(Catalogue no. 15120)
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| Title: |
Rideau |
| Artist: |
Tape |
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Label: |
Hapna |
| Format: |
CD |
| Price: |
€ 12.50 |
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Title Description:
Finally the third studio CD by Tape (their fourth release if you count the live album ÔMort Aux VachesÕ), the trio of the brothers Andreas and Johan Berthling and Tomas Hallonsten. They play acoustic guitars, samples, computer, field recordings and maybe even an electric guitar. The previous two studio CDs were recorded in rural parts of Sweden, but for ÔRideauÕ they went to Cologne to recorded under supervision of Marcus Schmickler. I can't say it helped, but it certainly changed the sound of Tape. It seems as if musical events are more present in the mix, without being ÔharshÕ, more clearer and apparent. Without losing their sense for experiments, nor the wish to make it more poppy, Tape is still on the edge of experimental music meeting pop, or vice versa. They don't use vocals, or even samples from vocals, which makes this still far away from the world of real popmusic, but Tape crafts minimal tunes, walking the thin line between acoustic guitar playing, drone pieces of their melodica and bon tempi organs and computer processed field recordings. The addition of horns in ÔSunrefrainÕ and violins in ÔA SpireÕ make their marks for an even extended sound in the future. Can't wait for the next one. Slow, peaceful and pastoral: Tape is simply beautiful music.
Frans de Waard, Vital Weekly
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