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| REVIEWS: Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Kielholen | ||
• The Sound Projector Issue 16, December 2007 |
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| The Sound Projector Issue 16, Ed Pinsent, December 2007 |
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| Pretty excellent; I never heard anything by these Swiss weirdoes before, but had been vaguely aware of their name and assume they had some credible cult status. They appear to be very peculiar European experimenters, and over ten years built up a sizeable archive of tape recordings (this CD compiles some of them selected from 1997-2005), and they masquerade under odd alias names – Von Wurstfinger, Hess, BlindDoc and Roger.Z. So far I could happily file them alongside many other obscure European avant-nutsoid collectives whose low profile makes it hard to establish their true identity, such as H.N.A.S., Faust, Nature And Organisation, De Fabriek or Noise-Maker’s Fifes. This record however is not as ‚menacing’ as you might be led to expect from a list like that – it’s just bizarre. They’re not quite a band; the Herpsters clearly play some musical instruments, but they live in the studio and are far more interested in treatments and processes, working with tapes like jigsaw puzzle, building strange collaged episodes, conjuring imaginary landscapes and dreams. Just listen to ‚Funkenflug’, only the second track in, and you’ll either be up there with the angels or else struggling to wake up from this queasy ‚cauchemar’ of cheese-induced visions. It’s like a curious journey through a rain-drenched forest with sopping wet boots, surrounded by unknown scaly reptiles hissing at you, while an ever-changing background of coloured skies rolls by overhead. A very oppressive atmosphere hangs heavy over this one, not relieved by the dense church organ, sampled classical music, and other instrumental snatches. These Swiss fellows use a highly labour-intensive, almost wasteful technique; each of their ‚structured sound monuments’ are created out of the sweat and tears of rehearsals and recording sessions, only to end up being performed live once (or maybe twice). A lot of their work is just stored away on magnetic tapes in their private archive. It was Reto Mader, who also calls himself rm74, who wanted to rescue some of these buried tapes and compile something like their ‚greatest hits’. Along the way he extracted these out-takes and unfinished works, and couldn’t resist adding post-production touches of his own. This is the closest this combo of low-profilers has come to a collaboration. With ‚Tief Unten’ we’re on slightly more familiar turf as we endure a five-minute stretch of relentless dark electronica that mutates into an evermore menacing cloud of gloom and paranoia after the reassuring voice-segment of the German announcer at the start suddenly vanishes. But her clinical voice keeps resurfacing in this, a latterday update on Pink Floyd’s ‚On The Run’ which delivers the sort of distressed mental anguish that Roger Waters can only dream about. ‚Boiled Rice’ is also mostly electronic, built around the colliding patterns and skeins of sequencers and analogue synths,while ‚Ruhig Stellen’ makes more use of field recordings and overlapping voice snatches suspended in a lightly droning soup of organ notes. The rest of the album is mostly slow and sludgy drone-fests, making the opening track ‚Fern der Hoffnung’ something of an odd man out; it’s seven-minutes of plodding stripped-down electronic rhythm which (but for the addition of some hamfisted drumming) would not be out of place on the Faust ‚So Far’-LP. The piece is a showcase for a surreal, whispered monologue, which is normally the sort of thing that (like listening to someone tell you a dream they had last night) bores me to distraction, but here it’s all part of the general disorientation scheme. While this record may not satisfy your thirst for truly dark and alarming schizophrenic narratives, it delivers many a bucket of brain-food for the mental-mush of all good maladjusted. Slightly ‚odd’ cover art shows collage of a fish not quite out of the water, yet not quite in it… work that one out. |
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| geiger.dk (Denmark), Steffen B. Pedersen; September 2007 |
