Kammerflimmer Kollektief


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Maander (1999), 7/10
Incommunicado (2000), 6/10
Hysteria (2001), 7/10
Cicadidae (2003), 6.5/10
Absencen (2005), 7/10
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Kammerflimmer Kollektief is a German collective led by Thomas Weber. Maander (Payola, 1999), that collects the first two EPs by Weber alone, fused jazz, rock and electronica in a novel way, emphasizing the visceral aspect of each. Incommunicado (Payola, 2000) and especially Hysteria (Temporary Residence Limited, 2001) organized the material in a less spontaneous but more ambitious way, achieving a form of evocative glitch-rock that could be the equivalent of the old ECM sound for the new century.

The playful Cicadidae (Temporary Residence, 2003) was generally less serious, but actually furthered the merging of post-rock, droning ambient, glitch techno, sampling and improvised music, that resulted in the more organic, balanced and elegant (and sometimes bleak) compounds of Absencen (Staubgold, 2005). The glacial Lichterloh is born almost exactly at the intersection of minimalist repetition, easy-listening languor and free-jazz mayhem. The eight-minute Die Voegel Sangen Draussen Ihre Ungereimte Melodie is instead a project to disassemble the unity of those genres: a loose aggregate of chirping violin and saxophone, disjointed drumming, piercing drones and tenuous organ notes. The suspense and tension of Nachtwache 15 September is generated by a conflation of unresolved symphonic phrases and free-form percussion. The calm watery soundscape of Equilibrium, the stately threnody of Unstet (for Gun Club's Jeffrey Lee Pierce), the tropical jazzy fanfare of Shibboleth are different faces of the same inscrutable moon.

Jinx (Staubgold, 2007) emphasized the vocals of Heike Aumuller. Then came Im Erwachten Garten (2008), with the collaboration of Dietmar Dath, Wildling (recorded between 2007 and 2009), Teufelskamin (recorded between september 2010 and june 2011) and Desarroi (recorded between 2013 and 2014), There Are Actions Which We Have Neglected And Which Never Cease To Call Us (Bureau B, 2018), etc.

(Translation by/ Tradotto da Tobia D'Onofrio)

Kammerflimmer Kollektief è un collettivo tedesco capitanato da Thomas Weber. Maander (Payola, 1999), che raccoglie i primi due EP di Weber da solo, fondeva jazz, rock ed elettronica in modo singolare, enfatizzando l’aspetto viscerale comune ai tre generi. Il materiale di Incommunicado (Payola, 2000) e soprattutto di Hysteria (Temporary Residence Limited, 2001) era organizzato in modo meno spontaneo, ma più ambizioso, dando vita ad un tipo di glitch-rock evocativo che potrebbe essere l’equivalente del vecchio sound degli ECM adattato al nuovo secolo.

Il vivace Cicadidae (Temporary Residence, 2003) era in genere meno austero, ma in realtà sviluppava la mescolanza di post-rock, droning ambient, glitch techno, campionamenti ed improvvisazione, che ha dato per risultato la miscela più organica, armoniosa ed elegante di Absencen (Staubgold, 2005). La glaciale Lichterloh nasce quasi esattamente dall’intersezione di ripetizione minimalista, calma easy-listening ed mutilazione free-jazz. La composizione di otto minuti Die Voegel Sangen Draussen Ihre Ungereimte Melodie è invece un progetto per distruggere l’unità di quei generi: un libero aggregato di violino e sassofono stridenti, percussioni sconnesse, ronzii penetranti e lievi note di organo. La suspence e la tensione di Nachtwache 15 September sono generate da una combinazione di fraseggi sinfonici irrisolti e percussioni a struttura libera. La calma atmosfera liquida evocata da Equilibrium, la solenne trenodia di Unstet (per Jeffrey Lee Pierce dei Gun Club), la fanfara tropicale jazzata di Shibboleth, sono facce differenti della stessa inscrutabile luna.

Kammerflimmer Kollektief's 12th album Schemen (recorded from may 2018 to july 2022) featured Johannes Frisch (double bass), Christopher Brunner (drums), Thomas Weber (electric guitar), and Heike Aumuller (harmonium and synthesizer).

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