Browse by Artist: KREIDLER

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Tank
Label:	BUREAU B (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	BB 070CD

Bureau B presents a new album by Germany's legendary Kreidler. "A simple plan: five days recording, three days mixing. One would hope that after over fifteen years of playing together, we might have acquired a certain degree of dexterity. Even for the last album Mosaik 2014 (Italic, 2009) we shut ourselves into Kreidler's own Shed In The Park studio in Cologne for five days without any warm-up and began recording. The band was geographically divided equally between Berlin (Alex Paulick, Andreas Reihse) and Düsseldorf (Thomas Klein, Detlef Weinrich). The actual recordings took place in September 2010 at Tobias Levin's Electric Avenue Studio in Hamburg. The idea behind the simple plan, of course, is rock'n'roll -- the energy of a live show captured on record. But it must sound good. Especially the drums. And Tobias Levin was the man for the job, a master of miking and a multiplier of the moment. We knew what we wanted: first take, no shake, followed directly by mixing in Kreuzberg with Hannes Bieger, namely analog, on tape. A bit of editing work was needed nevertheless, and in the end the post-production lasted eight days. So what do the pieces mean? Well, the titles may offer a few hints. A dystopia? In some places, perhaps. A positive utopia? In other places, for certain. A description of the present time? Kreidler think in terms of records and in the arithmetic of the great disco albums: NEU! 75, Saint Tropez or Patrick Cowley, examples from the ranks of legendary six-song albums, or the unpolished wildness in Tobias Levin's studio met with the controlled artificiality of Hannes Bieger, all mastered to the appropriate dimensions by Bo Kondren and the unsettling sublimity of Andro Wekua's cover painting. Indeed, Tank does relate to the narrative of Mosaik 2014, but Tank also deals with the break from that narrative. And in some respects, the album recalls our very first effort, Riva from 1994, which may lie in the pace of its development, or the fact that we have tried to keep the structure of the pieces simple and direct, that we used the computer more as a canister, a container or a vessel and less as an operating room. And of course, the fact that Kreidler has once again become a four-piece band, a band with a clear understanding of roles: a drummer, a bassist who can also reach for the guitar, a keyboard player and a man for the electronics." --Kreidler

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Tank
Label:	BUREAU B (GERMANY)
Format:	LP
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	BB 070LP

180 gram LP version with free download code. Bureau B presents a new album by Germany's legendary Kreidler. "A simple plan: five days recording, three days mixing. One would hope that after over fifteen years of playing together, we might have acquired a certain degree of dexterity. Even for the last album Mosaik 2014 (Italic, 2009) we shut ourselves into Kreidler's own Shed In The Park studio in Cologne for five days without any warm-up and began recording. The band was geographically divided equally between Berlin (Alex Paulick, Andreas Reihse) and Düsseldorf (Thomas Klein, Detlef Weinrich). The actual recordings took place in September 2010 at Tobias Levin's Electric Avenue Studio in Hamburg. The idea behind the simple plan, of course, is rock'n'roll -- the energy of a live show captured on record. But it must sound good. Especially the drums. And Tobias Levin was the man for the job, a master of miking and a multiplier of the moment. We knew what we wanted: first take, no shake, followed directly by mixing in Kreuzberg with Hannes Bieger, namely analog, on tape. A bit of editing work was needed nevertheless, and in the end the post-production lasted eight days. So what do the pieces mean? Well, the titles may offer a few hints. A dystopia? In some places, perhaps. A positive utopia? In other places, for certain. A description of the present time? Kreidler think in terms of records and in the arithmetic of the great disco albums: NEU! 75, Saint Tropez or Patrick Cowley, examples from the ranks of legendary six-song albums, or the unpolished wildness in Tobias Levin's studio met with the controlled artificiality of Hannes Bieger, all mastered to the appropriate dimensions by Bo Kondren and the unsettling sublimity of Andro Wekua's cover painting. Indeed, Tank does relate to the narrative of Mosaik 2014, but Tank also deals with the break from that narrative. And in some respects, the album recalls our very first effort, Riva from 1994, which may lie in the pace of its development, or the fact that we have tried to keep the structure of the pieces simple and direct, that we used the computer more as a canister, a container or a vessel and less as an operating room. And of course, the fact that Kreidler has once again become a four-piece band, a band with a clear understanding of roles: a drummer, a bassist who can also reach for the guitar, a keyboard player and a man for the electronics." --Kreidler

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Mosaik 2014
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 086CD