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I mere end ti år har den schweiziske kvartet, der lyder det yderst appetitlige navn Herpes Ö DeLuxe, arbejdet med langstrakte kompositioner, som bl.a. har været udsat for båndsløjfer og specielt ombyggede turntables. Meget af den messende og billedskabende, til tider ambiente, til tider ganske voldsomme musik, kernemedlemmerne Von Wurstfinger, Hess, BlindDoc og Roger.Z har skabt, er imidlertid enten forblevet helt i arkiverne eller spillet live ved ganske få lejligheder. For et stykke tid siden fik lydkunstneren Reto Mäder - alias rm74 - imidlertid adgang til gruppens arkiver, hvorefter han gav sig til at stykke bidder af det sammen til et album med kortere, mere pointerede forløb end de halv- eller heltimelange kompositioner, der efter sigende skulle kendetegne det for mig hidtil ukendte orkesters output. Det er der nu kommet albummet Kielholen ud af, der samtidig er startskuddet for det nystartede Bern-selskab Hinterzimmer. Og et ganske interessant stykke patchwork er det unægteligt lykkedes for Mäder at skabe. I sig selv er den type musik, Herpes Ö DeLuxe skaber, mindst lige så kroget og surreel, som den knytter sig an til nyere genrer som noise eller netop ambient. Faktisk får den mig nærmest til at tænke på freakede elektroniske 70'er-navne som The Residents eller måske i endnu højere grad det helt tidlige Cabaret Voltaire, som det er dokumenteret på albummet 1974-76. Der er bestemt, som hos dem, både nik til f.eks. Salvador Dali (de absurde både humoristiske og urovækkende sammenstillinger af reallyde) og beatguruen William S. Burroughs (båndsløjferne, de abrupte cut-ups, den altid lurende paranoia). Men produktionen er unægteligt mere state of the art end hos Cabaret Voltaire, der indspillede på et loftsværelse med et latterligt minimum af udstyr, ligesom den opfindsomme anvendelse af turntables antyder et vist kendskab til den rolle, dette "instrument" har spillet for nyere japansk avantgardemusik. Hos Burroughs var selve idéen med cut up-metoden at undergrave, ja, opløse gængs logik. Hos Dali var missionen at sætte drømmenes og underbevidsthedens ind i stedet. Begge dele må siges at lykkes glimrende for Mäder og Herpes Ö DeLuxe, for Kielholen giver, med sine mange stemningsskift og lydlag, der enten brat eller metamorfisk skydes ind og ud af hinanden, ikke mening i gængs forstand. Heller ikke selvom albummet er domineret af sindige flows og, som sagt, en gennemgående truende tone. Men omvendt giver det masser af mening, eftersom det er en masse i sig selv. Det er en stadig opdagelsesrejse gennem et forrevet urbant landskab, hvor speakerstemmer strømmer forstyrrende ud af havarerede bilers radioer, fjerne maskiner maler knogler i nærheden, metal hviner i mørket, defekte synthesizere kaster desperate klange af sig på lossepladsen og grammofoner suser tomt ud af vinduerne i lejligheder, hvor beboerne for længst er døde af ukendte årsager. Ikke at der ikke fornemmes et stærkt element af fryd eller ligefrem leg i musikken: Det er netop det fine ved den. Lige så sort, albummets univers er, lige så underspillet humoristisk er tonen i det faktisk. Der leges næsten sadistisk med lytterens tilstand: Snart lulles man hen, snart tordner en krads, skrattende støjkaskade igennem. Det ene øjeblik tror man, at man har afluret det nummer, man er ved at høre - det næste kuldsejles ens overbevisning af noget helt nyt og ganske upassende. Som proces - og som helhed - giver Kielholen fuld mening ved netop ikke at gøre det. Derfor er det også meningsløst at bryde de syv numre ned i detaljer. De flyder ud i hinanden, hvilket jo plejer at være et vink med en vognstang om, at de bør betragtes under ét. Og det skal de. |
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| loop.cl (Chile), Guillermo Escudero, June 2007 |
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Inst.], BlindDoc and Roger.Z that create a harsh electronic and noisy ambience in an electroacoustic vein, with the use of self-built or transformed instruments like turntables and tape loops, analogue means and found objects: car engines, water, machines, voices, amongst others indescribable sounds. The seven tracks on this CD were excerpts from 1997-2005 selected by rm74 aka Reto Mäder [Hinterzimmer’s label founder] who compiled, produced and assembled and made contributions as a guest musician. 'Kielholen' gathers an intricate, intense and a sense of intimacy, with pulsing beats and clattering percussion. This album ends with a wall of horrifying noises that give life to a dark soundscape. |
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| Black 3/07, T TM, May 2007 |
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Reto Mäder alias rm74 arbeitet sich durch das Archiv unveröffentlichter Live-Aufnahmen und Recording-Sessions der Schweizer Elektroniker Herpes Ö DeLuxe. Aus den sonst eher einstündigen Tracks der Berner sucht er Auszüge, die Songcharakter besitzen, atmosphärischer Noise, pulsierende Elektronik, dronige Mantras: Mäder setzt sie zu romantisch schwingenden Ambient-Mitsumm-Songs zusammen. Und wieder beeindruckt die stoische Monumentalität der warmen Analogelektronik von Herpes Ö DeLuxe. Was für Feldaufnahmenfreunde und Behäbigkeitsjünger. |
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| Trust 04/07, Joachim, April 2007 | ||
