Built on the soundworld from a single episode of the German police tv series 'Der Alte', energized by retro disco, funk and reggae beats and spiced up with intriquing speech synthesizer and field recording material, this is a joyful, genre-transcending album that will lure you both to dance and to listen.
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Reviews for "Nein Absolut Nicht"
15 reviews
Nice bounciness in the first track, seems I could be in for some light-hearted music in this album. Lots of voice/music combinations to create and enhance the rhythmic structure and motivation of Nein Absolut Nicht. The next track, Etwas Funky, is a lovely piece of funkadelica, delicately done but with a humbleness of fun in funk. Makes it much more enjoyable for that endearing quality alone, let alone the apparent skill in the diversity of the artist.
Nymphenburg Dub collects itself into a thoroughly fine dubstepping track, again more testament to the ability of .doc to wear many hats, and all of them seem to be fine examples of headgear. There continues the dub theme with Hey Papa, again nicely done, quite spacious in performance and interesting listening.
Karussell circles around your head with a cool simplicity and disproportionate effect on the ear to brain relationship. Quite a mix of sound sources that actually slot together wonderfully well. Again, the overall essence of fun endures and endears simultaneously. I once owned a dog called Bruno, and someone suggested the name would have suited a bear, but my parents wouldn't let me have one. Spoilsports, bless them both. More diversity, a decent techno-fusion piece of creativity, with some nice touches towards the end, just to underline the point.
Mein Mann has all the poise and drama of a soundtrack, then the film begins, schwartz-style, film noir. A quiet piece predominated by female voice overs, der Mann getting the odd word in edgeways!-) Brings the thought of Robert Musil to mind, or perhaps more suitably Gunter Grass, or Döblin. Dub returns with the Hauptkommissar, a bureaucracy full of bass, which could be interesting for the filing system.
Komisch a small, simple and intricate play with words, and percussion, with mild moments of dramatic pulsations. A sea shanty towards the end. Tidy. Then, to finish, Kripo München a drama in itself, sounds like an interrogation by music as the truth serum. All-in-all a good bit of fun with sounds. I really quite liked that.
Alors la, je dis oui. Par contre votre tag "Dance", je dis non. Plutôt "New Wave synthétique". A mes yeux, cet album est un mélange de Nitzer Ebb, Anne Clark, Kraftwerk et d'autres aux quels j'ai oublié leurs noms. Bref, que du bon, j'adhère à bloc. Je viens de vous découvrir, et dès que possible, je vais aller voir vos autres albums. A+
Экспериментальная музыка - синтез голосов, хлопанья дверей, взрывающихся петард, телефонных звонков, шума города, а главное - интригующие, завораживающие ритмы.
unterhaltend – abwechslungsreich – wortspielerisch -gestalterisch
wavig - bruchstückartig – konstruiert aber geil
Das Album erinnert an die NWD-Zeit im Stile von Ideal,
Rodgau Monotones, Fehlfarben
DOCH MIT EINEM GANZ EIGENEN STIL, der sich durch alle Songs zieht
Bei Karussell aber dann ...
Ich sag nur: „Der Räuber und der Prinz“ (so der Originaltitel)
Über weite Teil kann ich das Originallied dazu mitsingen
und die Töne/ + Klangfarben sind in einer Abfolge komplett identisch,
als wären sei dem Original entnommen
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das album hat sich schon vor langer zeit auf meiner festplatte eingenistet, und jetzt merk ich mal wieder, dass ich noch gar nicht meinen senf dazu gegeben habe:
grossartig! 1a Spass - Samples aus den alten deutschen Krimis herrlich verwurstet und zusammengestellt - handwerklich gute arbeit, aber auch zum hören einfach klasse und immer wieder einen schmunzler wert - und ich frag mich dann immer, aus welchem krimi das zitat gerade stammt
sehr schön!!
HUMM quel bonheur cet album un delicieux melange de disco,funk,reggae,moi je vous le dit c est de la balle.merci bravo .
but Dance it is not. Originally it said 'Dance' in album's genre and I was very surprised by it, because after listening to Doc's works the last thing I'd get on my mind would be him making a Dance album. However, Doc remains loyal to his exploring and experimental spirit, I'm relieved. So if you're looking for some retro disco don't be misled by the new title - this is not a pop album.
For me personlay it was dizzying.
Berlin 1985...j'ai entendu cela avec ce tempo à l'époque...très bonne réalisation!
affascinante andare oltre ai soliti schemi buoni ma triti essere pionieri a scapito di una vita agiata ma monotona. complimenti