"Early in 1994, Kreidler was founded by Thomas Klein, Andreas Reihse, Detlef Weinrichand, Stefan Schneider on bass guitar who was to leave Kreidler some years later in order to form To Rococo Rot; his place was taken by Alex Paulick (now of Coloma) up until 2001. Kreidler 's album Riva was released 1994 on a small Parisian label. This was to be the first of 16 releases to date, with the latest Eve Future Recall (2004). Followed by the score for the movie Durchfahrtsland in 2006.Among the artists to have been remixed by Kreidler are such venerable names as Faust, Einstürzende Neubauten, Depeche Mode, and Appliance. Their musical collaborations include Add (N) to X, Young Gods, Momus or Chicks on Speed. Kreidler have played over 300 shows throughout Europe, Asia and North America. In techno clubs and concert halls. At the Sonar and Roskilde festivals. In museums and art galleries. At the Van Dijk retrospective in Antwerp and the openings of Andreas Gursky in New York's Museum of Modern Art and in the Centre Pompidou, Paris. Commissioned by Goethe Institut they went on a concert tour in Southeast Asia. Kreidler's music has graced the catwalks e.g. of Chanel, Lacoste, or at the London Fashion Week of Giles Deacon. It is used in films, theatre-plays or in modern dance productions e.g. Pina Bausch's Ten Chi. On the new studio album Mosaik 2014, Kreidler champion a kind of Godardian futurism in which the 20th and 22nd centuries merge. Science fiction and modernity: Arrangements that feel right, without being able to map them out because all of the lines are woven together so intricately, and because the album was recorded mainly in a week of live sessions. Above all, this record has more. More rhythm, drums, percussion. More keyboards, better yet, synthesizers that are immediate and cannot be turned away, sounds that demand something and yet retain great mystery. More off-kilter loops and more electrical storms. But it is all there to serve the same purpose: to make this the best Kreidler album of all Kreidler albums. There is a directness, and things come to the point while still leaving enough free space. There is longing, solace, fulfillment. In other words, big emotions."

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Mosaik 2014
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	LP+CD
Price:	$19.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 086LP

LP version, includes CD. "On the new studio album Mosaik 2014, Kreidler champion a kind of Godardian futurism in which the 20th and 22nd centuries merge. Science fiction and modernity: Arrangements that feel right, without me being able to map them out because all of the lines are woven together so intricately, and because the album was recorded mainly in a week of live sessions. Above all, this record has more. More rhythm, drums, percussion. More keyboards, better yet synthesizers that are immediate and cannot be turned away, sounds that demand something and yet retain great mystery. More off-kilter loops and more electrical storms. But it is all there to serve the same purpose: to make this the best Kreidler Album of all Kreidler albums. There is a directness, and things come to the point while still leaving enough free space. There is longing, solace, fulfillment. In other words, big emotions."

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Impressions D'Afrique
Label:	ITALIC (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$11.00
Catalog #:	ITALIC 089EP

"With the release of 'Impressions D'Afrique' -- the first remix 12 inch from their mind-expanding new album Mosaik 2014 -- they will once again raise the awareness of their audience for airy soundscapes far beyond the space-time continuum. Side A features the fantastic new extended long 12" edit of 'Impressions d'Afrique.' Here you can dance to percussive sci-fi music played live to get some outer-space satisfaction. The flip-side features a UNIT 4 (Body Dub, Clone Records) rework. UNIT 4's 'Oro Borum Bonga Baum Chant Remix' is made for a disco party where not only mirror balls turn crazy. For those who like space, kraut, disco and body dub, it's a must."

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Appearance And The Park
Label:	KIFF SM (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$17.00
Catalog #:	KIFF 011 CD

1998 full length from this German four-piece of post-human superheroes, recorded in luxurious 'some-fi' at Mouse-On-Mars' 'St.-Martin-in-the-Streets' studio, Düsseldorf. Their 2nd for Kiff SM, following their debut, Weekend & the brilliant remix album Resport on Stewardess. Grandiose looping, loping jams, thinly veiled as 'electronica' with hints to virtually all forms of post-1950 music. "They have attracted many, many comparisons, amongst them Can, Neu!, Tortoise, Mouse On Mars, Kraftwerk and Broadcast, though their music remains entirely their own. The album features 12 tracks, a brilliant and complete album and a significant step forward from Weekend. While still proclaiming their love for skewed melodies and a unique blend of live instrumentation and organic electronica, this new music is far more immediate and arresting than much of what has become known as post-rock."

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Coldness
Label:	KIFF SM (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	KIFF 013 CD

5-track remix EP, Kreidler's most outlandishly accessible moment, in a synth-electro style that is totally captivating. "'Coldness' is the first track since 1994 on which Kreidler have worked with vocal parts. For the second single of the album they reworked the track completely and arranged it new. An urban declaration of love between neon-lights, cocktail-glasses and new wave romanticism which rather watches the unknown beauty from the distinct than obtrusively approaches her. Frankfurt's Shantel who already supported Kreidler as DJ on their recent tour, pushes 'Coldness' into a completely different direction. The opening remix of this release is contributed by Daniel Miller from Mute Records and Frank Tovey, collectively known better as Fad Gadget or from Daniel's productions with Depeche Mode. Miller and Tovey's 'Sunroof Mix' filters Kreidler's reminiscences and forms there from a perfect piece of 80s synth pop. Retrospective-future music and that's no contradiction."

