Birke | Leykam | Panasenko
»Bewitched Revelations«
Feb 2006 · 13 Tracks · 58:04 Min.
CD FMA 0615
UPC 684461006155
Entstanden aus der Magie des Augenblicks: »BEWITCHED REVELATIONS« stellt den Nachfolger des 2002 bei FMA erschienenen Albums "Act on Impulse" dar, das seinerzeit bei Hörern und Fachpresse positive Resonanzen erhielt. Die deutsch/amerikanische Zusammenarbeit aus dem Bereich "mystic ambient/industrial sound-sculptures" ist bestens geeignet für faszinierende, subtile Soundtrips abseits der Hektik des Alltags (Kopfhörer antesten!).
Tracks:
1 Obscured in Meaning 4:18, 2 Mental Image 3:37, 3 Desperate Enterprise 6:20, 4 Curfew 2:59, 5 Possessed 4:44, 6 Remain Patient 5:21, 7 Fog Patches 2:32, 8 Disconnected from Everything that's Real 5:01, 9 Take the Plunge 5:01, 10 Lose one's Head 3:18, 11 Past the Crisis 3:27, 12 Astrayed 5:46, 13 Life in the Fast Lane 2:58;
Recorded and mixed between 1999-2004 in the studio of Mark, Birke, Leykam and Panasenko
Pre-Mastered in the studio of Frank Mark, assisted by Roman Leykam and also
Pre-Mastered in the studio of Martin Birke in-Code Music by Martin Birke
Final Mastering in the studio of Jakob Frankensen by Jakob Frankensen, assisted by Roman Leykam
Photos by Roman Leykam
Portrait-Photo of Daniel Panasenko by Dan Hilbert
Artworks by Frank Mark and Roman Leykam.
Produced and performed by Roman Leykam, Martin Birke, Frank Mark and Daniel Panasenko
Martin Birke (electronic perc, drum programming and sequencing, keyboard, synths, thwackoleum*)
Roman Leykam (guitars, guitar synths, guitar treatments)
Daniel Panasenko (hand drums, guitar, loops, ashbory bass, chapman stick, thwackoleum*)
Frank Mark (midi trumpet, voice samples, radio voices)
*thwackoleum: Eigenkonstruktion
mehr von Daniel Panasenko bei Bandcamp
mehr von Martin Birke bei Bandcamp
Roman Leykam Biographie
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- Roman Leykam im Musikmagazin InMusic
... ein Meisterwerk in Sachen ambienter Soundscapes mit hypnotischer Sogwirkung. (INMUSIC 6/06)
... ein abgedrehter Trip ins Ungewisse. (GITARRE&BASS 4/06)
... ein prächtiges düsteres Nachtschattengewächs, probenfrei entstanden aus den Improvisationen der Soundtüftler. (ZEITGEIST 6/06)
... für Risiken und Nebenwirkungen fragen Sie bitte Ihren Neurochirurgen. (KEYS 5/06)
... es zollt den Intuitionen von Fripp, Eno und Laswell Anerkennung in ihrer kreativen Studioarbeit. (CHAINDLK.COM 5/06)
... für den audiophilen Gourmet, der das Besondere liebt. (MUSIKANSICH.DE 4/06)
... Musik aus der Tiefe der Seele. (SIDELINE 6/06)
Bewitched Revelations is the first album I am aware of from the American trio of Martin Birke, Roman Leykam*, and Daniel Panasenko. It features thirteen instrumentals, mostly improvs, recorded over a number of years. Highly programmed, there are lots of loops and sequences as well as programmed percussion, with the odd untreated guitar and bass parts here and there. Samples and MIDI instrumentation further enrich the sonic palette they have to work with. Deeply rhythmic and groovy, I was even reminded of West African percussion sounds at times. There is much in common with electronica and sonic manipulators in a number of "genres" we cover. "Take the Plunge", with its ambient guitar textures, sequences, and repetitive drone, feels like a cross between the work of Klaus Schulze and Zoviet France. This ambient quality pervades the disc, and it should serve equally well for active listening and background activity. It's more my type of ambient music, something pulsating and less static, so take my biases for what they are. If you like such "active ambient" music, or "chill-out electronica", or some other appropriate oxymoron, Bewitched Revelations should be on your shopping list. (Sean McFee at expose.org 3/07); * Roman Leykam: born and living in Germany (remark F.Mark);