Es kommt eigentlich selten vor, dass ich zwei verschiedene Releases in einem Review zusammenfasse, denn es wird dem einzelnen Stück nicht gerecht, aber hier macht es Sinn. Hinterzimmer ist ein neues Label aus der Schweiz und beide CDs zeigen wohl an, wo der Hase hinhoppelt. Herpes Ö DeLuxe dürften dem einen oder anderen u.a. durch das Release mit Reverend Beatman aus dem letzten Jahr bekannt sein. Haben sie sich dort jedoch dem, sagen wir mal "Voodoo Rhythm LoFi Rock’n’Roll” unterworfen, kommt hier die eigentliche Musik der Band zum Vorschein. Prima Mix aus Field Recordings, Loops, Drones und Ambient Electronix. Keine Scheibe, um mal schnell den Beat zu kriegen, vielmehr etwas zum Zuhören und im Geiste Bilder malen. Alle schwätzen von Hörbüchern und lassen sich gerne mal was von Platte erzählen. Hier ist es ähnlich. Mit dem Unterschied, das jeder seine eigene Geschichte sich ausdenken kann. Wecker, Getriebe, Sprachfetzen, untermalt von elektronischen Geräuschen kommen, verschwinden, setzen sich zusammen um sich genauso schnell wieder zu zersetzen. Erinnert strichweise an die von mir sehr geschätzten "Parking Non-Stop” aus Wales, die die Sache jedoch etwas poppiger angehen. Hier eher eine dichte Atmosphäre, die sich lange Zeit lässt um vom einen zum anderen zu kommen, Spannend. RM74 aka Reto Mäder schöpft aus ähnlichen Quellen, geht aber extremer zur Sache. Bedrohlicher, experimenteller. Es zischt, rauscht und entwickelt sich zu einem Wall Of Noise, um auch irgendwann mal in ein Piano Part zu zerfallen. Oft sind die Geräusche nicht unmittelbar zuzuordnen und es macht Laune, sich den Ursprung auszudenken. Nein, ebenfalls keine Platte zwischen Tür und Angel. Ab auf den Sessel, am besten Kopfhörer überstülpen und die ganze Sache laufen lassen. Auch spannend. Das Label muss man unbedingt im Auge behalten. |
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| Touching Extremes, Massimo Ricci, April 2007 |
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Hailing from Bern, Switzerland, Herpes O Deluxe work with analog electronics, tape loops, old turntables and self-built instruments to raise some serious hell, well symbolized by the many "terrible” sounds featured in this attention-calling release. Progressions of slurred fantasies reach apexes of epic proportion, while deformations of uncatchable memories are left under the rain in stinky alleys. During an eternal symphony for the disapperance of hope, all of a sudden tapes accelerate trying to escape an inevitable deoxidation process, the music reminding us of a forgotten past swallowed by a mangling machine, then an aeroplane is heard taking off from within a desolate church. Electronic ingrowths overwhelm the voices of unsatisfied women who are heading straight to the nearest mental health center; one feels like shouting in despair. Seagulls cry while flying over a polluted river, forgetting their destination and concluding their trip in a furnace’s chimney, accompanied by an amoebic version of Philip Glass. In another track, Donald Duck gets massacred with a chainsaw. In "6”, a caressing frequency seems to appear as an error, but it is soon covered with the dirt generated by deconstructed mechanical bats. The disc’s final part reminds of the glorious times of Cold Meat Industry (Morthound, are you still there?). A great, great album that positively surprised even this old curmudgeon. |
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| Vital Weekly 567, Frans de Waard, March 2007 | ||
It’s been quite a while since we reviewed the first CD by Herpes Ö Deluxe ("Havarie” in Vital Weekly 369), which by itself was strange to see. The band has been active for more than 10 years at the time, but it took ages to get around releasing anything. Plus then: nothing. Until now. "Kielholen”, released on a new Swiss label called "Hinterzimmer”, is their second release. Herpes Ö Deluxe is a four piece group playing analogue synthesizers, tape-loops, turntables and voices. Normally their pieces are "structured sound monuments” that easily last thirty to fifty minutes. Perhaps that’s the reason why they don’t release much. Reto Mäder, also known as RM74, proposed to make a selection of the best excerpts from these compositions and in the process of post production he added some material of his own. It’s of course unclear now how an entire sound monument sounds from Herpes Ö Deluxe, but the six excerpts are much along the lines of their first CD. Ambient industrial music. Music that is not harsh, but also unsettling enough to avoid the ambient tag. Music that develops slowly, but builds in tension through the evolution of a piece. Slow rhythms, the mumbling of voices (is that Willem de Ridder in the first piece), small melodies swirl around. These are the ingredients that Herpes Ö Deluxe work with and they do an absolute fine job, if not a bit retro. Again, like before, the name Illusion Of Safety came to mind, especially their late 80s/early 90s period, but also more musique concrete projects such as early THU20 and P.Children. But then I thought: probably not many people remember that, so let them check out Herpes Ö Deluxe for some finer harsher cross-over of musique concrete and industrial music. |
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| Music-Scan, Matthias, February 2007 |
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| Public Guilt, J.R., February 2007 | ||
