aesthetic. Exit jazz-tinged grooves and sitar guitars - enter drum machines and goofy vocals. Don't be misled by the humorous surfaces, though. Heemann and Achim were working some serious sound science in their adept handling and manipulation of wide-ranging musical and non-musical elements. Going by catalog numbers, Küttel postdates Melchior. On sonic evidence it's also the more audacious of the two albums, and therefore quite a bit more uneven. Yet Küttel contains one of HNAS' most beautiful diversions, the straight (well...) acid folk of "Grundgütiger! Der Drang Verstärkt Sich (K.I.F.)." Granted, the folk-rock movement of the '60s and '70s had notable impact in Germany, spawning Fairport Convention sound-alikes by the bushel. Still, it's startling to come across such a brazen throwback to the heyday of Hölderlin and Lang Syne amidst Kuttel's woozy mash-up of samples and song. Kuttel additionally shows the first indication of its two orchestrators' incompatible approaches. For the time being, Achim's flashy sample splicing and knack for Cluster-like melodies complement rather than combat Heemann's delicate drones and decomposed sonics, especially on the dizzyingly detailed "Man Warf 2 Stunden Möbel Aus Dem Fenster."[/size] |