EB Video Premiere: Gut Und Irmler – “Früh”
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# EB Video Premiere: Gut Und Irmler – “Früh”
The pinnacle of German electronic music collaborations is fast
approaching. Next month, the prolific [Bureau B][1]{: target="_blank"}
record label will release *500m*, a nine-track collaborative LP from
Krautrock pioneer Joachim Irmler and fellow Deutsche stalwart [Gudrun
Gut][2]{: target="_blank"}. Irmler, a founding member of Faust, first
floated the idea a few years ago, when the Moabit Musik and Monika
Enterprise label boss performed at his Klangbad Festival. "For more than
a decade, I have been following a concept that merges electronics and
percussion, and most of the collaborations were solely among men", he
explained. "I wanted to break with that and asked Gudrun if she would
like to complement my organ improvisations".
The duo finally teamed up to create a record at Faust's studio in Scheer
last fall, and now they've released a track from the album, "Früh",
along with a video made by Gut herself. It's a purposefully amateurish
clip that's easiest to watch with your eyes unfocused---in fact, it
might make you dizzy not to, because it opens with a handheld camera
spinning in circles at an airport terminal. The shots get steadier as
the video progresses and the camera wanders around the rainy runway, but
the video never shakes a lo-fi, spaced-out vibe. The track matches its
foggy aesthetic with a combination of fuzzy ambient noise, wooden kicks,
and extended whines that cut through the haze with a serrated edge.
500m* is out September 9th via Bureau B; stream more of the record
through [Soundcloud][3]. *
[1]: http://www.bureau-b.com
[2]: http://www.electronicbeats.net/artist/gudrun-gut/
[3]: https://soundcloud.com/bureau-1/gut-und-irmler-500m-snippets
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# EB Video Premiere: Gut Und Irmler – “Früh” The pinnacle of German electronic music collaborations is fast approaching. Next month, the prolific [Bureau B][1]{: target="_blank"} record label will release *500m*, a nine-track collaborative LP from Krautrock pioneer Joachim Irmler and f...
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The shots get steadier as the video progresses and the camera wanders around the rainy runway, but the video never shakes a lo-fi, spaced-out vibe. The track matches its foggy aesthetic with a combination of fuzzy ambient noise, wooden kicks, and extended whines that cut through the haze with a s...