I love Herpes Ö DeLuxe and I hope that the rest of the world falls in love with them as well. For those who do not know, Herpes is an amazing four man Swiss, sound collective (that includes I’s very own Strotter Inst. aka Christoph Hess). Their countless discs, collaborations and side projects continue to blow my mind and their contribution to the upcoming 3CD comp will have you begging for more. Kielholen, their latest offering collects unreleased recordings from 1997 to 2005 and was curated and assembled by Hinterzimmer’s own RM74 (aka electro-acoustic artist, Reto Mäder) This is my favorite material from Herpes and a great starting place for those unfamiliar. Do yourself a favor and "Support your local virus!” |
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| Ox Fanzine, Chris Wilpert, February 2007 |
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Herpes Ö DeLuxe haben letztes Jahr schon auf sich aufmerksam gemacht, als sie zusammen mit Reverend Beat-Man als Church of Herpes eine der besten Platten des Jahres vorgelegt haben. Da es die Schweizer Industrial- und Electrokrachmacher schon eine Weile - seit 1995 - gibt, hat das Label Hinterzimmer Records sein erstes Release gleich zum Anlass genommen, um die Gruppe überblicksmässig mit sieben Songs (die alle fünf bis sieben Minuten dauern) vorzustellen. Dabei handelt es sich bei "Kielholen” aber nicht um eine Best-Of-CD, sondern es versammeln sich darauf sowohl unveröffentlichte Stücke als auch andere Versionen von bereits veröffentlichten Sachen - all das teilweise freilich in gekürzten Versionen, da die einzelnen Kompositionen häufig mehr als 30 Minuten dauern. Diese Verkürzung tut den Werken aber keinen Abbruch, macht es für den Hörer zum Einstieg vielleicht auch leichter, leicht geniessbar sind sie trotzdem nicht. Wie die Kollaboration mit dem Reverend schon erahnen hat lassen, bewegen sich Herpes Ö DeLuxe im Fahrwasser von experimenteller Elektronik, harschem Industrial, Ambient und Klangkunst, kein Wunder, dass dabei allerhand unübliches Equipment vom Wecker bis hin zu Küchengeräten zum Einsatz kommt. Wo sonst auf jeder zweiten Platte "laut hören!” darauf steht, ist es hier auf jeden Fall vonnöten, wenn man denn die Nerven hat, diese monoton-rhythmischen, sehr düsteren Lärmkompositionen zu ertragen. Aber laut Hören ist Pflicht! Und dann wird man die Schweizer entweder Kielholen wollen oder lieben. (8 Punkte von 10) |
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| GAZ-ETA, Tom Sekowski, February 2007 | ||
Herpes Ö DeLuxe is a Swiss band who has been hopping the fields of atmospheric noise, electronica and harsh sounds for the last decade. "Kielholen” is their debut for RM74’s Hinterzimmer imprint and presents a sombre archive of some of their work done between 1997 and 2005. Considering the band usually builds up momentous 30 to 50 minute pieces, having their work edited down to song length is a let down. With that said, this record is not meant to be a "best of” collection but a means to preserve some pieces that would simply disappear in the band’s archives. As they’re found in their edited forms, the sounds walk a fine line between utter noise, industrial sounds and atmospheric electronics. Considering Mäder produced the record, he allowed himself the liberty to use an organ. "Ruhig Stellen” features an overabundance of organ sustain, while devilish vocals drown underneath a thick smegma of indiscernible electric wails. One of the better moments arrives on "Boiled Rice”, where a thinly veiled organ is pushed into a walloping, thickly distorted soup. The final track features bits and pieces of percussion that is echoed in a cavernous room. All tracks are equally dreary. No surprise that no joyful rays of sun peer through the clouds, which means the mood is overbearing and gloomy. My only concern is the CD could have been utilized to its fullest. In clocking at just over 40 minutes, it leaves out much work the quartet released that may interest other newcomers. Coming straight out of the deepest, darkest pits of hell, isn’t it time you too got acquainted with these sounds? |
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| Bad Alchemy, Feburary 2007 |
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Havarie von Herpes Ö DeLuxe gehörte zu meinen Favoriten 2003. Die vier Schweizer, deren Künstlernamen Von Wurstfinger, Hess, BlindDoc & Roger.Z eigentlich alles andere versprechen, hatten sich als Regisseure von markantem Cinema pour l'oreille entpuppt. Ihr Landsmann Reto Mäder aka rm74 hat nun in ihrem Archiv der Jahre 1997-2005 gekramt und aus Exzerpten ihrer typischerweise längeren Stücke die Kompilation Kielholen (Hint01) geformt. Nicht nur die Auswahl, auch die Postproduction trägt seine Handschrift, so dass man nicht Herpes Ö DeLuxe direkt hört, sondern quasi durch Mäders Augen und Ohren gefiltert. Der Schwerpunkt liegt so weniger auf den cineastischen und epischen Elementen als vielmehr auf den "Song-Qualitäten der 7 Ausschnitte. Die beim hinkenden Beat von "Fern der Hoffnung" und