With
the album title translating to “There are only 12 seahorses left
in my temple”, the curious surreal images that this conjures is
partway there to indicating what you might expect from this German electronic
oddity.
After a weird vocal cut up forming the opening track, the second piece
settles down with an undercurrent of hazy ambience, whilst a twisted neo-folk
styled guitar melody brings up the foreground. The third track follows
on as an oddly surreal soundscape with an improvised quality to the scattered
convergence of sounds, whilst the fourth track is a decent exercise is
aquatic toned minimalist ambience. Later sections of the album toy with
freeform neo-folk acoustics and neo-classical melodies, whilst never forsaking
the hazy ambient qualities that underscore the entire recording.
With the modus operandi of the label serving to: “Search for new
and individual forms of expression in electronic music scene currently
stagnating” (sic.), I must say I have been pleasantly surprised
with the couple of releases across a variety of electronic styles that
Einzeleinheit have issued thus far.
RJS
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