dense press release: tomlab

[annibale picicci <annibale@xxxxxxxx>]

i apologize for crossposting and shameless plugging: here's some highly
recommended wonderful new releases on cologne-based label tomlab. for more
infos and/or sound bites click on the links.

annibale

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JÜRGEN DE BLONDE - hidden rabbit (CD tomlab/tom10)

Jürgen De Blonde is the man behind the project Köhn, an
electronica-bedroom-project with two CD releases on the belgian (K-RAA-K)3
label, filled with a lot of weird skippings and bleeps. Foreign press hyped
the guy so much it resulted in a several concerts through Europe and a
"request" support act for Sonic Youth in Brussels. And indeed, Köhn is one
of the few electronic acts which is really enjoyable and refreshing to see
performing.

With his CD for tom, following his contributions to the highly acclaimed
?for friends" compilation (tom6) Jürgen De Blonde is taking a big step
towards more guitar oriented popmusic  experimenting with beats and
melodies like he is born to do nothing other than that. Wonderful guitars
and vocals break down the barriers between hi-tech-electronica and songs.
His soundlibrary still shows fidelity to the Köhn soundlibrary but the
vocals and guitars bring very news facettes into the sound spectrum and if
you listen closely, you'll discover real popmusic.

http://www.tomlab.de

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AERON BERGMAN - The tale of the unhappy American (CD tomlab/tom11)

The Tale of the Unhappy American  (tom11) is the first full release by
AERON BERGMAN on tomlab and follows his contribution to the 'for friends'
label compilation (tom6) under the name UNDERWOOD. The time for that
release seems to be just right since it falls right next to the christmas
period - at least for most of our friends in the northern hemisphere.

AERONS BERGMAN says: this is a sci-fi tale meant to be enjoyed by a
fireside on a cold winter sunday afternoon. The sun sets and soon leaves
the window pane dark blue. Wrap a knit quilt around yourself (and a loved
one), sit back with a cup of your favorite hot drink, and let this story
wrap its lazy electricity around you.

TOM says: These are the most beautiful electronic sounds I have heard in a
long long time thoughtfully arranged from the first to the last second. It
leaves a long gap between improvised laptop sounds and advanced dsp based
composition techniques. It even managed to slip into my dreams where I was
looking from the safe spot down from the mountains where the fires are
(terrible fight track) it all seemed so real in perfect cinemascope format!

http://www.tomlab.de