seinem tickenden Wecker oder dem rhythmischen Fetzer "Tief unten” auf der Hand liegen. Zerzauste wie "Ruhig stellen” fesseln mit vocal samples, vor allem wenn sie nicht wirklich zu verstehen sind, so dass die Phantasie einen Satzfetzen wie "Ein unbedeckter Kopf..." oder "Alles Komische..." selbst zu ergänzen versucht. "Funkenflug" und "Im Moos" prasseln zuerst wie Feuer, bevor sich ersteres orchestral anreichert und letzteres zu einem Marschtritt zurecht loopt und schließlich beide Illusionen in Rauschen und Fauchen und einem monotonen Automatenbeat untergehen. Das dröhnminimalistische "Boiled Rice” wird durchzogen von pfeifenden und sirrenden Loops, die ineinander rotieren. Bei "Nichtsdestotrotz" klopft das Schicksal an wie die Pauken eines Trauermarsches, der Vordergrund dröhnt und flattert und feine Ohren mögen sogar die Geisterstimmen wispern hören, die das kataklystische Gebrause und Geknirsche durchzischeln. |
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| Gonzo Magazine 07/07 |
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Het electro-akoestisch oor van Reto Mäder slaapt nooit. Zeker niet wanneer het geconfronteerd wordt met middenklassentuinen of the plichtbewuste tramconductrices. Veldopnames en lawaaierige installaties worden opgezogen in flarden gemanipuleerde en pure klanken van een breed instrumentarium (van zowat alle snaarinstrumenten over trombone tot papier). Op de cd 'Pirouetten' wordt samengewerkt met RLW (P16.D4), wat leidt tot een boeiende mix van zuivere musique concrete, dreunexperimenten en een onverwachte ritmische uitspatting. Het gelimiteerde kleinood is mooi verpakt in een transparant A5 doosje met één boomfoto voor elke tracktitel. Dezelfde namen, een identiek verpakkingsformaat en een nog uitgebreider klankenpalet (harp, ontstemde bas) vinden we terug op de ambitieuze dubblecd 'Fireproof In 8 Parts'. Mäder duikt ook op als gastmuzikant op de cd 'Kielholen' van zijn labelmaatje Herpes Ö DeLuxe. Al is het woord gastmuzikant een onderschatting van de feiten: Mäder kreeg onbeperkt toegang tot een archief van improvsatiematieraal, plakte één en ander aan elkaar en voegde ook eigen klanken toe. Stemmetjes en vervormde concrete geluiden verdrinken in een dreunbad waar gecomponeerde nevenklanken (defecten) hen uit hun slaap houden. Herpes Ö DeLuxe is onderschat, ondergewaardeerd en vliegt al jaren net onder de radar van de dronekenners. Het is uw verdomde plicht om hier onverwijld verandering in te bringen. |
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| Sands-Zine, Alfredo Rastelli, May, 2007 |
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Hinterzimmer è la nascente etichetta discografica formata dagli svizzeri Reto Mäder (già conosciuto come RM74, trovate la recensione del suo precedente disco negli archivi) e Roger Ziegler. Quest’ultimo fa parte del collettivo Herpes Ö Deluxe il cui "Kielhole” è anche il primo lavoro licenziato dalla label. L'esperimento è interessante è nasce così: il gruppo è un quartetto di Berna attivo già da un decennio, dedito alla realizzazioni di sonorità che spaziano dal noise all’industrial, all’elettronica, ottenute con modalità che prevedono: 1) l’uso di strumentazioni varie (si va dagli aggeggi analogici ad altri autocostruiti), 2) la decostruzione di loops e turntables e 3) l’utilizzo delle drum machine. Le suite scaturite da tutto questo ben di dio sono sempre state suonate una, al massimo due volte, prima di essere archiviate, dando così sempre la priorità allo sviluppo in divenire del loro universo sonoro. "Kielholen” viene fuori dall’interessamento di RM74, Reto Mäder, il quale, operando una scelta sul vasto catalogo della band, ha preparato una sorta di "best moments” (ritoccando anche qua e la, nella produzione), risultante omogeneo ed interessantissimo. A fare da sbarramento ad eventuali deragliamenti sonori, c’è la predominante componente post-industrial (Im Moos) che, insieme ai frammenti di ambient isolazionista (inquietante la lynchiana di Funkenflug), ai drone elettronici come beat di fondo (notevole il crescendo in Tief Unten), e alle istanze minimaliste (Ruhig Stellen), permeano tutto il disco di un atmosfera apocalittica e ipnotica niente affatto distante da quella creata dai Loop Orchestra (se fossero un collettivo elettronico). |
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| Octopus, Laurent Catala, March 2007 |
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Parfois comparé à Lustmord, le quatuor suisse Herpes Ö Deluxe se complaît dans une approche dark-ambient croisant expérimentations électro-acoustiques et digressions noise atmosphériques sous des lueurs industrielles blafardes. Une approche beaucoup plus artisanale donc que celle du musicien américain, confortée par l’utilisation d’un matériel analogique fourni mais également par la complicité de machines construites par leurs propres soins, selon un déterminisme volontairement organique de la masse sonore produite. Kielholen se dévoile donc avec une progressivité rampante, alanguie, en étirant à l’envi ses longs paysages sonores mêlant bandes sons urbaines et impressionnisme romantique noir dans des scénarios au raffinement plombé. Une plongée aspirante dans une mise en abîme sonore délicieusement intemporelle. |
