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01. Carl Oesterhelt - The Crystal Curtain
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02. Carl Oesterhelt - The Gong Of Revolt
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03. Carl Oesterhelt - A Mania For Technology
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04. Carl Oesterhelt - Milky Way
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05. Carl Oesterhelt - My Sadness Was A Cluster Of Agonies
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ARTIST
OESTERHELT, CARL
TITLE
The Dualistic Principle
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
UMOR REX
CATALOG #
UR 145LP
UR 145LP
GENRE
EXPERIMENTAL
RELEASE DATE
11/18/2022
Throughout his productive career,
Carl Oesterhelt
has proven to be an artist who finds it easy to move between musical genres and concepts. Much of his work has been within classical and chamber music, but he has also scored museum exhibitions and he is sometimes part of
The Notwist
crew as an angular figure on the Munich scene. In Umor Rex, the label has been lucky enough to publish an array of Oesterhelt's universes. In
Eleven Pieces for Synthesizer
(UR 121LP, 2019) you heard his kosmische side, where the connections with
Harmonia
or
Klaus Schulze
were amalgamated with ecclesiastical organ pieces and intense semi-automatic rhythms. A deeply melodic, fresh album. Pure syntax of the modern synthesizer. Further, in
The Aporias of Futurism
(UR 133LP, 2021), in collaboration with
Andreas Gerth
(
Driftmachine
,
Tied & Tickled Trio
), Oesterhelt showed what is perhaps his darkest side -- a work full of nuances within concrete music and midnight atmospheres. As deep and cerebral an album as it is surprising and catatonic. Yet, it seems that Carl Oesterhelt has another ace up his sleeve. Now he surprises his listeners with
The Dualistic Principle
, a fantastic album full of weird but charming electronic melodies, rhythms that push the body to movement, sometimes syncopated and abstract, others permanent and fluid. In this work, Oesterhelt invited
Johan Simons
to give voice to the lyrics.
The Dualistic Principle
is a sort of rendition of a philosophical review or a nostalgic memory of the glamorous years. There is also underlying humor in the post/space-pop/Munich-disc assortment.
The Dualistic Principle
is the score to an imaginary film of contemporary hedonism. All music and lyrics by Carl Oesterhelt. Voice by Johan Simons. Additional strings played by the
Ensemble für synkretische Musik
. Recorded in Munich and Bochum, Germany. Mastered by
John Tejada
in Sherman Oaks, USA. Artwork by
Daniel Castrejón
in Mexico City. Blue vinyl; includes download code.
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