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01. SCHNEIDER KACIREK - Doubles
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02. SCHNEIDER KACIREK - Hand An Wand
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03. SCHNEIDER KACIREK - To Microphone
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04. SCHNEIDER KACIREK - Birds, Bell and Sticks
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05. SCHNEIDER KACIREK - Low Rhythm
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06. SCHNEIDER KACIREK - Electro Electronics
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07. SCHNEIDER KACIREK - Talwerk
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08. SCHNEIDER KACIREK - We Will Need Each Other
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ARTIST
SCHNEIDER KACIREK
TITLE
Shadows Documents
FORMAT
LP+CD
LABEL
BUREAU B
CATALOG #
BB 175LP
BB 175LP
GENRE
ELECTRONIC
RELEASE DATE
2/3/2015
180 gram vinyl version, with CD. Kenya meets Krautronics.
Stefan Schneider
and
Sven Kacirek
bring African rhythms into dark electronica. Under the auspices of the Goethe Institute and Unesco, Stefan Schneider and Sven Kacirek have spent a fair amount of time in Kenya in recent years. As they travelled the country, they recorded rare, traditional music in different locations, subsequently releasing two albums of unembellished field recordings to document their findings.
Shadows Documents
takes a different approach: Schneider and Kacirek graft their acoustically-gleaned impressions of Kenya onto pure electronic templates (with analog accents). Field recordings as such cannot be heard. A central role is played by the repetitive, hypnotic element which is so integral to tribal music with its complex rhythms. Both musicians share a fascination with these very rhythms, a recurring theme in their careers to date: clearly audible in Stefan Schneider's work with
Kreidler
and
To Rococo Rot
, as well as on his albums with
Hans-Joachim Roedelius
. In Kacirek's case we can look to his solo albums for evidence, in particular on the much-lauded
Kenya Sessions
. The duo's modus operandi differs from that of renowned Krautrock pairings such as
Dieter Moebius
/
Mani Neumeier
or
Michael Rother
/
Klaus Dinger
(=
NEU!
), where the drum kit plays a dominant role as the driving force. With Schneider and Kacirek, drums mutate into a sort of synthesizer instrument, almost subliminally melting into the sound of other instruments as a virtual observer, adding a certain nuance here and there, rather than performing a more catalytic function. Played with greater restraint, the drums create variations, translating physique into precision. Synthesizers, meanwhile, assume many of the percussive duties. A prominent guest musician joins the duo on one track:
Niklas Addo Nettey
, a Berlin resident since the early '80s, played with
Fela Kuti 70
.
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