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The album builds on the first two basic tracks, derived from a session playing Beethovens Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 61, Adagio in a weird scratching and squeaking way.
It turns to a surreal trip through sub tones and drones and late night walks through empty streets. With Dronabinol it drifts through shallow waters and before you can say knife you drifted away to an educational trip through exotic rain forest with strange animals on the riverbanks. An eyelash later you are kicked straight to norwegian woods where corpse painted young mans haunt you to rip your heart out. Fucking scary, and if they didn't burned down Schwitters Merzbau you could hide in there, but all you will find is nothing than a lonely violin player who saw up your ears with his distorded adagio. Bummer!

tracklisting

1. Ein Umgestürzter Hafen: Hope Is The Canvas On That You Tallow (M. Uhlig)
2. The Conductor Is Reeling (M. Obst)
3. Dronabinol (M. Obst)
4. Ethnographische Kühe (M. Uhlig)
5. Suchness/Suchmess (M. Obst)
6. Kurt Schwitters Stand Am Hafen Und In Flammen, Seine Haare Zu Gebirgen Frisiert (M. Uhlig)

Coverpainting by Dagmar Flemming.

Reviews

VITAL WEEKLY 741

"Even a bit long, almost eighty minutes, is the release which I understand is some sort of collaboration between Mirko Uhlig's Aalfang Mit Pferdekopf and Marcus Obst's Droneament, both representatives of Germany's more 'softer' drone scene and often incorporating field recordings. Each mixed three tracks and are placed on the equal and unequal numbers here. In Uhlig's opening piece already a lot is happening. In these twenty-four minutes more than on the entire Tainted Corrosive Mist release. Field recordings, accordion, cello playing and electronics. These are also used in the rest of the pieces, which form an excellent example of 'extended drone music', for the lack of a better word, and both artists are setting out excellent examples of that kind of music. This is simply one of the best pieces of drone music I encountered in some time. Acoustic, electronic, musique concrete, improvisation: its all mixed here together, crafting some excellent music together."
Frans de Waard