No, again, I am not going to introduce Modelbau to you. It’s Frans, and you all know that. But you don’t know that on the final day of 2023, I got two new releases to review in my mailbox! What a way to end 2023. This last month, I could hardly work and was definitely unable to make music myself due to a broken humerus. So, to be able to write again and write about some nice music was a very nice way to close my activities this year.
The second Modelbau is on Spaltung’s mother label, Licht-Ung, labels operated by Milan Sandbleistift. He not only releases some great music but also makes it himself, and he organizes really amazing events in Leverkusen. Check the links at the bottom and invest some time exploring his activities.
But back to why we’re here, Modelbau’s “Kopf Ab”. A 40-minute CDr in an edition of 31, so when you are ordering the 10″ lathe, you might as well include a copy of this one, too, because it will save you on postage, and you will want to have this one too. The two releases are really entirely different. Where “Honours” was fragile in nature, “Kopf Ab” is like a harsh ambient structure that relentlessly penetrates your mind. The seed of the drone is planted in your brain, and in 20 minutes, it changes ever so slowly into, well, silence. Throbbing, pulsating, mixed into the front of the audio spectrum. And that’s just the first piece! The second piece follows the same road but is a bit less outspoken in the choice of sounds. So don’t get me wrong, it’s still a beauty, but I think I kinda fell in love with that first piece.
As said in the beginning of the review, what a bloody fukkin great way to end 2023. And for you guys and girls to start 2024!
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