| Sølyst / Lead |
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| Album: | Lead | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Sølyst | Added: | Jun 2013 | |
| Label: | Bureau B | |||
| A-File Activity |
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| Add Date: | 2013-06-17 | Pull Date: | 2013-08-19 | Charts: | RPM/Electronica, Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Aug 18 | Aug 11 | Aug 4 | Jul 14 | Jun 30 |
| Airplays: | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Aug 31, 2013: | Music Casserole Magellan | 4. | Aug 03, 2013: | Music Casserole Glass Danger | |
| 2. | Aug 15, 2013: | maximum entropy Pierbourg | 5. | Aug 01, 2013: | maximum entropy Lead | |
| 3. | Aug 07, 2013: | brownian entropy Pierbourg | 6. | Jul 08, 2013: | Fight or Flight Magellan |
| Album Review |
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| Lestrygonian Reviewed 2013-06-15 | ||
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“Tribal Dub Krautrock.” Dense, percussion-driven krautrockish jams, more on the electronic side of that vague spectrum. Solo project of Thomas Klein, drummer of Kreidler, his beats have a tight, controlled pulse with a uniquely expressive flair, synths sounding like Richard Wright or Klaus Schulze. Many different timbres of drum are sampled, creating exotic soundscapes. Simultaneously retro and forward-thinking, great stuff for fans of Schulze, Conrad Schnitzler, the rest of the Tangerine Dream gang, Neu!, Tonatiuh 1. (7:17) Deep, lurid, nocturnal beat, invigorating, throbbing synth and vaguely Mayan percussion 2. (5:10) Bubbling, buzzing, erratic clanging beats—starts out murky, resolves into a thick rolling groove 3. (4:53) Spaced-out, brooding, lonely plodding beats 4. (2:15) Short and weird. Cycling loops of varied percussion eventually joined by somber, melancholy synth. 5. (5:00) Throbbing, underwater tribal ritual, way more upbeat—is this what deep sea jellyfish rave to? 6. (5:20) Looping, throbbing beats, cavernous clanging dissonance 7. (4:28) Dark, pounding beat, perfect soundtrack for a late night walk. Synths loop through various arpeggios and percussion keeps getting denser. 8. (2:17) Happy kitchen utensil / Gameboy ditty, robotic chirps and croaks, pounding sacrifice-to-the-sun-god drums 9. (4:57) Eerie cavernous blips, heavily syncopated layers of beats make the 4/4 almost indistinguishable, until towards the end a heavy, pounding floor-tom delivers a steady march. 10. (5:43) Familiar throbbing synth pulses under pounding, eerily militaristic beats tempered by some subtle vibra-slap effects. | ||
| Track Listing |
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| 1. | Pierbourg | 6. | Melancholia | |||
| 2. | Glass Danger | 7. | Spiegel | |||
| 3. | Polar | 8. | Kristall | |||
| 4. | Lead | 9. | Euphorica | |||
| 5. | Magellan | 10. | Schnee |