RIYL: Cabaret Voltaire, Psychic TV, sacred geology, Chariots of the Gods, autochthonous audiology
Enigmatic California duo German Army creates often-portentous music illuminated by fading cultural voices and barren, shifting lands. Following a dizzying array of tapes, CDs and LPs in the last three years, the first four GeAr cassettes of 2014 share broader musical approaches. And collectively, they suggest a system of conceptual continuity that’s just begging to be deciphered with a Walkman and a few batteries. Our humble release of the quartet, “Tassili Plateau,” feels like the keystone of them all, music and message(s?) slowly coming into focus. Short, taut songs, visited by Bollywood dervishes with freckles of exotica, buttressed by fried drum machines lifted from the quarterdeck of Captain (Richard H) Kirk himself, and musically expanded to allow for moments of warmth and redemption, this might be the best outing by German Army yet.
GERMAN ARMY resides in LOS ANGELES
Limited edition of 75 pro-dubbed & imprinted chrome cassettes w/ download card
sold out
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TRACKLISTING
1. Border Marsh
2. Mumbai
3. Antiseptic
4. Crooning Ignorance
5. Indian Beast
6. Vermin
7. Nepalese
8. Bondage
9. Sexual Cycle Of Human Norms
10. Smooth Voice
11. Goa