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Circling these core motifs are shifting streams of everything from processed pedal steel and analog synthesizer to violin
The steady driving rhythms are the elliptical motion machine driven by the often thick and distorted guitar lines
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NIKOLAUS UTERMÖHLEN - Karlsbad LP synth Behind the stories pumps aThis is the reissue of Nikolaus Utermhlens Karlsbad album, originally released in 1989. Utermhlen was a founding member of Die Tdliche Doris and this is his sole solo release. A collection of 23 witty oddball compositions for clarinet, accordion, percussion, recorder, violin, guitar, organ. It definitely has a Doris dose but even more so it shines for its totally singular mlange of tribal dada chamber folk, dilettante dissonant poetry, hard to compare