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| Blow Up, Nicola Catalano, March 2007 |
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Fosse uscitouana quindicina d’anni fa, in piena temperi post-industrial, il nuovo disco degli svizzeri Herpes Ö DeLuxe avrebbe probabilmente fatto il botto. Oggi che quegli stessi suoni sono di fatto ampiamente datati (istituzionalizzati?), sennoché li si consideri prodromi di un revival prossimo venturo o vintage ex novo, si deve comunque plaudire alla competenza del quartetto di Berna nell’assemblaggio di un potente concentrato brutista. Complice il collega Reto Mäder, che va a rovistare negli archivi della formazione per estrarne materiale inedito da riplasmare ad hoc, la macchina del tempo approntata dai nostri funziona egregiamente nelle definizione di una generale atmosfera di torvo borbottare rumorista. A volte basta solo un buon meccanico che faccia per tempo tagliando e revisione… (7) |
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| Rockerilla, Roberto Mandolini, February 2007 |
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Il collettiva di Berna Herpes Ö DeLuxe è attivo da una decina d’anni nel campo del rumorismo elletroacoustico. I loro dischi sono stati pubblicati principalmente dall’etichetta svizzera everestrecords e da piccole altre label dedite al noise più underground. L’ultimo lavoro del gruppo vede la luce per la neonata Hinterzimmer ("Kielholen” è il primo titolo in catalogo). La musica contenuta nel disco è frutto die improvvisazioni in studio con strumenti smontati o autocostruiti: pezzi di musica rimasti nei cassetti degli Herpes Ö DeLuxe e poi consegnati alle mani di Reto Mäder.(aka RM74) che ha curato la produzione modellando il carateristico magma sonoro del quartetto svizzero in una specie di raccolta di canzoni. (6/10) |
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| bodyspace.net, Miguel Arsénio, March 2007 | ||
Preste-se uma vénia à Antena 2 pela riqueza de uma programação que parece ter substância mais que suficiente para contrariar o livre abuso das rádios que funcionam a partir de lavagens cerebrais e playlists absolutamente estagnadas. A vénia é forçosa desde que escutado um programa de autoria incógnita que emitia a abençoada rádio no início da madrugada de 14 de Outubro do ano passado. Num regresso a casa, após testemunhado o semear de inferno na ZDB pela mão dos CAVEIRA e Comets on Fire, era uma hermética estranheza que dominava a onda hertziana, com colagens de tapes arrastadas, drones turvos e selecção culta de monólogos obsessivamente dedicados a insectos. O impressionismo Murnau reaproveitado na era dos arquivistas e uma das mais incomodativas surpresas a bordo de um carro nos tempos recentes. A emissão interceptada podia até ser Kielholen, primeiríssimo lançamento da recém-estreada label Hinterzimmer, já que essa era esteticamente semelhante à selecção que Reto Mäder (também ele assalariado da casa) montou a partir do arquivo mais obscuro acumulado pelo quarteto Herpes Ö Deluxe entre 1997 e 2005. Ao que se sabe, as peças chegam a ser selecções mais representativas de momentos cujas rotas crescentes ou descendentes podem até ter sido decepadas (a hipótese de bluff também não deve ser descartada). Pesou a mão de Reto Mäder que conferiu a devida edição e pós-produção, sem que o presente segundo longa-duração represente um trabalho de colaboração. Para mais, colaborar com os Herpes Ö Deluxe parece, ao que dá a entender o sombrio Kielholen, implicar uma compatibilidade clínica de sintonias dementes com um apetite especial pela vistoria de texturas doentias, bem situadas à esquerda de tudo aquilo que possa integrar, à luz do dia, um meigo corpo pop. Vampirizam-se mutuamente o borbulhar de graves arrítmicos, apontamentos alarmistas desrespeitosos para com o sincronismo tipicamente suíço, electrónica convulsa e parasitária (pelo modo como reveste os corpos circulares mais próximos), as recorrentes e nauseantes tapes corroídas pelas enzimas de um estômago de jibóia. Em "Ruhig Stellen”, a fricção ácida de um feixe sonoro serve para emular aquilo que pode ser o chiar dos pneus que movem um carro condenado a acabar demolido. Os Herpes Ö Deluxe deliram com a infinidade de hipóteses que oferece o ruído quando sujeito a um tratamento incidente na sua elasticidade. Com isso, perfazem o fim do mundo ou a aurora de uma imprevisibilidade que muita falta faz à rádio por cá. |
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| GoMag, Vidal Romero, February 2007 | ||
