Mohn, the latest collaboration by Wolfgang Voigt and Jörg Burger, will release its first album in April.
Mohn's self-titled debut album has a style that is quintessentially Burger and Voigt, combining elements of ambient, krautrock and experimental techno. It will be their first album together since [Las Vegas], their 1996 effort under the name Burger/Ink.
Tracklist01. Einrauschen02. Schwarzer Schwan03. Ambientot04. Saturn05. Seqtor 8806. Das Feld07. Ebertplatz 202008. Mohn09. Wiegenlied
Kompakt will release Mohn on April 23rd, 2012.
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:03 (1 year ago) Permalink
initially disappointed that there weren't any Roxy Music titles, but that sounds great!
― with hidden noise, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:31 (1 year ago) Permalink
there was a roxy title for their track on pop ambient 2012 :)
― jabba hands, Wednesday, 7 March 2012 22:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
I saw the debut Mohn performance in January! It was outstanding - the highlight of CTM festival. Psyched for the ablum.
― The nIce Age (S-), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:00 (1 year ago) Permalink
It's great that WV is releasing more music these days, his productions were scarce during Kompakt's "golden age" or w/e
― riding on a cloud (blank), Thursday, 8 March 2012 02:19 (1 year ago) Permalink
This sounds exciting! IMO Jörg Burger is the better producer of the two, but Las Vegas did have an unique quality that isn't there in Burger's other work (he's more of romantic, compared to Voigt's formalism), so hopefully they can catch that again.
― Tuomas, Thursday, 8 March 2012 08:41 (1 year ago) Permalink
this album is fucking fantastic
― ilxor, Saturday, 28 April 2012 23:54 (1 year ago) Permalink
Mohn, that is
It's nice, but where are the bloody beats?! I'm not saying it should be a dance record, but clearly it's not a pure ambient record either, so I think some good beats would've made it better. Also, while I liked "Ebertplatz 2020", I didn't expect the whole album to sound the same; everything is in the same, slowed down druggy tempo, it gets a bit boring after a while. Even though Las Vegas wasn't a dance album either, it had a good kinetic quality that this one is kinda lacking. It feels like Mike Ink's contribution to this was bigger than with Las Vegas (which doesn't sound that different from Jörg Burger's albums of the era, just more experimental), which isn't necessarily a good thing.
― Tuomas, Friday, 4 May 2012 06:25 (1 year ago) Permalink
combining elements of ambient, krautrock and experimental techno
this more or less sums it up, tho i question how meaningful "techno" is in this context. it's a darker record than Burger/Ink, but the same dubby dancefloor propulsion is there, it's just a couple of hours later and everybody's nodding asleep and the rhythm is a throb at the back of yr head
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 May 2012 08:35 (1 year ago) Permalink
like the rhythm is the halfway between motorik and dub and yr internal dj
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 May 2012 08:36 (1 year ago) Permalink
TBH, I don't hear any Krautrock there, and I definitely think the lack of propulsion is the biggest problem with the album. (And I'm not necessarily saying there should be your regular drum machine sounds there, you can have propulsion without them too, as Pole has proven.) Take "Saturn", for example: you have a looping 303 riff and some cool housey strings, so for the first 2 or so minutes you expect the drums to kick in, but they never do... All you get is some free jazz percussion noodling, and as much as I love that kind of stuff in actual free jazz, it doesn't really make sense as the only drum sound in a track that's otherwise techno.
― Tuomas, Friday, 4 May 2012 08:44 (1 year ago) Permalink
apart from maybe the first track this thing pulses along just like Burger/Ink imo but i'm aware we have apparently different ear alignment :p
― like Joe Pasquale and Gandhi (Noodle Vague), Friday, 4 May 2012 08:51 (1 year ago) Permalink
ilxor otm, loving this
― Crackle Box, Friday, 4 May 2012 11:21 (1 year ago) Permalink
<i>Rückverzauberung 6</i> is worth tracking down: it's not quite a return to Gas, but it's certainly a move in that direction, creepy ambience.
― with hidden noise, Friday, 4 May 2012 12:17 (1 year ago) Permalink
― Nilmar Honorato da Silva, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 00:24 (7 months ago) Permalink
what's that from?
― Know how Roo feel (LocalGarda), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 08:48 (7 months ago) Permalink
― willem, Tuesday, 23 October 2012 11:02 (7 months ago) Permalink
Fantastic video!
― Blue Collar Retail Assistant (Dwight Yorke), Tuesday, 23 October 2012 12:52 (7 months ago) Permalink
have you ever wanted to hear a version of ligeti's requiem kyrie created by a german person on a laptop if so rückverzauberung 6 is for you
― things that are jokes pretty much (Nilmar Honorato da Silva), Tuesday, 25 December 2012 04:28 (5 months ago) Permalink
Anyone heard Rückverzauberungs 3 & 4? Neither can be had on Discogs for less than $222.
― with hidden noise, Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:18 (4 months ago) Permalink
I dl'd 3 a while back from somewhere, but it didn't sink in very much - will re-listen.
― sleeve, Thursday, 27 December 2012 00:34 (4 months ago) Permalink
So this whole Erdingertrax thing is really good.
― boxedjoy, Sunday, 17 February 2013 20:54 (3 months ago) Permalink
and the new Voigt & Voigt? I need to hear this properly.
― mmmm, Sunday, 17 February 2013 21:50 (3 months ago) Permalink
Brothers Connected: an interview with Voigt & Voigt
― Alma Mattar Paneer (doo dah), Thursday, 21 February 2013 00:28 (3 months ago) Permalink
looking forward to new v&v. pulled out burger/ink 'las vegas' and it's been warming me up the last week or three.
― andrew m., Thursday, 21 February 2013 01:00 (3 months ago) Permalink