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STRAHLENZENTRUM - "ZENTRALAUTOMANTIK" (tut020)
10-inch - white vinyl - lim. edition of 200 hand-numbered copies

STRAHLENZENTRUM was started in 2007 as a minimal electro side-project of N.STRAHL.N, the post-industrial outfit by prolific German sound-artist M. W. Löhr. After a self-titled debut on Tosom and a second album on Licht und Stahl, both in very limited CDR/tape editions, “Zentralautomantik” is the project’s third opus and very first appearance on vinyl. Featuring four brand new pieces and two tracks from the former album “Zentralebene” remixed by WERMUT, this mini-LP is inspired by E.T.A. Hoffmann’s dark romantic tale “The Sandman”, whose man-machine motif finds a new sonic expression in STRAHLENZENTRUM’s very own brand of cold, sparse and hypnotic electronics. Rhythmic analogue patterns between early industrial and late Third Wave slowly build up into repetitive, trance-inducing instrumental compositions, somehow calling to mind Indian ragas, like the reflection of divine and human

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14,- € + Porto / postage - mario_loehr[at]t-online[dot]de

N.STRAHL.N - THE RITUAL TAPES Re-Issue

ERDLICHT

Heroischer Realismus / Amor Fati

N.STRAHL.N - "Heroischer Realismus / Amor Fati"
2 x CD-R in Digisleeve, ltd. 60, Verato Project

Few copies still available here, order by PN,
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ERDLICHT - Urlicht: Erster Kreis

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"..."Mittnachtsros´ 1" is a heavily synthesized anthemic / nationalistic / militaristic piece. Think (early) Laibach. "Mittnachtsros´ 2" is more minimalistic with a random sequenced frequency creating a rhythm with a harmonious drone. This track builds and drifts and had me thinking (to myself) "This is bloody good music"! "Ertstes Licht" is organ drone is soundtrack music. Points of reference: Philip Glass, Tangerine Dream, John Carpenter..they are all in there. "Die Wilde Jagd" carries on in the same vein, with some excellent looped acoustic guitar coming in the mix...reminded me of Nocturnal Emissions "Stoneface" recordings...." DIETER MÜH

"Hard to describe this one, but then, that seems to be the case with a lot of UFA releases - part drone, part experimental, with some martial elements, some ritual stylings, and why not, some field recordings too. Sounds like a mess, but trust me, it's not. In fact, it feels quite coherent and linear, even as it moves through varied terrain.. " MALIGNANT MAILORDER

Russian review at RADIODRONE