No es muy habitual tropezar con sellos dedicados al jander que vengan del pais de los relojes de cuco, el queso gruyere y las vacas pintadas de morado (estan Spezialmaterial, Stattmusik y poco mas), asi que habra que saludar con efusion a Hinterzimmer, un recién nacido dedicado a la electroacustica con manga ancha, que arranca con sendos proyectos a cargo de los dos socios fundadores, Reto Mäder y Roger Ziegler. El primero se hace llamar RM74 y en "Fireproof in 8 parts”, su cuarto disco, fabrica un punado de collage en los que se alternan grabaciones de cambo, ruidos de naturaleza industrial y tormentas de feedback con partes de piano acustico, cuerdas, campanitas y guitarras maltratadas. Una mezcia que a veces se le escapa de las manos a Mäder, pero que cuando funciona produce piezas de interés muy resenable. Ziegler, por su parte, forma parte de la célula de musica improvisada Herpes Ö DeLuxe, un cuarteto que, a pesar del nombre, no tiene nada que ver con la critica musical: ellos prefieren amalgamar electronica e instrumentation real en una suerte de todo vale ("electronique bruitiste”, lo llaman ellos), y que encuentra su habitat natural sobre los escenarios. "Kielholen”, su primer y recomendable disco, es en realidad una seleccion de grabaciones en directo, recortadas y remezcladas para la ocasion por RM74, en las que queda clara su pasion por los ambientes tensos y los sonidos ariscos. Y la verdad es que uno se queda con ganas de ver en vivo a estos habiles herederos de Einstürzende Neubauten. A poder ser, en una sala pequena y llena de humo. |
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| Playlist in MUMA Radio Dreyeckland Freiburg (GER), 102.3 FM, 28.3.2008 1. RLW & TITO Gabentisch Grossstadt (Hinterzimmer) 2. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Fern Der Hoffnung (Hinterzimmer) 3. Kiko C. Esseiva - Quelque Part Sous Les Etoiles (Hinterzimmer) 4. Yoshio Machida - Scene 5 (Baskaru) 5. Chris Abrahams / Mike Cooper - Oeanic Feeling-like Part Two (Room40) 6. Louis Dufort - Materio 1 (Empreintes Digitales) 7. Pure Sound - Moody Bastard Out Drinking (Euphonium) 8. Pure Sound - To You My Dearest (Euphonium) 9. Pure Sound - Breath Deep, My Love (Euphonium) 10. Pure Sound - Dialect Poetry (Euphonium) 11. Pure Sound - Square Thing (Euphonium) |
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| Playlist in Avaruusromua YLE Radio 1 Finnland, 13.5.2007 1. The Strato Ensemble - Higher Losing (Drawn Straws) 2. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Boiled Rice (Kielholen) 3. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma: Aberration of Starlight (The Garden of Forking Paths) 4. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Our Way was Lit by Moonlight (The Garden of Forking Paths) 5. The Alps - Tintinabulations (Jewelt Galaxies/Spirit Shambles) 6. Luc Ferrari - Madame de Shanghai |
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| Playlist in MUMA Radio Dreyeckland Freiburg (GER), 102.3 FM, 13.5.2007 1. erikM & Thomas Lehn - Les Protorythmiques (Room40) 2. Tom Hall - 2 (Nightrider) 3. Aethenor - 1 (VHF) 4. RM74/RLW - Pirouetten (Crouton) 5. RM74 - Mellow (Hinterzimmer) 6. RM74 - Involve (Hinterzimmer) 7. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Fern der Hoffnung (Hinterzimmer) 8. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - All Hands (everestrecords) |
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| Playlist "Fennesz en Herpes Ö DeLuxe" in NPS Folio Concertzender NL, 25.4.2007 Herpes Ö Deluxe - 'Kielholen' (Hinterzimmer): 1. Fern der Hoffnung 2. Tief unten 3. Nichtsdestotrotz Fennesz - 'Endless Summer' (Mego): 1. Endless Summer 2. A Year In A Minute 3. Caecilia 4. Got To Move On 5. Happy Audio 6. Badminton Girl 7. Endless |
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| Playlist in Framework Resonance FM 104.4 FM London, 25.04.2007 1. Das Synthetische Mischgewebe - That Which Swallows (Celestial Dragon) 2. Nich Sellen - The Sound Of Reading 3. Rob Grant - Green Lanes 4. Matt Shoemaker - Spots In The Sun Track 2 (Helen Scarsdale Agency) 5. Blaerp - Plankton State (Celestial Dragon) 6. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Funkenflug (Hinterzimmer) 7. Yannick Dauby - Cetaean Lethargy (Celestial Dragon) 8. Matt Shoemaker - Spots In The Sun Track 4 (Helen Scarscale Agency) 9. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Ruhig Stellen (Hinterzimmer) 10. Sebastiane Hegarty - Mo (Nu) Ment SSV7_4:4 11. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Nichtsdestotrotz (Hinterzimmer) |
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| Playlist in Kunstkamera No. 21 (Soundtrack To The 7th Annual Forex Forum) www.zvuuk.podomatic.com, 20.04.2007 1. Herpes Ö Deluxe - Fern der Hoffnung (Hinterzimmer) 2. Merzbow - Tract 1 (Blossoming Noise) 3. Knyaz Mishkin - Lebedrakdashuka (Akatzia) 4. Poochlatz - Not Just A Conflict (Maor Appelbaum) 5. Kritchev vs Ban - There Will Be Dancing Tonight 6. Genetic Transmission - Chrzaszcz Brzmi W Trcinie Track (Tochnit Aleph) 7. Kimmo Pohjonen - Aroma (Rockadillo) 8. Alexei Borisov - Extra-kt (Zeromoon) 9. To Live & Shave In L.A. - 1641 (Blossoming Noise) 10. Anton Nikkila - Cobol (N&B Research Digest) 11. Sudden Infant - Noise Relaxation (Blossoming Noise) |
