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Artist:	DONNA REGINA
Title:	A Quiet Week In The House
Label:	KARAOKE KALK (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KK 003CD

"Excellent full-length follow-up to the 'Pool' 10" from singer/songwriter Regina Janssen, backed in both production and direction by fellow Janssen Günther (and on one track, Matthew 'Wishmountain' Herbert). For some reason I can't help but think of Angelo Badalamenti/Julee Cruise's 'Industrial Symphony #1' as a possible precedent to this soft-toned electronic/double tracked female-vox hybrid, although the people to whom this will appeal the most are fans of early Too-Pure label excesses (they're literally going to wet themselves) or perhaps the contemporary equivalent: Bungalow fans. Perfect for that mid-winter anti-outing." -- Hrvatski.

Artist:	DONNA REGINA
Title:	Northern Classic
Label:	KARAOKE KALK (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KK 011CD

"If only it wasn't that drab and miserable outside. Yes, if, then this here text may read completely differently. But as it is, the new Donna Regina album hits right into the author's winter depression. Not knowing what to write about these new enchanting songs by this duo, he instead starts rambling about sense and nonsense, possibility and impossibility of casting into words the unique qualities of music -- until it all comes down again to music. 'Blue' is the track we're listening to. And if we didn't know better, one could think this would be the last we'd ever get to hear from these two. It cuts deep into your heart, sounding so very much like the last time, that dreadful moment of parting for ever, to be surpassed a couple of tracks onwards by 'Who's You Who's Me', until the title track 'Northern Classic' leaves us standing alone in the dark and the rain. Music is always at its best when it gets to you where it hurts most -- where you're most capable of feeling: fear, loneliness, despair, doubt, longing, dreams, beauty and, yes, love ... All of these words rush past when listening to Northern Classic. And the best thing is: You want to be part of this trip, you start losing the fear of words because you know there's someone walking right beside you who feels the same. Yes, music can still do that."

Artist:	DONNA REGINA
Title:	Late
Label:	KARAOKE KALK (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KK 022CD

"Late is the new Donna Regina release and the third album by the Cologne duo Regina and Günther Janssen to appear on Karaoke Kalk. Their lyrics still tell of very personal questions, fears, longings and experiences, as on the albums before, and that spark of pop-like melancholy still resonates in them. Only the angle from which these thoughts and feelings are viewed seems to be a different one. The lyrics appear more confident, self-assured, bolder. In 'Not A Girl Anymore' Regina Janssen speaks of this fact without regrets or doubts but simply describes what it means to her. Less questions remain unanswered in the air. Instead, they are being thought through to the end and then presented, together with the answers, as experiences. The arrangements of the tracks, the related sound elements, melodies and instrumentations show a similar development. More experimentation takes place; new, as yet unknown facets emerge. Sometimes the tracks are unexpectedly electronic and minimal, then again remotely reminiscent of classic singer/songwriter tunes. With Late, Donna Regina have once again moved an enormous step forward. And again they succeed in surprising even those who had long been convinced anyway."

Artist:	DONNA REGINA
Title:	Slow Killer
Label:	KARAOKE KALK (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KK 032CD

Slow Killer is the new Donna Regina release by the Cologne-based melancholic electro pop duo Regina (vocals) and Günther Janssen (guitar). Slow Killer is a melodic tribute to their travels to foreign lands and unusual places, and the album fairly breathes with the excitement of meeting new people amidst the rush of getting from place to place. Since their last release late in September 2003, Regina and Günther Janssen together with their DJ and samples-trustee Steffen Irlinger have had more live appearances than in the preceding eleven years together. Thus, more new friends and old acquaintances have participated in Slow Killer than on any other previous release. The French musician and producer Bertrand Burgalat -- who set to music an album by and with Michel Houellebecq -- produced parts of "Lazy Heart." Sebastian Carreras, the musician and composer of the successful Argentinian trio Entre Rios wrote the lyrics to "Mirame, Miraba," which is Donna Regina's first track in Spanish and the first and only one which Regina Janssen didn't write herself. Thomas Fehlmann, a very early fan of the band himself, always wanted to remix one of their songs, but Donna Regina have taken it one step further and asked him to produce "Enemy - No Enemy." Labelmate Pascal Schäfer plays saxophone on two tracks and "Mirame, Miraba," and Theo Roos plays the mouth organ. With their sampled rhythms and analogue sounds, their swift and light changes from track to song and back, Donna Regina occupy their very own spot within the great world of beautifully-arranged pop music.

Artist:	DONNA REGINA
Title:	More
Label:	KARAOKE KALK (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	KK 041CD

More is the tenth Donna Regina release by the Cologne-based melancholic electro-pop duo Regina (vocals) and Günther Janssen (guitar). On the road somewhere -- alongside foreign waters, beneath foreign skies -- More is the echo of your favorite memories. A warm and fuzzy feeling arrives immediately with the first few beats of the opening song, a vague elation arises with the entry of the bass. This is music that carries the world inside of it, rather than getting bogged down by it. More is music that is present without being trendy, with lyrics that don't describe heroic battles but those little private battles that sap our energy within our everyday life. The melodies and arrangements transport a playful easiness along with precious harmonies whose preciousness is evoked by the lyrics. The pop hit aspirant, "Dream On" seems like a cheerful children's song with its clear bells and the fair and sober voice of Regina -- but it is sharply tempered by declarations of war against a complacent life. This is an album for that very special moment when you catch yourself thinking: this is exactly how it's supposed to be, finally.

Artist:	DONNA REGINA
Title:	Slow Killer
Label:	KARAOKE KALK (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$14.50
Catalog #:	KK 042LP

LP version. The Cologne-based melancholic electro pop duo Regina (vocals) and Günther Janssen (guitar). Slow Killer is a melodic tribute to their travels to foreign lands and unusual places, and the album fairly breathes with the excitement of meeting new people amidst the rush of getting from place to place. Guests include The French producer Bertrand Burgalat, Sebastian Carreras,Thomas Fehlmann & Pascal Schäfer. With their sampled rhythms and analogue sounds, their swift and light changes from track to song and back, Donna Regina occupy their very own spot within the great world of beautifully-arranged pop music.

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