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[013] GUIDO MÖBIUS "DISHOEK" LP/CD
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GUIDO MÖBIUS IS A MAN ON THE GO. OUT OF HIS BERLIN OFFICERECORDINGSTUDIO HE OPERATES THE AUTOPILOT MUSIC PUBLISHING HOUSE AND PROMOTES RECORD LABELS SUCH AS SONIG, SMALLTOWN SUPERSOUND AND KLANGBAD. ADDITIONALLY HE RUNS THE SMALL EMPHASE LABEL RELEASING AMONG OTHER THINGS A 7" SERIES OF 1-INSTRUMENT MUSIC AND THE LAST ALBUM BY ANNE LAPLANTINE. AND FIRST AND FOREMOST HE IS A MUSICIAN, NOW CONCENTRATING ON HIS SOLO WORK AND LIVE APPEARANCES WITH BASS PLAYER ALEXEJ GOTTSCHAU AFTER PLAYING IN VARIOUS BAND FORMATIONS.
TWO YEARS AGO HIS SOLO DEBUT "KLISTEN" HAD THE PRESS AND MUSIC LOVERS EVERYWHERE TURN SOMERSAULTS WHEN HEARING THIS WONDERFULLY WHIMSICAL SMORGASBORD OF COUNTLESS TINY SOUNDS AND INSTRUMENTS. ALL MATERIAL ON "KLISTEN" HAD BEEN STRANGELY INTERWOVEN, LAMINATED AND SET AGAINST EACH OTHER YET ALWAYS REMAINING SONGS, ALMOST POP. AND DESPITE ALL THE COMPLEXITY AND CRAFTINESS IT NEVER SOUNDED DIFFICULT, ACADEMIC OR POMPOUS. ONE COULD DIVE INTO THIS MUSIC OR SIMPLY MOVE WITHIN IT AND DISCOVER A NEW PLANT BEHIND EACH CORNER. BUT ONE WOULD NEVER BE LED ASTRAY BY IT. AND IF YOU WALKED THE SAME PATH A FEW DAYS LATER SUDDENLY NEW BUDS HAD GROWN AND SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE CARVED A FEW WEIRD SYMBOLS INTO THE TREES.
AND JUST BEFORE WE STARTED TO MISS GUIDO MÖBIUS HE SURPRISES US WITH "DISHOEK", HIS SECOND ALBUM, RECORDED FOR HAMBURG’S DEKORDER LABEL. AGAIN FEATURING A CONGLOMERATION OF ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRICAL INSTRUMENTS (GUITAR, BASS, VIOLIN, CORNET DRUMS, SYNTHESIZER, CLARINET AMONG OTHER THINGS.) AND A VARIETY OF GUESTS, SO THAT ONE HARDLY DARES TO CALL IT A SOLO ALBUM. STILL EVERYTHING IS MAGICALLY HELD TOGETHER BY ONE SINGLE PERSON. MELODIES AND NOISES, STYLES AND INDIVIDUAL CHARACTERISTICS, INTELLIGENCE AND HUMOUR COLLIDE AND BECOME FRIENDS FOR LIVE. WE HEAR KRAUTROCK MINUS ROCK, FOLK MINUS TRONICS, POP MINUS POPULAR; PSYCHEDELIA MEETS IMPROVISATION MEETS ELECTRONICA WITHOUT THE SLIGHTEST KNOW-IT-ALL APPROACH. STYLES GET INTERMINGLED, COPULATE AND FINALLY DISSOLVE COMPLETELY TO BECOME ONLY MUSIC WITHOUT THE NEED TO BE LABELLED BECAUSE IT IS FUNCTIONING COMPLETELY WITHIN ITS OWN CONTEXT AND NEVER FAILS TO ASTONISH. THE COMPUTER REMAINS A TOOL, NEVER AN END IN ITSELF AND THE ALLEGED SEPARATION OF ACOUSTIC AND ELECTRONIC MUSIC BECOMES COMPLETELY OBSOLETE. WITH ITS WILY DOWN-TO-EARTH APPROACH "DISHOEK" PROVES THAT AN EAGERNESS TO EXPERIMENT AND THE WILL TO EXPLORE UNKNOWN TERRITORIES DO NOT HAVE TO SOUND ARDUOUS YET ALWAYS HAVE THE ABILITY TO GENTLY SURPRISE ANY ADVENTUROUS LISTENER.
