sidewinder Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Saroos - See Me Not Alien Transistor - N24CD/N24LP - November 9, 2010 1. Lobster Claw 4:05 2. Daylight Chant 4:37 3. Fog People 4:53 4. See Me Not 5:21 5. Scott 3:52 6. Yukoma 4:38 7. Týden Divu 4:04 8. Outrigger 2:28 Saroos is a German trio consisting of Christoph Brandner, Florian Zimmer (both also work with The Notwist's Markus Acher in Lali Puna and Tied & Tickled Trio) and Max Punktezahl (from The Notwist). Their first, self-titled album from 2006 was quite special, IMO, and featured the vocals of Anticon's Alias on one track. It's kind of minimal and slow-moving, fans of Anticon, glitch-hop and early post-rock should enjoy it. This new album is produced by Odd Nosdam. Boomkat says: See Me Not finds German trio Saroos reuniting for a second album, this time overseen by producer Odd Nosdam. The band consists of Lali Puna and Console member Christoph Brandner, Notwist and Contriva man Max Punktezahl and Iso68's Florian Zimmer. As might be expected from such an esteemed bunch, the album is a diverse and multifaceted affair that pulls off the trick of sounding like a virtuosic studio project without neutralising the individual players' contributions; in terms of its fluid relationship between post-production and conventional musicianship there's something very familiarly 'Weilheim scene' about Saroos. Like sister groups Notwist and Lali Puna, this trio are continuing the great German tradition of creating adventurous, electronically slanted rock music - paying homage to a krautrock heritage on cuts such as 'Lobster Claw', only to travel some way beyond those influences on crunchy, electronica-informed pieces like 'Fog People' and the magical, vocal-adorned 'Yukoma'. Recommended. =&commit="]Bookmat Amazon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Oh it's on Anticon in the states. Neither the Alien Transistor or Anticon sites list the album...real up to date aren't they? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted November 5, 2010 Share Posted November 5, 2010 curious, will need to look a bit closer into this Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 curious, will need to look a bit closer into this Yeah check out the debut, troon. No good examples on the tube, though. This one's good but it takes a while to kick in and sound is a bit muddy. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-NLoQim4kVg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted November 5, 2010 Author Share Posted November 5, 2010 Never heard this one (not on the albums) but I'm liking it. Seems they have 2 non-album tracks on this comp, gonna have to seek it out. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F1r6ouQ56pM Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0PiUbhWF1k&feature=related Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sidewinder Posted December 2, 2010 Author Share Posted December 2, 2010 You checked out the album yet troon? Played it twice this week so far, It's good stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted December 2, 2010 Share Posted December 2, 2010 just getting round now, will perform an in depth study on the weekend. alien transistor is underrated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Redruth Posted January 7, 2011 Share Posted January 7, 2011 would say that this is well crafted. did not push to the edge of the seat and know new ground was necessarily broken but a good solid album none the less. it will more then likely get repeat play when choosing within our extensive catalogue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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