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| Playlist in Oltre in confine RAI1, 28.02.2007 1. Baby Dee - Three Men (Precording) 2. Mika Vainio - Revitty (Wavetrap) 3. Dat Politics - Step Back (Tigerbeat 6) 4. Winning - End Lick (Ache) 5. Stuntman 5 - Hazel (Effervescence) 6. The Patriotic Sunday - Billy Jean (Effervescence) 7. Lawrence English - For Varying Degrees Of Winter (Baskaru) 8. Coh - Path #1 (Raster Noton) 9. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Nichtdestotrotz (Hinterzimmer) 10. Gutevolk - Seed Of Sky (Noble) 11. Jean Francoise Laporte - Mantra (23five) |
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| Playlist in Mixed Bag O’Nails Resonance 104.4 FM London, 23.02.07 1. Circle - Gaurila (Last Visible Dog) 2. Frank Rothkamm - Relikt (Monochrome Vision) 3. Spotlight - Sane Al (Grand Deceiver) 4. Alexei Borisov & Anton Nikkilä - Metaphysics Of Swing (Research Digest) 5. Ergo Phizmiz - SymphonieVum (Womb) 6. The Caution Curves - Christmas (Sockets) 7. Tarantism - Occam's Razor (Resipiscent) 8. Herpes Ö Deluxe - Funkenflug (Hinterzimmer) 9. Greg Malcolm and Tetuzi Akiyama - Comes And Goes (Korm Plastics) 10. Richard Lerman - Promenade Version (EM) 11. Das Synthetische Mischgewebe - Ephemera Part II (Monochrome Vision) 12. Cultural Amnesia - Scars for E (Anna Logue) 13. Lieutenant Caramel - Le Concert Des Anges (Monochrome Vision) 14. Corsican Paintbrush - Goldenrod Fields (Digitalis) 15. Nick Didkovsky - Tube Mouth Bow String (Pogus) |
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| Playlist in Mute FM Brussel Belgium, 98.8 FM, 6.2.2007 1. !!! - Heart Of Hearts (Warp) 2. Maria Taylor - A Good Start (Saddle Creek) 3. Andrew Bird - Imitosis (Fargo) 4. Johnny Pacheco - El agua del clavelito (Fania) 5. Julie’s haircut - Open Wound (Homesleep) 6. Clark - Ted (Warp) 7. Sentridoh - Yawning Blue Messiah (Acuarela) 8. Gruff Rhys - Painting People Blue (Rough Trade) ---Interview Bloc Party--- 9. Fennesz - Caecilia (Editionsmego) 10. Do Make Say Think - You, You’re Awesome (Constellation) 11. Tuk - Low Carb Love ((k-raa-k)3) 12. Wolf eyes - The Driller (Sub pop) 13. RM74 - Quirk (Hinterzimmer) 14. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Fern der Hoffnung (Hinterzimmer) |
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| Playlist in Concept muSICK Radio Dreyeckland Freiburg (GER), 102.3 FM, 2.2.2007 01. Reuber - Altweiber (Staubgold) 02. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Fern der Hoffnung (Hinterzimmer) 03. RM74/RLW - Hanswurst, lethargisch, aber guter dinge (Crouton) 04. RM74 - Part9 : LoFire - Mellow (Hinterzimmer) 05. RM74/RLW - Kontrollpunkt am Herzen der Volksseele (Crouton) 06. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Ruhig stellen (Hinterzimmer) 07. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Trunkenes Schiff (Everestrecords) 08. RM74/RLW - Herz schlägt noch (Crouton) 09. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - 13. Kaverne (Everestrecords) |
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| Playlist in MUMA Radio Dreyeckland Freiburg (GER), 102.3 FM, 2.2.2007 01. Lawrence English - Swan (Baskaru) 02. @c - 33 - Study (Grain Of Sound) 03. Reuber - Tausendnadelwind (Staubgold) 04. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Fern der Hoffnung (Hinterzimmer) 05. RM74 - Involve (Hinterzimmer) 06. Interview with RM74 about Fireproof in 8 parts 07. RM74 - A stroke of Lightning (Hinterzimmer) |
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| Playlist in Battiti Radio Rai / Radio 3 Italy, 2.2.2007 1. Mark E. Smith - Football Results (Sonic Arts Network) 2. The Trachtenburg Family Slideshow Players - Lets Not Have The Same Weight In 1978 (Sonic Arts Network) 3. Viktoria Frey - Ich hab dich ausgetragen (Tracce) 4. Hugh Hopper - Lonely Woman (Cuneiform) 5. Sabir Mateen/ Daniel Carter - On The Full Moon (Tracce) 6. World Saxophone Quartet - Blue Diamond (Justin Time) 7. Jazz-O-Rama - Ciclo di Film e Documentari - Roma dal 5.2. al 5.3.2007 8. RM74 - Night Enfold (Hinterzimmer) 9. The Alps - O Wind (Spekk) 10. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Phases of the Moon (Spekk) 11. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Fern der Hoffnung (Hinterzimmer) 12. Jefre Cantu-Ledesma - Feast Of The Pentecost (Spekk) 13. The Alps - Autumn Rhythm (Spekk) 14. RM74 - Passionate (Hinterzimmer) 15. Jon Hendricks - The Shouter (Pacific Jazz) 16. Pat Martino - Twisted Blues (Blue Note) |
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| Playlist in Concept muSICK Radio Dreyeckland Freiburg (GER), 102.3 FM, 19.1.07 1. Rosy Parlane - Part One (Touch) 2. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Tief unten (Hinterzimmer) 3. RM74 - Morbus Fidel (Hinterzimmer) 4. Rosy Parlane - Part Three (Touch) 5. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Fern der Hoffnung (Hinterzimmer) 6. RM74 - Mellow (Hinterzimmer) 7. RM74 - A Stroke Of Lightning (Hinterzimmer) 8. Herpes Ö DeLuxe - Nichtsdestotrotz (Hinterzimmer) |
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