The banjo as a melody maker, the bass as a simple accompaniment and above that the voice of Tierra Whack: It doesn’t take much to turn “Dolly” – from their current EP “Pop?” (Interscope) – into an extraordinary song. She knows that she is busy, but all she wants is to give a little time – the chorus is permanently burned into your memory and the lines in your ear don’t start to run around hectically, but rather close your eyes and enjoy.
It is this path from the predictable, this step to the side, out of the well-trodden paths of pop music, that prevents fadesse. “I never want to go back to this bland soup,” sings Julia santini and makes it immediately clear that uniformity is not yours.
“Ausbruch” (iGroove AG) is a cheeky and smart rock song that makes it clear that this woman does not sell her soul, even if she breaks his rules. Well, Ms. Santini breaks the rules because women and electric guitars – that creates an image that one would rather speak of men than women. Julia Santini is setting an example and, with all her independence, shows that Nina Hagen and Falco are no strangers to her.
If a song manages to be heard quickly and does not say goodbye to it so quickly, then there must be something to it. “Wanted” by Tibursky first came to the ear in the Ambient Remix, where you could fall a little in love with the melody, even if it came along so slowly, as if it were only made for the lounge corner. But somehow this song has something. In the original version, you think you’re in a modern western because the voice and mood are close to country, without actually being country. A dangerous catchy tune because it works so quickly that you can’t even think about it.
For those who like it a little more complex, want to really work their way into music, “Magic Wall” (Seayou Records) is recommended at this point. Verena Zeiner, pianist and composer with a strong connection to jazz, has teamed up with electronic musician and producer Wolfgang Schlögl alias I-Wolf. Their common musical language is a dialogue between worlds. There the analog sound of the piano, there the electronic sounds as a reference of the digital age. The pieces of music by Zeiner I-Wolf find each other in a very idiosyncratic tension, merge and create a story of their own in the head of the listener.
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The exciting thing is on the one hand the bulkiness of the music, which demands stamina from the listener, on the other hand these sound paintings flowing gently into the ear like in “Don’t Look At Me That Way”. Instrumental music with aesthetics and demands, from which emanates a very special, not really explainable fascination. That is argument enough to dedicate oneself to the “Magic Wall”.
Source: Nachrichten