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THIS SECOND SOLO ALBUM FROM GUIDO MÖBIUS CONTINUES IN THE LUDIC MODE THAT HAS CHARACTERISED HIS PREVIOUS RELEASES (AMONG THEM A 7" SINGLE OF LOCKED GROOVES ALLOWING DJS TO CONSTRUCT THEIR OWN TRACKS). POLYRHYTHMS AND CONSTANTLY EVOLVING HARMONIES ARE CITED AS THE TWO THINGS THAT OCCUPY HIS MUSICAL THINKING, AND BOTH ARE HEAVILY IN EVIDENCE HERE. DISHOEK'S EIGHT TRACKS ALL PROGRESS WITHOUT DISCERNIBLE REPETITION OF PARTS. WITH THE HELP OF SOME GUEST INSTRUMENTALISTS, MÖBIUS PICKS FROM A SIMPLE BUT ELEGANT INSTRUMENTAL PALETTE INCLUDING CORNET, FLUTE, CLARINET, VIOLIN, GUITAR AND KEYBOARDS, WHICH HE GENTLY TEASES ELECTRONICALLY INTO PLAYFUL, EXPLORATORY MINIATURES. ALL ARE POPULATED BY BURSTS OF FINE RHYTHMIC DETAIL: THE PIZZICATO VIOLIN OPENING "SWEET RAPHAEL" COULD ALMOST BE MISTAKEN FOR A MUTED BANJO, OR THE LAYERED GUITAR HARMONICS ON "SCHLESWIG" WHICH LATER RESOLVE INTO SEESAWING VIOLIN-CORNET LINES. THE ELECTROACOUSTIC COLLAGES OF MOUSE ON MARS ON NIUN NIGGUNG SEEM TO BE A REFERENCE, WITH THE KNOTTY BEAT PROGRAMMING SUBTRACTED TO LEAVE BRIGHT, AIRY AND CLEVER SKETCHES. "KLISTEN" FEATURES AN MBIRA, THE SHONA INSTRUMENT ALSO KNOWN AS THE THUMB PIANO. THE BUZZING OVERTONES WHICH CROWD THE INSTRUMENT'S SOUND ARE CONSIDERED IN AFRICA AS ESSENTIAL TO CLEAR THE HEADS OF BOTH PERFORMER AND AUDIENCE, AND ON THE FIRST TRACK OF THIS CONCISE OUTING, THEY DO JUST THAT, ALLOWING ITS SUBSEQUENT TRACKS TO PROCEED WITH THE LISTENER'S FULL ATTENTION ENGAGED. SAM DAVIES / THE WIRE (ISSUE 260) |
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KRAFT SEINER VERMITTELNDEN POSITION (AUTOPILOT MUSIKVERLAG, EMPHASE LABEL) IST GUIDO MÖBIUS ZENTRALGESTIRN EINES KLEINEN KOSMOS AUS MUSIKERN, DIE FREUNDLICHE, FREI FLIESSEND DAHINTRÄUMENDE UND DOCH HELLWACH KONSTRUIERTE MUSIK MIT EINEM SPIELZIMMMER VOLL INSTRUMENTEN MACHEN, UNTER DENEN RECHNER UND ELEKTRONIK NUR ZWEI VON VIELEN SIND, UND OHNE JEGLICHES GROOVE-DIKTAT EINER DRUMMACHINE. NEUN DIESER MUSIKERFREUNDE SAGEN AUF DIESEM KURZEN, RUNDEN, KONZENTRIERTEN, ZWEITEN SOLOALBUM OHNE SOLOSTÜCKE GUTEN TAG, ALLEN VORAN BETTINA WEBER AN DER VIOLINE. RAUS KOMMMT MUSIK, DIE EINEN NICHT UMHAUT, SONDERN VON HINTEN FLACHLEGT. ALLES, AUCH DIE SPERRIGEREN SOUNDS (SELTEN! - MANCHE VOCALS VIELEICHT), FÜGT SICH ZU EINEM PARADIESGARTEN, AN DEM NOCH DAS KLEINSTE KLANGTIERCHEN SEIN PLÄTZCHEN HAT UND FURCHTLOS AM GENEIGTEN OHR KNABBERN DARF. AM MEISTEN BEGEISTERN MICH DIE GEGEN ANFANG UND ENDE DER CD PLATZIERTEN STÜCKE, IN DENEN MITTENDRIN MELODIEN AUFSTRAHLEN, DIE SIE IN KLEINE GROSSE POPHYMNEN ERHEBEN. EINE RANDVOLLE UND GLEICHZEITIG UNAUFGEREGTE HALBE STUNDE, AN DER ICH MICH GERADE KAUM SATTHÖREN KANN. |
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GUIDO MÖBIUS IST EIN MUSIKALISCHER WUNDERHEILER. SEINE ABSOLUT ZEITGEMÄSSE POP-VARIANTE DER MINIMAL MUSIC ZAUBERT EIN LÄCHELN INS GESICHT, MACHT DIE BRUST FREI UND LUST, ALLE FENSTER WEIT ZU ÖFFNEN. ES GIBT KEINEN MISSKLANG, NICHTS DUNKLES IN DIESER MUSIK, NUR DIE VISION VON EINEM LANG ANHALTENDEN SOMMER, AN DESSEN ENDE NOCH KEINER DENKEN MAG. STOLZ ANSCHWELLENDE TROMPETEN UMSCHWÄRMEN IMMER MAL WIEDER DIE HEITER GEZUPFTE GITARRE, UND MANCHMAL SCHAUT MOONDOG MIT SEINEM WIKINGERHELM LÄCHELND UM DIE ECKE. MIT ALLERLEI GÄSTEN VON F.S.BLUMM BIS THE KAT KOSM EINGESPIELT, DIE ALLERLEI INSTRUMENTE VON DER VIOLINE BIS ZUR KLARINETTE MITGEBRACHT HABEN, SIND RHYTHMISCH KOMPLEXE, ABER OFT OHNE SCHLAGWERK AUSKOMMENDE INSTRUMENTALS ENTSTANDEN, DIE DAS, WAS IRGENDWANN MAL AVANTGARDE HIESS UND SICH EHER IN DER KLASSIKABTEILUNG FINDEN LIESS, IN POP TRANSFORMIEREN. UND POP MEINT HIER: GRENZENLOSE LEICHTIGKEIT. WIE ZUFÄLLIG HERBEIGEWEHTE KLÄNGE UNBESCHWERTER GEBRAUCHSMUSIK. UND DANN PLÖTZLICH ANKLÄNGE AN FREE JAZZ, ANTHONY BRAXTON, VIOLINENKLÄNGE, DIE AUF DIE ZAHNPLOMBEN GEHEN. ABER SELBST DAS IST IN DIESEM KONTEXT NOCH SCHÖN, GANZ UNBEDARFT AUS DEM ÄRMEL GESCHÜTTELT. EIN GROSSER MANN AUF EINEM KLEINEN LABEL. BEIDE VERDIENEN UNSERE AUFMERKSAMKEIT. |