Mixed Tape 07 band Micatone is back! After seven years of absence, the Berlin-based quartet announced its fourth album for March. But don’t be mislead: the band members didn’t spend their time idly since 2005. After all they released three LPs as Nylon with almost identical personnel, beside three solo efforts of their great vocalist Lisa Bassenge. We’ll have a listen to ‘Handbrake’, the first herald of the forthcoming long-player.
As one of the most successful acts of the Jazzanova-associated label Sonar Kollektiv the jazz-not-jazz ensemble released the three splendid albums ‘Nine Songs’, ‘Is You Is’ and ‘Nomad Songs’ between 2001 and 2005. While the group’s first two LPs were both purveyors or even an embodiment of the electronic jazz sound of that time, the third, ‘Nomad Songs’, including the Mixed Tape 07 song ‘Out Of The Game’, presented a rather unplugged live-sound, although it was still deeply rooted in the same musical reference system.
In this regard their new album seems like a continuation of the path the quartet followed at last, this time with a broader musical spectrum. As far as we can judge on the basis of ‘Handbrake’ vocalist Lisa Bassenge, bassist Paul Kleber, guitarist Boris Meinhold and keyboarder Sebastian Demmin incorporated elements of surf, beat, blues and soul into the moody spheres of their warm and organic sound. With the addition of the warm timbre of guest vocalist Stuart A. Staples of the Tindersticks and Air’s live drummer Earl Harvin, the song ‘Handbrake’ creates an oblique and simultaneously deeply relaxing atmosphere combining the vibe of Angelo Badalamenti’s surreal score for David Lynch’s ‘Twin Peaks’ and the surf-inspired soundtrack of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘From Dusk Till Dawn’.
Listen to the sonic stroke via the www.soundcloud.com player below:
Micatone – Handbrake (Radio Edit) by Sonar Kollektiv
‘Handbrake’ is the first track of the new Micatone album ‘Wish I Was Here’ which will be released on 5th of March via Sonar Kollektiv. The single will be available digitally from tomorrow, while the vinyl will be released February 20th.
Artist info:
http://www.micatone.de
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