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Circles
Label:	WONDER (GERMANY)
Format:	12"
Price:	$8.00
Catalog #:	WON 002EP

"Relax on the backseat for a sec. Let the engine run circles for you, and for a moment everything feels alright. And you know this keeps on keeping on. A dance step imported from another time into the present. When you feel responsibility, its only for the quarks. Like the knight as a portrait of independence. Laid back, leaving all the insecurities far behind. Once more you can have beauty as an argument, a modern soul movement. And it all happens in a concrete place with the two resident DJs arguing who spins first. It's the moment where everything is possible, without losing strength and linearity. Finally, Lancelot the knight tells stories of love and freedom. The break marks the in between time. From the R&B influenced 'Circles' to the soulstrumental beauties, from the deep bass re-edit to the fine groove of 'Lanzelot'. Once more, Kreidler shows its international pop sensibility. A statement of modernity in the beautiful musical tradition of Duesseldorf."

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Kreidler
Label:	WONDER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.00
Catalog #:	WON 003CD

"It comes as no surprise that on their third LP, Kreidler are more imaginative and multi-faceted than ever before in their celebration of music. Celebration? Hardly any other band organizes sounds and noises with such skill that their music can sound fragmented yet complete at the same time. The songs always -- even if only briefly -- explore that enchanting moment when a sequence of notes and sounds suddenly begins to make sense: the initiation of beauty. At the same time, they have enough respect not to stop halfway; over the course of the album, scattered sounds and short intervals form a swaying, circulating track, with those melodic lines and swinging rhythms that are typically Kreidler. The record repeatedly reminds us of instances when music is perceived not merely as an everyday thing on the radio or the TV, but consciously recognized as an enrichment of a moment. In this way, in their collaboration with Momus -- the last hip-intellectual of pop music -- they have explored how a piece of music or a song can be created from a series of observations in a diary. In 'Mnemorex', Momus and Kreidler describe a sort of departure, made possible by their connection to the past, their own history and their knowledge of the loss of innocence. Here, and in the following songs, they are re-creating themselves, sounding more focused yet at the same time lighter; this is Kreidler's return as renaissance men. Kreidler's most complete and liberated album to date has achieved all this with gallant coolness, a charming sense of humor and that un-dogmatic intelligence which has always led to the most exciting music. The honor of accompanying them on this journey was well worth waiting for."

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Eve Future
Label:	WONDER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$9.00
Catalog #:	WON 007CD

"Düsseldorf based electronic trio Kreidler is back with a new mini album. Kreidler's Eve Future is like an attic, like an archive of European song-culture. In baroque guise they take a glance back upon their own musical history, creating variations upon themes of known Kreidler songs, fabricating replicas, playing around with titles. The sound of strings, tympani, trumpets -- then suddenly an entire clockmaker's shop seems to spring into life. The listener immediately thinks of film, searching for references, before realizing that most of the images which come to mind have yet to be filmed. After the impressionistic overture 'Weekend', the constructionist cool of Re-Sport the abstract expressive 'Appearance And The Park', the renaissance-esque album Kreidler -- now the baroque miniatures of Eve Future."

Artist:	KREIDLER
Title:	Eve Future Recall
Label:	WONDER (GERMANY)
Format:	CD
Price:	$15.50
Catalog #:	WON 016CD

"2004 marks ten years of Kreidler. 10 years in the life of one band. Kreidler's biography is incontestably connected to art. One can consider their opus, Eve Future as an art project in its own right, its theme continued in Eve Future Recall. Eve Future sees Kreidler treading the path of chamber music, adopting the language of several periods, leaning towards Baroque, minimalist expression, creating a concerto of electronic music, the identity of which is filled with references beyond temporal classification. In retrospect, the 2002 'mini album' Eve Future now appears to have been a majestic overture to the actual performance. Eve Future Recall is a departure from the formal discipline which was under the surface of its predecessor. If the original work was something of a description of external circumstance, an introduction to the spectacle, a dance governed by rules, then Recall concerns itself with the inner sphere, the state of the soul and the emotional complexity of the figures contained within the theme. Kreidler have set free the musical vocabulary of Eve Future, more vivacious and open in the way that the spoken word sets itself apart from the written. Eve Future Recall zooms in. A face becomes visible. A story is told, a breath is carried on a whisper. A game of looks and love, of daring and possibilities. Experiencing freedom within self imposed boundaries and the confounding of these very restrictions. Allow us to return to the theme. The title Eve Future is taken from the novel of the same name by the French author Auguste Villiers-de L'Isle Adams, published in 1885, 1886. The story tells of the inventor Edison and the 'electro-human creature' he creates as the apparently perfect lover for the British Lord Ewald. However, he proves unable to love her because she is resistant to his refined aesthetic intellect. Hadaly shall be her name. The Eve of tomorrow. Powered by the sun, golden phonographs where her lungs would be, lined with recordings of highly intelligent speech. A mere android, metaphysically brought to life by the sacrifice of a woman. Followed shortly hereafter by a second female sacrifice as she is destroyed in a shipwreck. Kreidler orchestrate this life-given artifice. They play with the doubling, beauty and kitsch of mathematics, rows of numbers and digital form. They portray objectivity, poetry and eroticism. Bach's sense of film behind them and its counterpoint in the disco. The hymn and the song. A love of Cologne's cathedral and Schneider-Esleben's car repair shop in Düsseldorf. Rendering the politically motivated distinction between popular and classical music obsolete. Amplifying thought and sensation. Transgression, enchantment and, time and again, Europe: the modern and modernism."

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